Cheng Yu-chieh (born November 27, 1977) is a Taiwanese director, a screenwriter and an actor. His first feature film Do Over (一年之初) in 2006 won the top prize in Taipei Film Festival and was invited to various international film festivals and gained Cheng international attention.[1]

Cheng Yu-chieh
鄭有傑
Cheng in November 2006
Born (1977-11-27) November 27, 1977 (age 46)
NationalityTaiwanese
Alma materNational Taiwan University
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active2000–present
SpouseDai Hai-lun (戴海倫)
Children3

Besides being a screenwriter and director, Cheng is also known as an actor. In 2008 his portrayal of the police officer, Pan Shi-yuan, in Wang Shaudi's TV drama Police et vous (波麗士大人) was highly appreciated by the audience. Additionally, in 2009, he played Xu Fang-Guo in Chen Hui-Ling's TV drama Autumn's concerto (下一站,幸福) .

Cheng Yu-chieh's second feature film, Yang Yang (陽陽), was released on August 7, 2009, and was selected for the Berlin Film Festival.[2] In 2010, Cheng Yu-chieh wrote and directed a five-episode mini-series entitled They explode the day before graduation (他們在畢業的前一天爆炸), which premiered on Public Television Service (公視).[3] The mini-series received eight nominations at the 46th Golden Bell Awards in 2011, winning five major awards, including Cheng Yu-chieh’s Mini-Series/Movie Screenplay Award.[4]

On April 5, 2012, Cheng founded the Filmosa Pictures Production Company (一期一會影像製作有限公司),[5] producing films, stage shows, music videos, etc.

Early life

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Cheng Yu-chieh began to participate in filmmaking while he was a student at National Taiwan University majoring in Economics.[5] He starred in a few student films and attempted scriptwriting. His then wrote, directed, and acted in his first short film Baby face, which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2002 Taipei Film Festival for Student Film Golden Lion Awards. His 2001 short film Summer, dream (石碇的夏天) won multiple awards, including Best Short Film at the 38th Golden Horse Awards and Best Narrative Feature at the 2002 Taipei Film Awards.[6]

Cheng was able to procure NT$8 million of subsidy from the Taiwanese government's film funding program to make his first feature film Do over,[7] which is based on his award winning script (the 26th Excellent Screenplay Awards in 2003).

Cheng Yu-chieh and his wife Dai Hai-lun were married in June 2008. Dai Hai-Lun also works in the film industry and has served as the Director of the Domestic Affairs Department of the Golden Horse Awards.[8]

Cheng Yu-chieh's father is an overseas Chinese living in Japan. Cheng learned Japanese from a young age and is fluent in the language. He is also the translator of the Chinese version of the Japanese novel Still Walking.[9]

Filmography

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Short film
Year Chinese title English title
2000 私顏 Baby Face
2001 石碇的夏天 Summer, Dream
2011 潛規則(10+10 [zh] Unwritten rules in Ten Plus Ten
Film
Year Chinese title English title
2006 一年之初 DO OVER
2009 陽陽 Yang Yang
2015 太陽的孩子 Panay
2020 親愛的房客 Dear Tenant
TV show
Year Chinese title English title
2010 他們在畢業的前一天爆炸 Days we stared at the sun
2017 他們在畢業的前一天爆炸2 Days we stared at the sun II
Television film
Year Chinese title English title
2012 野蓮香 My Little Honey Moon
2017 老海人洛馬比克 Old Seafarer

Acting

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Short film
Year Chinese title English title Role
2000 私顏 Baby Face
2001 愛我在今宵 Love Me Tonight
2005 海巡尖兵 The Pain of Others The senior soldier
2007 爸爸的手指頭 Father's Finger Grown-up A-Gui (阿貴)
2017 繁花盛開 Blossom Lena[10]
2018 再會!方舟 Farewell to the Ark Jie (阿杰)[11]
2019 最後一眼 The Last Gaze The husband
2019 小洋 The Child of Nowhere Li Ying-Shen (李英伸)
2019 陽關太平 Rest in Mist Axiong (阿雄)
2021 錦鯉墜落 Falling Koi
2021 午後的懸涯 Afternoon on the Cliff
TV series
Year Chinese title English title Role
2008 波麗士大人 Police et Vous Pan Shih-yuan (潘士淵)
2009 下一站,幸福 Autumn's Concerto Xu Fang-kuo (許方國)
2014 流氓蛋糕店 CHOCOLAT Ye Da-ren (葉達人)
2019 鏡子森林 The Mirror Huang Kuo-wei (黃國偉)
2021 超感應學園 Sometimes When we Touch Chief Chang
2021 天橋上的魔術師 The Magician on the Skywalk The special agent
2022 我願意 The Amazing Grace of Σ President Chang
2025 零日攻擊 Zero Day
Television
Year Chinese title English title Role
2009 公視人生劇展-垃圾魚 Life story: Le-se yu/Garbage fish Hao Fu-zu (郝富足)
2011 公視學生劇展-我的拼湊家庭 Innovative story: My Transformed Family A-Ming (阿銘)
公視學生劇展-下落村的來電 Innovative story: The Blackout Village Worker of Taiwan Power Company
2014 公視學生劇展-大象的手指會跳舞 Innovative story: Lemon Grass Teacher Zhou (周老師)
2020 格瑞特真相 The Greater Good Chao Si-yuan 趙思源
2021 公視人生劇展-濱西小鎮 Life Stories: Left Behind Zhang Yan-bo (張彥博)
Stage show
Year Chinese title English title Role
2019 時光の手箱:我的阿爸和卡桑 A Suitcase of Memories Yan Hui-min (顏惠民)

Awards and honors

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Year Award Category Work Outcome
2001 38nd Golden Horse Awards Best short film Summer, dream Won
2002 Taipei Film Awards Best narrative feature Won
2006 Taipei Film Awards Audience Choice Award DO OVER Won
NT$1 million Grand Prize Won
43rd Golden Horse Awards Formosa Film Award Won
2009 Taipei Film Awards Special Jury Award Yang Yang Won
2011 46th Golden Bell Awards Mini-Series/Movie Screenplay Award Days we stared at the sun Won
2015 Taipei Film Awards Audience Choice Award Wawa no cidal Won
2018 53rd Golden Bell Awards Best Miniseries Days we stared at the sun II Won
Best Directing for a Miniseries or Television Film Won
2020 57th Golden Horse Awards Best original screenplay Dear tenant Nominated

Political concerns

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Cheng Yu-chieh is straightforward with his political views in his films in interviews. In 2011, his short film Unwritten rules in Ten Plus Ten, which was supported by Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, revealed his concern about the inevitable political consequences of embracing China’s film market: loss of creative freedom. Wawa No Cidal (2015), a film Cheng co-directed with Lekal Sumi Cilangasan, is critical of the government’s economic development plan that did not take into consideration the destruction of the environment and the indigenous people in the east coast of Taiwan. His TV series, Days We Stared at The Sun II, is set between 2013 abd 2017, after the Sunflower Student Movement.[9] When being asked whether he would compromise or revise his future works due to political considerations, he answered that “What motivated me is faith, not fear. I would not let fear decide my future.”[12]

References

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  8. ^ "金馬獎入圍片《親愛的房客》導演鄭有傑:我不想做一個逞強的爸爸 | 媽媽妞". 妞新聞 niusnews (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  9. ^ a b "怨久了,也愛了──解開爆炸的約束,鄭有傑《親愛的房客》從不幸的缺口探索幸福的入口 - 報導者 The Reporter". www.twreporter.org (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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  11. ^ "Farewell to the Ark". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  12. ^ "【全文】《爆炸2》貼近年輕世代 鄭有傑踩紅線反獲共鳴". 鏡週刊 Mirror Media (in Traditional Chinese). 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2023-05-26.