Fu Tien-yu

Directing

Fu Tien-yu

Born

1973-09-13 (53)

Place of birth

Taiwan

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Born in Taiwan, FU Tien-yu is a writer and director. She completed her master’s degree in Media Ecology and Film from New York University. Starting the career as a novelist, she has won several prestigious literary awards before turning to filmmaking. Her films include Somewhere I Have Never Travelled (2009) and The Happy Life of Debbie (2012).

Known for

Golden Horse Awards poster
9.0

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times

Golden Horse Awards

1962

Somewhere I Have Never Travelled poster
5.2

Color blind girl A-Kuei feels alienated and misunderstood. She is raised by her grandmother who would rather believe she is possessed than hear her feelings. The only person in the village who understands her is her bookworm cousin A-Hsien. He tells her that there is an island far away in the South Pacific where everyone is also color blind due to a genetic mutation.

Somewhere I Have Never Travelled

2009

Cities in Love poster
3.0

Florence, Prague, Paris, Shanghai, Otaru of Hokkaido, five different love stories in five different cities.

Cities in Love

2015

Day Off poster
6.8

A woman who has owned a barbershop for over 40 years determines to embark on a long journey to cut the hair of an old customer who has moved away and is too sick to travel.

Day Off

2023

My Egg Boy poster
5.5

Even in modern-day Taipei, women feel the societal pressure to get married and have children before the clock runs out. Thankfully, there is a solution: freeze your eggs and prolong your fertility until the right one comes along! Starring Ariel Lin, the film is a glimpse of what millions of working women struggle with: finding the balance between pursuing a career and marriage.

My Egg Boy

2016

梦想10献·微电影蓝光特典 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

梦想10献·微电影蓝光特典

2013

Series credits

Behind the camera

Somewhere I Have Never Travelled poster
5.2

Color blind girl A-Kuei feels alienated and misunderstood. She is raised by her grandmother who would rather believe she is possessed than hear her feelings. The only person in the village who understands her is her bookworm cousin A-Hsien. He tells her that there is an island far away in the South Pacific where everyone is also color blind due to a genetic mutation.

Somewhere I Have Never Travelled

2009

Somewhere I Have Never Travelled poster
5.2

Color blind girl A-Kuei feels alienated and misunderstood. She is raised by her grandmother who would rather believe she is possessed than hear her feelings. The only person in the village who understands her is her bookworm cousin A-Hsien. He tells her that there is an island far away in the South Pacific where everyone is also color blind due to a genetic mutation.

Somewhere I Have Never Travelled

2009

Cities in Love poster
3.0

Florence, Prague, Paris, Shanghai, Otaru of Hokkaido, five different love stories in five different cities.

Cities in Love

2015

Cities in Love poster
3.0

Florence, Prague, Paris, Shanghai, Otaru of Hokkaido, five different love stories in five different cities.

Cities in Love

2015

Day Off poster
6.8

A woman who has owned a barbershop for over 40 years determines to embark on a long journey to cut the hair of an old customer who has moved away and is too sick to travel.

Day Off

2023

Day Off poster
6.8

A woman who has owned a barbershop for over 40 years determines to embark on a long journey to cut the hair of an old customer who has moved away and is too sick to travel.

Day Off

2023

My Egg Boy poster
5.5

Even in modern-day Taipei, women feel the societal pressure to get married and have children before the clock runs out. Thankfully, there is a solution: freeze your eggs and prolong your fertility until the right one comes along! Starring Ariel Lin, the film is a glimpse of what millions of working women struggle with: finding the balance between pursuing a career and marriage.

My Egg Boy

2016

梦想10献·微电影蓝光特典 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

梦想10献·微电影蓝光特典

2013

No artwork available
NR

At a remote all-girls school, an introverted teen uncovers a hidden tragedy as drowned students return as moisture-born spirits, haunting the living.

The Damp

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No artwork available
NR

At a remote all-girls school, an introverted teen uncovers a hidden tragedy as drowned students return as moisture-born spirits, haunting the living.

The Damp

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No artwork available
6.5

Debbie was already pregnant in Indonesia before she was married to Taiwan. Her useless husband has no doubt till Debbie’s Indonesian friend visit the family...

The Happy Life of Debbie

2012

No artwork available
6.5

Debbie was already pregnant in Indonesia before she was married to Taiwan. Her useless husband has no doubt till Debbie’s Indonesian friend visit the family...

The Happy Life of Debbie

2012

Wèishénme yào duì nǐ diào yǎnlèi poster
NR

A highly acclaimed, award-winning actor finds himself unable to shed a single tear following his father’s death. Determined to uncover the reason behind this, he undergoes a series of examinations—only to discover that real life is, in fact, a succession of incredibly demanding performances.

Wèishénme yào duì nǐ diào yǎnlèi

2006

Wèishénme yào duì nǐ diào yǎnlèi poster
NR

A highly acclaimed, award-winning actor finds himself unable to shed a single tear following his father’s death. Determined to uncover the reason behind this, he undergoes a series of examinations—only to discover that real life is, in fact, a succession of incredibly demanding performances.

Wèishénme yào duì nǐ diào yǎnlèi

2006