Biography
Regarded as a rising director in Taiwan, Tzu-Hsuan Hung graduated from the Department of Radio, Television & Film at the Shih Hsin University and made a few award-winning short films when he was still a student. Specialised in action movies, Hung is known for his skillful design action choreography and mise-en-scène, and Taiwanese mafia is a recurrent theme in his works. Insisting on making innovative action movies, Hung caught attention with Sin of Lottery and established his name with System-A. In his third year at university, Hung made Out of Line, which won the bronze medal at the Youth Film Festival in Taiwan. Scoundrel is Hung’s first feature film, on which he collaborates with the Golden Bell Award-winning scriptwriter Chien-Ming Huang (Wake Up) and the Golden Horse Award-nominated cinematographer Ko-Chin Chen (Shuttle Life). Hung expects to keep pushing himself to the limit, proving that he can make great action movies in Taiwan.
