20 Notable alumni of
National Taiwan University of Arts

Updated:

EduRank

The National Taiwan University of Arts is 575th in the world, 114th in Asia, and 8th in Taiwan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from the National Taiwan University of Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Ang Lee

    Ang Lee
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    writerfilm directordirectorscreenwriterfilm producer
    Biography

    Ang Lee is a Taiwanese filmmaker. Born in Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States. As a filmmaker Lee's work is known for its emotional charge and exploration of repressed, hidden emotions. During his career, he has received international critical and popular acclaim and numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. In 2003, Lee was ranked 27th in The Guardian's 40 best directors.

  2. Joanne Tseng

    Joanne Tseng
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    film actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Joanne Tseng Chih-chiao is a Taiwanese actress, singer and television host.

  3. Hou Hsiao-Hsien

    Hou Hsiao-Hsien
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    actordirectorfilm directortelevision actorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Hou Hsiao-hsien is a retired Mainland Chinese-born Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. He won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1989 for his film A City of Sadness (1989), and the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 for The Assassin (2015). Other highly regarded works of his include The Puppetmaster (1993) and Flowers of Shanghai (1998).

  4. Liu Kuan-ting

    Liu Kuan-ting
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    film actor
    Biography

    Liu Kuan-ting is a Taiwanese actor. He received the Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actor for the hit drama series A Boy Named Flora A (2017). In 2019, he won Best Supporting Actor at the 56th Golden Horse Awards for the film A Sun.

  5. Tai Chih-yuan

    Tai Chih-yuan
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    actortelevision presentertelevision actor
    Biography

    Andy Tai Chih-yuan is a Taiwanese comedian, actor, show host and YouTuber. He is a graduate of New York Institute of Technology.

  6. Eve Ai

    Eve Ai
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    singerrecording artistsongwriter
    Biography

    Eve Ai Yi-liang is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. She was crowned the winner of Super Idol 5 in 2010.

  7. Chang Chin-lan

    Chang Chin-lan
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    television actor
    Biography

    Chang Chin-lan is a Taiwanese actress.

  8. Kenji Wu

    Kenji Wu
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    television actorsongwritersingeractor
    Biography

    Kenji Wu is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, actor and director.

  9. Ko Chun-hsiung

    Ko Chun-hsiung
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1945-2015 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    film directortelevision actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Ko Chun-hsiung was a Taiwanese actor, director and politician. He had been acting since the 1960s and had appeared in more than 200 films.

  10. Jake Hsu

    Jake Hsu
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Jake Hsu is a Taiwanese actor.

  11. Matt Wu

    Matt Wu
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm directorscreenwriterfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Matt Wu Chung-tien is a Taiwanese actor, film director and screenwriter.

  12. Kuei Ya-lei

    Kuei Ya-lei
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Grace Gua Ah-leh is a Taiwanese actress and singer. Gua has portrayed over 200 roles in film and television since 1965. She has won the Golden Horse Awards 4 times and the Golden Bell Awards twice.

  13. Suming

    Suming
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    singeractorsongwriter
    Biography

    Suming Rupi is a Taiwanese Indigenous musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is a member of the "Lacienci" (拉千禧) age set (a form of social organization that is characteristic of 'Amis) of 'Atolan.

  14. Yvonne Yao

    Yvonne Yao
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Yvonne Yao is a Taiwanese actress.

  15. Chang Hsin-yan

    Chang Hsin-yan
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Chang Hsin-yan is a Taiwanese actress.

  16. Gavin Lin

    Gavin Lin
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    film director
    Biography

    Gavin Lin is a Taiwanese film director. He attended Pittsburg State University.

  17. Wei Haimin

    Wei Haimin
    Occupations
    actorPeking opera actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Wei Hai-min is a Taiwanese Peking opera singer-actress who plays Dan roles. A winner of Taiwan's National Award for Arts and China's Plum Blossom Prize, Wei is widely recognized a Peking opera superstar. She is the first student of Mei Baojiu, who is one of the most well-known Peking opera masters in the world.

  18. Ma Shui-long

    Ma Shui-long
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1939-2015 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Ma Shui-long was a Taiwanese composer, whose work is known for blending Western instrumentation with Asian pentatonic melodies.

  19. Chien Wen-pin

    Chien Wen-pin
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    conductor
    Biography

    Chien Wen-pin is a Taiwanese classical conductor. He was music director of National Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan 2001-2007.

  20. Huang Kuang-nan

    Huang Kuang-nan
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Enrolled in the National Taiwan University of Arts
    Studied fine art
    Occupations
    politicianpainter
    Biography

    Huang Kuang-nan, also known by his pen name Shi-Po, is a Taiwanese ink wash painter, scholar, art educator, and cultural administrator. He was a Minister without Portfolio in the Executive Yuan from 2012 to 2014.