Chen Yu-hsun

Chen Yuhsun born June 21 1962 is a Taiwanese commercial director and filmmaker born in Taipei Taiwan He is the first director to win the three major film awards in Taiwan including the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards the Taipei Film Awards and the Taiwan Film Critics Society Awards for the same film My Missing Valentine 2020 He is widely known for his offbeat distinctly Taiwanese sense of humor that permeates his works After spending his fourth year at the socalled Junior Fourth Class a cram school for students retaking high school after their junior year Chen YuHsun successfully entered Cheng Kung High School after a grade retention After failing the university entrance exam he had no choice but to enlist in the military Retaking the university entrance exam for the second time at 22 he finally passed and enrolled in the Department of Educational Media and Library Sciences now renamed the Department of Information and Library Science at Tamkang University Chen graduated from Tamkang University in 1989 Chen has always had a passion for painting and heavy metal music It was not until his senior year that he got hold of the opportunity to work as a studio assistant in the Department of Mass Communication at the university which led him to an internship with director Wang Shaudi Chen YuHsun found his true passion at the internship That is telling stories through visual images Chen started his first job as a script supervisor for director Tsai MingLiangs comedy drama Happy Motor Shop 1989 Chen shot his first feature film Tropical Fish in 1994 after years of working with television series The film was commercially successful and critically acclaimed making Tropical Fish one of the most remarkable comedies in the history of Taiwan cinema Due to his dissatisfaction with the filmmaking environment and his box office failures in Taiwan Chen left the film industry for 13 years During that time he worked on many humorous commercial advertisement projects that became wellknown among television audiences In 2020 his film My Missing Valentine won five awards at the 57th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards including Best Narrative Feature Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Visual Effects and Best Film Editing