Ho Wi-ding

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ho (何).

Ho Wi-ding (Chinese: 何蔚庭; pinyin: Hé wèitíng; Jyutping: Ho4 Wai3 Ting4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô Ùi-têng; born 30 November 1971) is a Malaysia-born Taiwanese filmmaker.

Ho Wi-ding
Born	(1971-11-30) 30 November 1971 (age 53) Muar, Malaysia
Occupation	Film director
Years active	2005–present

Life and career

Ho was born in Malaysia of Chinese ethnic background, and he graduated from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. In 2001, he moved to Taipei where his sister lived in, and started working on commercials and shorts. He finished his feature debut Pinoy Sunday in 2010, winning him the Best New Director Award at 47th Golden Horse Awards.^[1]

His third feature Cities of Last Things had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, and was awarded the Platform Prize.^[2]

Ho married Taiwanese film director Hu Chih-hsin [zh].^[3][4] The pair co-directed Terrorizers.^[3][4]

Filmography

Feature films

• Pinoy Sunday (2010)
• Beautiful Accident (2017)
• Cities of Last Things (2018)
• Terrorizers (2021)

Telefilms

• My Elder Brother in Taiwan (2012)
• The Biggest Toad in the Puddle (2015)