Kang-sheng Lee

Kang-sheng Lee

  • Born: 1968-0-0
  • Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Profession: Actor, Director, Screenwriter
  • Nationality: China
  • Representative Works: Outing, The Missing, Help Me Eros
  • Kang-sheng Lee, born on October 21, 1968 in Taipei City, Taiwan Province, his ancestral home in Henan [1]  , is a Taiwanese film actor, director and screenwriter.
    debuted in 1991Filmed the feature film "Children", and since then began his acting career. In 1992, based on the image of Kang-sheng Lee, he directed the film " Rebels of the Neon God ", and since then Kang-sheng Lee has participated in all the films [2]  . In 1994, he was nominated for Best Actor at the 31st Golden Horse Awards with the film " Vive L'Amour " [3] . In 1999 starred in the movie " Ordinary Heroes " in the corner of Li Shaodong [4] . In 2003, Kang-sheng Lee wrote and directed his debut film " The Missing ", which won the Best New Director Award at the Busan Film Festival in South Korea, the Best New Director Award at the 4th Chinese Film Media Awards , and the Best Director Award at the Athens International Film Festival . The Golden Tiger Award for Best Film at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands [5-6] .   
    In 2006, he wrote, directed and acted in the film " Help Me Eros ", which won the Busan Award at the Busan Film Festival and was selected as the official competition unit of the 64th Venice International Film Festival in 2007 [7-8]  . In 2013, he won the Best Actor in the 50th Golden Horse Awards and the Best Actor in the 56th Asia Pacific Film Festival in " Outing " [9-10] . 

    Early Experience

    After graduating from high school, Kang-sheng Lee took the college entrance examination and failed. He worked part-time to earn tuition fees, and worked as an insurance and waiter.
    In 1991, while working for a TV stationUnearthed Kang-sheng Lee, who had no drama training, in an electric playground where teenagers gathered in Ximending, put him in a role in his feature film " Children ", and wrote the script for " Rebels of the Neon God " for him, Kang-sheng Lee has since started his acting career   .

    Performing Experience

    1992,Based on the image of Kang-sheng Lee, he wrote and directed his first film work " Rebels of the Neon God ". Since then, Kang-sheng Lee has participated in all other films and has become the queen's leading actor   .
    In 1994, he won the Best Actor Award at the Nantes Film Festival in France and was nominated for the Best Actor at the 31st Golden Horse Awards for his role as a gay young salesman Xiaokang in the film " Vive L'Amour " directed by him . 
    In 1995, he starred in Cheng-sheng Lin 's first independent film work " A Drifting Life ", which described the style of Taiwan's early rural areas and people's life in the form of a documentary.
    In 1996, he starred in the film " The River ", which won the Silver Bear Award and International Press Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Silver Hugo Jury Special Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, the Sao Paulo International Film Festival Film Critics Award, and the Singapore International Film Festival Jury Special Award   .
    In 1998, starringThe film " The Hole " directed by the film expresses anxiety about urban life and modern people's emotional conception, which won theThe main competition unit Fabisi Award   .
    In 1999, he played the role of Li Shaodong in the love-packed political film " Ordinary Heroes " directed by Ann Hui , which won the Best Picture at the 19th Hong Kong Film Awards and the Best Picture at the 36nd Golden Horse Awards . 
    In 2000, inDirected, adapted from the Internet novel "Film"" as Yan Xinhe. In the same year, independent filmmakers such as Kang-sheng Lee and other independent filmmakers established Chai Lin Film, with the goal of developing films with an international outlook and original spirit   .
    In 2001, he starred in the film " What Time Are You Over There "   , and then starred in the 22-minute sequel film " The Missing Overpass "   .
    In 2003, after starring in the movie " Good Bye, Dragon Inn "   , Kang-sheng Lee helpedWith the experience accumulated as an assistant director when shooting documentaries, with the encouragement, he wrote and directed his debut film " The Missing ", which won the "Best Newcomer Director Award" and the highest honor "New Trend Award" at the Busan Film Festival in South Korea . The Best New Director Award at the 4th Chinese Film Media Awards , the Best Director Award at the Athens International Film Festival, the Golden Tiger Award for the Best Film at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands, the Film Critics Award and the Asian Film Development Association Award, and won the Taiwan News Bureau One Hundred Thousands of dollars in rewards   .
    In 2004, starred in the film " The Wayward Cloud ", which depicts the eroticism of urban men and women. The film represents Taiwanese films and Chinese films, and participated in the competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival   .
    In 2006, he wrote, directed and starred in the film " Help Me Eros ", which won the Busan Award, the highest award in the PPP (Busan Film Funding Program) unit of the Busan Film Festival, and was selected as the official competition unit of the 64th Venice International Film Festival  in 2007 .
    On November 23, 2013, Kang-sheng Lee won the Best Actor at the 50th Golden Horse Awards for his film " Outing " . On December 15, he won the Best Actor at the 56th Asia-Pacific Film Festival and the Best Actor at the 16th Taipei Film Festival .  
    On November 27, 2020, the starring "Prosperity is Coming" was launched in Dali, and the film is expected to be released in 2021   . In 2021, the short film "Snow Cloud" starring was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival   .

    Character Evaluation

    existIn the film series of "Xiaokang", Kang-sheng Lee played a young man named "Xiaokang", who grew up from a well-off teenager to a lonely and helpless adult well-off. This young man is short in stature, plain in appearance, and taciturn. His expression is full of loneliness and depression. He is out of tune with the world around him, but he has established a clear urban youth model. Abnormal loneliness. His special temperament makes him unique among many male actors in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and he has also become one of the representative young actors in Taiwanese films. Kang-sheng Lee has never received any formal performance training, but has a keen ability to express, and is quite charming on the screen, which is quite affirmed by the critics. It can be said that all of the films in the film are tailor-made for Xiaokang, and Kang-sheng Lee constructed the basic situation and atmosphere of the film. Kang-sheng Lee has been growing and changing over time, and Kang-sheng Lee's changes are the inexhaustible source of movies   ( ).
    Extended Reading

    Rebels of the Neon God quotes

    • [first lines]

      Mother: What on earth happened? You are all bloody. What happened?

    • Hsiao-Kang: Hi, Dad.

      Mother: You actually remembered to come home. So where were you the last few days? You are too much. You are getting out of hand.

      Father: He's not coming in!