Huang Xi (Chinese: 黃熙; born 1976) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. She made her directorial debut with Missing Johnny (2017), for which she won Best Screenplay in the 19th Taipei Film Awards. In 2024, she won Best Original Screenplay in the 61st Golden Horse Awards for her second feature Daughter's Daughter.
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| Born | Huang Xi 1976 (age 47–48) Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
Early life
editHuang was born in 1976 in Taipei, Taiwan, and she grew up in that city.[1][2] Huang's father was a high school classmate of filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien and was involved in the funding of Hou's 1985 film Taipei Story.[2] She visited Hou's production set at a young age, which sparked her interest in film.[3] Since childhood, she has been fascinated by Hong Kong films and cites the works of Wong Kar-wai, Raymond Wong, and John Woo as major influences on her aesthetics.[4][5] She completed her elementary education in Taiwan and continued her studies in Singapore and Vancouver.[5] By high school in Vancouver, she took a filmmaking course and produced several short films, further deepening her interest in pursuing filmmaking.[1] She enrolled at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1994 and later earned a Bachelor of Arts in cinema studies.[3][6]
Career
editHuang interned as a production assistant on Hou Hsiao-hsien's production crew for his 1996 film Goodbye South, Goodbye.[1][7] After graduation, she returned to Taipei in 2000,[6] and joined Hou's production company Sino Movie for two years.[7] She then left the film industry due to her family's financial struggles and pursued a career in digital marketing.[4][5] Eventually, she transitioned her career and opened a public relations company.[6] In her thirties, Huang faced a serious illness that resulted in hospitalization, which prompted her to reflect on what she truly wanted to do, ultimately realizing her passion for filmmaking.[4] She then returned to Hou's crew and worked as an assistant director on the 2015 film The Assassin.[6]
Encouraged by Hou, Huang began writing a screenplay during the production of The Assassin.[6] Hou served as the producer, and she invited film score composer Lim Giong, editor Liao Ching-sung, and cinematographer Yao Hung-i, the frequent collaborators of Hou whom she had met while working on his crew, to join the project.[1] Due to her inexperience in scriptwriting, Huang wrote several prose-like short stories, which she later combined into a full screenplay that became her debut feature Missing Johnny.[1] The film was released in 2017 when Huang was 40 years old.[4][8] Richard Kuipers of Variety praised Huang's "richly layered screenplay" and "meticulous direction", calling the film "an elegantly composed mood piece";[9] while Estella Huang of Mirror Media remarked that her screenplay was "expansive but challenging to wrap up effectively".[10] Huang won Best Screenplay in the 19th Taipei Film Awards and received a nomination for Best New Director in the 54th Golden Horse Awards.[11][12]
After filming Missing Johnny, Huang moved to Los Angeles.[13] She later returned to Taiwan to work with Hou Hsiao-hsien on another project, the HBO Asia fantasy series Twisted Strings, where she served as director and Hou as producer once again.[14] Chien Ying-jou, writing for United Daily News, praised the genre-bending narrative and called it "an experiment on the future of Taiwanese drama".[15] Hou received nominations for both Best Directing and Best Writing in the 57th Golden Bell Awards, and Twisted Strings won Best Miniseries.[16] During her time in Los Angeles, Huang also conceived and began writing a screenplay that eventually developed into her second feature film Daughter's Daughter,[13] which premiered at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival in competition for the Platform Prize in 2024.[17] Josh Slater-Williams of IndieWire commended Huang's "patient storytelling" and "riskier writing tricks", which delivered a "deeply moving" story;[18] while Wendy Ide of Screen Daily called the film "elegant and affecting".[19] Huang won Best Original Screenplay in the 61st Golden Horse Awards with the film.[20]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Director | Screenwriter | Notes |
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| 1996 | Goodbye South, Goodbye | No | No | As production assistant[3] |
| 2015 | The Assassin | No | No | As assistant director[3] |
| 2017 | Missing Johnny | Yes | Yes | [9] |
| 2022 | Twisted Strings | Yes | Yes | [14] |
| 2024 | Daughter's Daughter | Yes | Yes | [18] |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2017 | 54th Golden Horse Awards | Best New Director | Missing Johnny | Nominated | [12] |
| 19th Taipei Film Awards | Best Screenplay | Won | [11] | ||
| 2022 | 57th Golden Bell Awards | Best Directing for a Miniseries or Television Film | Twisted Strings | Nominated | [16] |
| Best Writing for a Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated | ||||
| 2024 | 61st Golden Horse Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Daughter's Daughter | Won | [20] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e 陳太陽 (14 December 2017). "「有點年紀，才拍攝人生首部劇情長片是幸福的」──電影《強尼‧凱克》導演黃熙專訪". CommonWealth Magazine (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b 翁新涵 (2 July 2017). "侯孝賢大讚黃熙導演：拍出台北真正的模樣". Nownews (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d 劉慧茹 (22 March 2022). "從小在侯導拍片現場耳濡目染 寫實幽默《良辰吉時》編導黃熙探討生死". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d "【2017 矚目金馬】黃熙 X 瑞瑪席丹第一次拍戲就入圍！用《強尼．凱克》述說台北人的真實日常". Elle Taiwan (in Chinese). 5 November 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b c 朱慧恩 (23 February 2018). "一通電話引發一個故事 黃熙《強尼‧凱克》聚焦都市人生". Wen Wei Po (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e 甘立德 (28 April 2020). "金馬54 黃熙，藏在疏離中的溫柔". Marie Claire (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b 黃曦 (20 November 2024). "拍電影不是為了要解決什麼──專訪《女兒的女兒》導演黃熙". Filmaholic (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ 吳琬婷 (14 November 2017). "黃熙感謝郭采潔金援 《強尼．凱克》劇本因鄭捷大改寫". Liberty Times (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b Kuipers, Richard (13 October 2017). "Busan Film Review: 'Missing Johnny'". Variety. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ 聞天祥 (10 December 2017). "【影評】《強尼・凱克》 技術傑出、新人耀眼". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b 許維寧 (16 July 2017). "北影／奪四獎超滿意 瑞瑪席丹預告本月發單曲". Nownews (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Takeshi Kaneshiro earns first Golden Horse acting nomination". 8days. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b Lee, Nicole (14 November 2024). "【2024金馬獎】《女兒的女兒》黃熙：「金艾霞都沒放棄了，那我們呢？」". Vogue Taiwan (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b Frater, Patrick (29 August 2021). "Hou Hsiao-hsien's 'Twisted Strings' Set as Series Original at HBO Asia and Catchplay". Variety. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Chien, Ying-jou (18 June 2022). "大師加持《良辰吉時》 百無禁忌打開台灣影劇的可能性". United Daily News (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b Hsiao, Kelly (22 October 2022). "【金鐘57】2022金鐘獎完整得獎名單！". Harper's Bazaar (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (23 July 2024). "Atom Egoyan, Hur Jin-ho & Jane Schoenbrun To Preside Over TIFF Platform Jury; Sidebar Unveiled". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ a b Slater-Williams, Josh (12 September 2024). "'Daughter's Daughter' Review: Sylvia Chang Stuns in Heartbreaking Tale Split Between New York and Taipei". IndieWire. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Ide, Wendy (29 October 2024). "'Daughter's Daughter': Tokyo Review". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b 李紹綾 (23 November 2024). "金馬61》《女兒的女兒》黃熙首度擒馬 坦言合作2影后壓力山大". Liberty Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.