Edward Yang

| birth_place = Shanghai, Republic of China | death_date = | death_place = Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |citizenship = Taiwanese
American | alma_mater = National Chiao Tung University (BSEE)
University of Florida (MSEE)
University of Southern California (attended) | spouse =

| awards = Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
2000 ''Yi Yi''
| module = }} Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. He rose to prominence as a pioneer in the Taiwanese New Wave of the 1980s, alongside fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang. Yang was regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Taiwanese cinema. He won the Best Director Award at Cannes for his 2000 film ''Yi Yi''. Provided by Wikipedia