Chang Yung-hsiang
Chang Yung-hsiang (26 October 1929 – 8 October 2021[1]) was a Taiwanese screenwriter and director originally from Yantai, China, generally considered one of the most prolific and successful screenwriters in Taiwan.
Chang Yung-hsiang  | |||||||
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| Born | 26 October 1929 | ||||||
| Died | 8 October 2021 (aged 91) Los Angeles, California, United States  | ||||||
| Alma mater | |||||||
| Awards | Golden Horse Awards – Best Screenplay  1972 Indebted for Life and Love 1975 Land of the Undaunted 1978 He Never Gives Up Best Original Screenplay 1979 The Story of a Small Town Best Adapted Screenplay 1981 If I Were for Real Lifetime Achievement Award 2016  | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張永祥 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张永祥 | ||||||
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Chang adapted a number of Chiung Yao novels for film.[2] He had received six Golden Horse Awards over the course of his career.[3] In 2016, Chang became the first screenwriter to receive the Golden Horse for lifetime achievement.[4] Among Chang's other awards included the 1976 National Award for the Arts. He died in Los Angeles, California on 8 October 2021.[5]
Filmography
    
    Films
    
- Parent's Love (1964)
 - Beautiful Duckling (1965)
 - The Bridge (1966)
 - Fire Bulls (1966)
 - Orchids and My Love (1966)
 - Lonely Seventeen (1967)
 - The Road (1967)
 - Tiao Chan (1967)
 - Sun Rise, Sun Set (1967)
 - Men of the Skies (1967)
 - The Heron Garden (1968)
 - Because of Love (1968)
 - Morning Mist (1968)
 - Black Invitation (1969)
 - The Melody of Love (1969)
 - Jade Goddess (1969)
 - Accidental Trio (1969)
 - Storm Over the Yang-Tse River (1969)
 - Home Sweet Home (1970)
 - Four Moods (1970)
 - The Unforgotten Ones (1970)
 - Goodbye Darling (1970)
 - Stardust (1970)
 - From Home with Love (1970)
 - The Fake Tycoon (1971)
 - The Playful Girl (1971)
 - Esquire Hotel (1971)
 - Indebted for Life and Love (1971)
 - A Kiss to Remember (1972)
 - The Gallant (1972)
 - The Naughty Couples (1972)
 - Mysterious of Jewelly (1972)
 - Execution in Autumn (1972)
 - Blood Splashing Over Rainbow Bridge (1972)
 - Love Is an Elusive Wind (1972)
 - The Jilted (1973)
 - Seven to One (1973)
 - Walking in the Rain (1973)
 - The Young Ones (1973)
 - Double Dealing with Love (1973)
 - Heart with a Million Knots (1973)
 - How Is the Weather Today (1973)
 - Story of Mother (1973)
 - Little Big Boss (1973)
 - The Colorful Ripples (1974)
 - Yellow Faced Tiger (1974)
 - Girl Friend (1974)
 - Ghost of the Mirror (1974)
 - Where the Seagull Flies (1974)
 - The Marriage (1974)
 - The Three Tales (1974)
 - Star Star Star (1974)
 - My Father, My Husband, My Son (1974)
 - The Choice of Love (1974)
 - The Chinese Amazons (1975)
 - Run Lover Run (1975)
 - The Life God (1975)
 - Thou Shall Not Kill ... But Once (1975)
 - Land of the Undaunted (1975)
 - Picking the Star (1975)
 - 24 Hours Romance (1975)
 - Fantasies Behind the Pearly Curtain (1975)
 - Heroes Behind the Enemy Lines (1975)
 - Fragrant Flower Versus Noxious Grass (1975)
 - Forever My Love (1976)
 - The Chasing Game (1976)
 - Rhythm of the Wave (1976)
 - Posterity and Perplexity (1976)
 - The Morning Date (1976)
 - A Happy Affair (1976)
 - Snapping of Love (1976)
 - Painted Waves of Love (1976)
 - Autumn Love Song (1976)
 - The Sang Sisters (1976)
 - Starting Tonight (1976)
 - Come Fly with Me (1976)
 - Game of Love (1976)
 - My Sweet Love (1977)
 - Cloud of Romance (1977)
 - At the Side of Sky-Line (1977)
 - There's No Place Like Home (1977)
 - The Naval Commandos (1977)
 - Confused Love (1977)
 - A Pirate of Love (1977)
 - Love Rings a Bell (1977)
 - Love in the Shadow (1977)
 - The Diary of Di-Di (1977)
 - The Smiling Face (1977)
 - The Glory of the Sunset (1977)
 - Melody from Heaven (1977)
 - It's Sunset Again (1978)
 - Everywhere Birds Are Singing (1978)
 - The Spring Lake (1978)
 - Misty Love (1978)
 - A Voluntary Act (1978)
 - A Sorrowful Wedding (1979)
 - In the Beginning (1979)
 - The Choice of Love (1979)
 - No-one Can Touch Her (1979)
 - He Never Gives Up (1979)
 - Touch of Fairlady (1979)
 - My Native Land (1980)
 - The Story of Green House (1980)
 - Another Spring (1980)
 - Poor Chasers (1980)
 - The Pioneers (1980)
 - The Story of a Small Town (1980)
 - Part Time Job (1980)
 - The Women Soldiers (1981)
 - On the Society File of Shanghai (1981)
 - The Land of the Brave (1981)
 - Twin Troubles (1981)
 - If I Were for Real (1981)
 - The Sexy Lady Driver (1982)
 - Pink Thief (1982)
 - The Girl Robber and I (1982)
 - Kill for Love (1982)
 - Devil Returns (1982)
 - One Stripe Two Stars (1982)
 - Temptation (1983)
 - Ah-Yuan My Son (1983)
 - Women Warriors of Kinmen (1983)
 - The Wheel of Life (1984)
 - The Warmth of an Old House (1984)
 - Finding the Way (1984)
 - The Pawned Wife (1985)
 - Echo of Sea (1986)
 
Television
    
- The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants (1994) — Episodes 56–61
 
Works translated to English
    
- Autumn Execution, translated by Yu Jenchang and David Steelman, The Chinese PEN, Autumn 1977: This is the screenplay of the 1972 film Execution in Autumn.
 
References
    
- "張永祥 Chang Yung-Hsiang". Taiwan Film Institute.
 - "金馬獎終身貢獻獎得主張永祥病逝 享耆壽92歲". China Times (in Chinese). 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
 - Chen, Christie (26 November 2016). "GOLDEN HORSE AWARDS: Screenwriter honored for lifetime achievement". Central News Agency. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
 - "快訊/編劇張永祥病逝美國家中!享壽92歲 曾獲金馬獎終身貢獻獎 原文網址: 快訊/編劇張永祥病逝美國家中!享壽92歲 曾獲金馬獎終身貢獻獎" (in Chinese). ETToday. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
 - "獨/金馬獎終身貢獻獎得主張永祥病逝 享壽92歲". United Daily News (in Chinese). 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
 
External links
    
- Interview with Chang Yung-hsiang in English, 2016
 - Yung-Hsiang Chang at IMDb
 - Chang Yung-Hsiang at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
 
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