Known For
Writing
Born
May 13, 1958
Place of Birth
Taichung, Taiwan
Credits
42 titles
Chen Kuofu
Biography
Chen Kuofu is a Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer. His film The Personals was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Born in 1958 Chen worked as a film critic before debuting as a director in 1989 with School Girl. In the 1990s, he continued to explore the world through a female perspective with Treasure Island, The Peony Pavilion and anti-romantic comedy The Personals. The latter, in which a single woman searches for Mr. Right on a series of blind dates, screened in Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar and was distributed in Asia, Europe and North America. In 2000 Chen became the head of the production unit of the Asian branch of Columbia Pictures. Here he accumulated experience in international film making and connections to young Chinese directors such as Feng Xiaogang. With these he would later join Huayi Brothers Media Corporation and continue his works in China. In 2001 Chen began to concentrate on feature film production beginning with Su Chao-Bin's youth comedy Better Than Sex through his company Nan Fang Film Productions. The following year, he directed and produced the supernatural thriller Double Vision.
Known For
Filmography
Mumu
Executive Producer
The Chronicles of Libidoists
Executive Producer
Copycat Killer
Presenter
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Executive Producer
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
Producer
Hanson and the Beast
Producer
Yi Ge Cheng Ren Dian Ying Gong Zuo Zhe De Zi Bai
Producer Chen Kuofu
Chongqing Hot Pot
Producer
Mojin: The Lost Legend
Producer
The Ark Of Mr. Chow
Producer
Aberdeen
Producer
Who Is Undercover
Producer
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
Writer
Back to 1942
Executive Producer
Tai Chi Hero
Story
Tai Chi Zero
Story
Painted Skin: The Resurrection
Producer
10 Plus 10
Director
Starry Starry Night
Producer
If You Are the One 2
Producer
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Writer
Aftershock
Producer
The Message
Screenplay
If You Are the One
Producer
Forever Enthralled
Screenplay
What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?!
Executive Producer
A World Without Thieves
Producer
Mountain Patrol
Producer
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Executive Producer
Double Vision
Producer
B.T.S. (Better Than Sex)
Producer
Big Shot's Funeral
Producer
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
The Personals
Writer
The Peony Pavilion
Director
Treasure Island
Director
School Girl
Director
All for Tomorrow
Director
Adult Game
Director
Golden Horse Awards
Self
黑色假面
Director
Zero to Hero
Executive Producer