Chang Chao-Tang

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1943-11-17

Deathday 2024-04-02 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Taiwan

Also Known As Chao-Tang Chang , Chang Chaotang, Zhang Zhaotang

Chang Chao-Tang

Biography

Chang Chao-Tang (張照堂) was a Taiwanese photographer, documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. In 1965, Chang and his teacher Cheng Shang-Hsi (鄭桑溪) organized his first duo exhibition called Modern Photography (現代攝影雙人展). In 1966, he participated in the Modern Poetry Exhibition (現代詩展). In 1967, his 8mm short film Diary (日記) was shown at a screening organized by Theatre Quarterly (劇場). He joined CTV New Channel(中視新聞) in 1968, first as a photojournalist, and then producing documentaries. In 1974, he created an exhibition called Farewell to Photography (攝影告別展). Beside his career as an artist, he also taught at the Institute of Sound and Image of the National University of Taiwan.

Known For

Director

2000
Homage to Chen Da

as Director

1976
Face in Motion

as Director

Crew

1994
Experiment 002

as Cinematography

1989
Songs of Pasta'ay

as Cinematography

1986
Last Train To Tanshui

as Cinematography

1979
The Boat-Burning Festival

as Cinematography

1975
The Twilight of Tamsui

as Cinematography

1975
The Dragon Boat Festival

as Cinematography

Camera

1985
The Glamorous Boys of Tang

as Director of Photography

1984
The Woman of Wrath

as Director of Photography

1980
Christine (Film of Her)

as Director of Photography

1978
China Behind

as Director of Photography

Actor

1976