---
name: "Alex Yang"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-yang"
fi1m_id: "alex-yang"
imdb_id: "nm0795908"
tmdb_id: 150161
wikidata_id: "Q15942297"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 June 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-26T02:11:03.999587+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alex Yang

## Identity

Alex Yang

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alex-yang
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alex-yang
- **IMDb ID:** nm0795908
- **TMDB ID:** 150161
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15942297
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15942297, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795908/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150161

Writer. Born 10 June 1965 in Taiwan.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 June 1965, Taiwan
- **Also known as:** Shun-Ching Yang, 楊順清
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15942297, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795908/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150161

## Biography

Alex Yang (also credited as Shun-Ching Yang or 楊順清) is a Taiwanese screenwriter and director. Born in 1965, he graduated from the Dramatic Arts department of Taiwan's National University of the Arts. He wrote and directed *Candy Sky*, Taiwan's first stage play starring performers with disabilities.

Yang collaborated with director Edward Yang on *A Brighter Summer Day* (1991), serving as co-writer, assistant director, acting coach and actor. The film’s four credited screenwriters, including Yang, shared the Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay. He later worked as acting coach on Edward Yang’s *Yi Yi* (2000).

As a director, his feature films include *The Trigger* (2002) and *Taipei 21* (2003).

*Sources: taiwancinema.bamid.gov.tw, zh.wikipedia.org, criterion.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Brighter Summer Day* (1991), Fi1m 90, as Shandong — [page](https://film.one/film/a-brighter-summer-day.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dendam Aurora* (2017), Actor
- *Love in Vain* (2016), Director, Writer
- *Taipei 21* (2004), Producer, Screenplay, Director
- *The Trigger* (2002), Producer, Writer, Director
- *生活的教訓* (1994), Sound
- *A Brighter Summer Day* (1991), as Shandong · Writer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/a-brighter-summer-day.md)
- *Challenge of the Ninja* (1986), Actor

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