Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, 76, retires from film-making due to dementia

Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Horse Awards in 2020. Photo: Golden Horse Film Festival/Instagram

Taiwanese film-maker Hou Hsiao-hsien, considered one of the greatest directors of the 21st century, has retired from making movies as he battles dementia.

This was disclosed by film scholar Tony Rayns during a screening of Hou’s 1985 drama The Time To Live And The Time To Die at the Garden Cinema in London on Monday (Oct 23), according to entertainment website IndieWire.