Yeh Tien-lun

Yeh Tien-lun (Chinese: 葉天倫; born 1975) or Nelson Yeh is a Taiwanese film director.

Yeh at the 2014 Taipei International Book Exhibition

Early life and career

Yeh Tien-lun is also known by the English name Nelson Yeh.[1][2] He was born in Twatutia in 1975. His father is Yeh Chin-sheng, and his mother is Tamako Pan. Yeh's sister is Yeh Tan-ching.[3] Yeh Tien-lun studied film while attending Shih Hsin University, but did not begin his filmmaking career upon graduation, as he felt he could not compare to the work of French New Wave film directors Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut, or Ingmar Bergman. Additionally, Yeh's television producer father had incurred a large debt to make a film. Due to these influences, the younger Yeh focused instead on other performance art, including dance and choral singing, as well as voice and stage acting.[4] He appeared with Hugh Lee's Ping-Fong Acting Troupe.[5]

Filmmaking career

Yeh leads the Green Film Production company.[6] Yeh's most successful film is his 2011 directorial debut Night Market Hero,[7][8] which he developed with the help of his screenwriter sister.[4] That same year, Yeh appeared as an actor in Joe Lee's directorial debut The Spin Kid.[9] In Yeh's second feature film, Twa Tiu Tiann (2014), the protagonist travels back in time to Twatutia in the 1920s.[10][11] Yeh produced the 2016 film series Metro of Love, which include the film Welcome to the Happy Days directed by Gavin Lin.[12][13] In 2018, Yeh directed A Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities.[14]

Yeh has participated in panel discussions at the 2012 and 2015 Golden Harvest Awards.[15][16]

References
  1. Ho, Yi (22 October 2015). "Double bill, double the fun". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  2. "EDITORIAL: Producers need to broaden horizons". Taipei Times. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. "Nelson Yeh Tien-lun". Taipei Film Commission. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. Lin, Hermia (12 March 2011). "'Night Market Hero' director tells personal story of resilience". Central News Agency. Retrieved 9 August 2019. Republished as "PROFILE: Local filmmaker surprised by runaway success of his directorial feature debut". Taipei Times. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. "葉天倫 Nelson Yeh Tien-Lun". Taiwan Cinema. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  6. "Reason to Celebrate". Taiwan Today. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. "'Night Market Hero' tops box office". Taipei Times. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  8. "'Night Market Hero' to wow China". Taipei Times. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  9. Ho, Yi (11 November 2011). "Movie review: The Spin Kid 電哪吒". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. Ho, Yi (30 January 2014). "Movie review: Twa Tiu Tiann 大稻埕". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  11. Ho, Yi. "YEAR IN REVIEW: Taiwanese Cinema". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  12. Ho, Yi (18 March 2016). "Movie review: Welcome to the Happy Days". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  13. "Scenes of love along the Taipei Metro". Taiwan Today. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  14. "Netflix announces cast of upcoming Mandarin series, A Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities". New Straits Times. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  15. Ho, Yi (23 March 2012). "Film festival: Two for one". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  16. Ho, Yi (20 March 2015). "The best things come in shorts". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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