LA Film Critics Association honors Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien
12/21/2020 04:40 PM
Hou Hsiao-hsien. CNA file photo
Los Angeles, Dec. 20 (CNA) The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) has chosen iconic Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢) as one of the winners of this year s Career Achievement Awards, crediting him as one of the world s most influential filmmakers.
In a statement on its website, LAFCA said that Hou emerged as a leading figure in Taiwanese cinema in the 1980s and 90s and is now widely recognized as one of the world s greatest, most influential filmmakers.
The features he has written and directed over his four-decade career include A Time to Live and a Time to Die, The Puppetmaster, Goodbye South, Goodbye, Flowers of Shanghai, Millennium Mambo, Three Times and Flight of the Red Balloon, LAFCA said.
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The winners of the
The
This year,
Chadwick Boseman were named the Best Actress and Actor for their roles in
Promising Young Woman and
As previously announced, director/screenwriter/producer/actor
Hou Hsiao-Hsien and singer/songwriter/activist/actor
Harry Belafonte were the recipients of this year’s Career Achievement Awards, and actor/producer/director
Norman Lloyd was honored as the recipient of the Legacy Award.
Due to the pandemic, the
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards ceremony was not held in person this year.
Click inside to find out all the LFCA winners and runner-ups…
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LAFCA president Claudia Puig hailed McQueen’s quintet of films centred on the West Indian community in London from the 1960s onwards as “unprecedented, resonant and masterful”.
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Puig added, “Particularly notable in a year when the film industry took a huge blow, our winners reflect extraordinary achievement.”
As previously announced, Harry Belafonte and Hou Hsiao-Hsien shared the career achievement award.
Hou Hsiao-hsien wins award in US
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The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has chosen Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢) as a winner of this year’s Career Achievement Awards, crediting him as one of the world’s most influential filmmakers.
Hou “emerged as a leading figure in Taiwanese cinema in the 1980s and 1990s, and is now widely recognized as one of the world’s greatest, most influential filmmakers,” the association said in a statement on its Web site.
Over his 40-year career, he has directed features such as A Time to Live and A Time to Die (童年往事), The Puppetmaster (戲夢人生), Goodbye South, Goodbye (南國再見，南國), Flowers of Shanghai (海上花), Millennium Mambo (千禧曼波), Three Times (最好的時光) and Flight of the Red Balloon (紅氣球之旅), the association said.