As per our current Database, Hou Hsiao-hsien is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Hou Hsiao-hsien is 77 years, 7 months and 13 days old. Hou Hsiao-hsien will celebrate 78rd birthday on a Tuesday 8th of April 2025. Below we countdown to Hou Hsiao-hsien upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Hou Hsiao-hsien |
| Occupation | Director |
| Age | 77 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Born | April 8, 1947 (China) |
| Birthday | April 8 |
| Town/City | China |
| Nationality | China |
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Hou Hsiao-hsien was born in the Year of the Pig. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.
Leading figure in Taiwan's New Wave movement and Director of intimate dramas like The Puppetmaster and FLIGHT of the Red Balloon.
He began working as a screenwriting collaborator with the renowned author Chu Tien-Wen in the 1980s.
He was voted Director of the Decade for the 1990s by film critics in a poll that was organized by The Village Voice and Film Comment.
His family fled the Chinese Civil War to Taiwan the year after he was born.
His first foray into western films, 2007's FLIGHT of the Red Balloon, starred famed French Actress Juliette Binoche.
