Directing
Yu Chih-chieh
Born 1996-10-04 · Taipei, Taiwan
YU Chih-chieh (Taiwan) is a filmmaker and a graduate of the National Taiwan University of Arts. His work has been recognised across student and emerging-talent platforms. His short Contained (2022) won Best Student Narrative at the 44th Golden Harvest Awards and screened at festivals including the China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers. His graduation film Redacted (2024) received the Jury Special Award at the 46th Golden Harvest Awards, the Magnetic Award at the FIRST Fantastic Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at In Moments Film Festival. Isolation (2025) was supported by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, Taipei Film Festival and Golden Horse FPP, where it received the TAICCA Original Award. His latest short The Last Jiangshi (2026, short) is screening at IFFR 2026.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
NRIn Chinese folklore, the corpse-herding rituals of Xiangxi gave birth to the myth of the jiangshi, or hopping vampire. In 1985, Mr. Vampire brought the jiangshi to the big screen, making it a cultural icon. Over thirty years later, as the genre fades into memory, The Last Jiangshi (original title: China’s Last Vampire) finds the only known jiangshi still existing in the modern world—Old Li.
The Last Jiangshi
2025
NRIn Chinese folklore, the corpse-herding rituals of Xiangxi gave birth to the myth of the jiangshi, or hopping vampire. In 1985, Mr. Vampire brought the jiangshi to the big screen, making it a cultural icon. Over thirty years later, as the genre fades into memory, The Last Jiangshi (original title: China’s Last Vampire) finds the only known jiangshi still existing in the modern world—Old Li.
The Last Jiangshi
2025
7.0Taiwan crisis, 1990s. The undead are wreaking havoc on the shore. A paranoia-infused, zombie-filled military thriller. Smells like… soldier brains?
Isolation
2025
7.0Taiwan crisis, 1990s. The undead are wreaking havoc on the shore. A paranoia-infused, zombie-filled military thriller. Smells like… soldier brains?
Isolation
2025
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Redacted
2023
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Redacted
2023
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Contained
2022
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Contained
2022
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Island of Mirage
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Island of Mirage
2025
NRIn the future, people can generate any image through AI art programs. Simply by inputting keywords, one can produce intricate pictures. Impressed by the finished works of others, Jieliang entered keywords related to his current project and was pleased with the generated image. He suddenly had a spark of curiosity and entered... 'What would my death scene look like?'
Unspeakable
2022
NRIn the future, people can generate any image through AI art programs. Simply by inputting keywords, one can produce intricate pictures. Impressed by the finished works of others, Jieliang entered keywords related to his current project and was pleased with the generated image. He suddenly had a spark of curiosity and entered... 'What would my death scene look like?'
Unspeakable
2022
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Agent Beyond Budget
2024
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Agent Beyond Budget
2024
NROn a decaying Taiwanese coast, a stubborn young artist refuses to give up his grand vision, transforming a wave of absurd failures into a raw, hilarious messy truth.
Nowherebound
2026