SEOUL -- The Pusan International Film Festival, Asia's major film event, announced Thursday that Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao Hsien will be the dean of the festival's inaugural Asian Film Academy. Hou (Millennium Mambo, The Puppet Master) has strong ties to PIFF, having served on the jury of the 6th PIFF and won the Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award at the 9th PIFF. Joining Hou will be leading Thai director Nonzee Nimibutr, Chinese cinematographer and director Yu Likwai, and the director of the Korean Academy of Film Arts and film director Park Ki-yong (Motel Cactus).
- 7/14/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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