{{short description|Taiwanese film director}} {{for|the Chinese film director with the same name|He Ping (director)}} {{family name hatnote|Ho|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Ho Ping | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | native_name = 何平 | native_name_lang = zh | pronunciation = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1958}} | birth_place = Hsinchu, Taiwan | disappeared_date = <!-- {{Disappeared date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (disappeared date then birth date) --> | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | burial_place = <!-- may be used instead of resting_place and resting_place_coordinates (displays "Burial place" as label) --> | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | monuments = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = Master's degree | alma_mater = Tunghai University<br>Syracuse University | occupation = Film director | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | agent = <!-- Discouraged in most cases, specifically when promotional, and requiring a reliable source --> | known_for = | notable_works = <!-- produces label "Notable work"; may be overridden by |credits=, which produces label "Notable credit(s)"; or by |works=, which produces label "Works"; or by |label_name=, which produces label "Label(s)" --> | style = | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | television = | title = <!-- Formal/awarded/job title. The parameter |office=may be used as an alternative when the label is better rendered as "Office" (e.g. public office or appointments) --> | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charge = <!-- Criminality parameters should be supported with citations from reliable sources --> | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | children = | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = <!-- may be used (optionally with mother parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | relatives = | family = | callsign = | awards = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }}
'''Ho Ping''' ({{zh|t=何平|p=Hé Píng}}; born 1958) is a Taiwanese film director.
Born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, he studied chemical engineering at Tunghai University before moving to the United States to earn an MFA from Syracuse University. Upon graduation, Ho returned to Taiwan in 1987 and released his directorial debut, ''The Digger'' (''Yin jian xiang ma'') (1988). The next year, he won the Special Jury Prize at the 25th Golden Horse Awards with ''The Suona Player'' (''Chui gu chui'', also known as ''For whom the Suona Blows''). Both ''The Digger'' and ''The Suona Player'' were film adaptions of short stories written by Wang Ben-hu.<ref name="histdict">{{cite book|last1=Lee|first1=Daw-Ming|title=Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema|date=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810879225|pages=184–185|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYubb-xIgiYC&pg=PA184}}</ref>
According to director Daw-Ming Lee, his films share a "bitter tone of absurdity" and he is influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Shūji Terayama and Luis Buñuel.<ref name="histdict" />
Ho has won a number of awards throughout his career, including the International Federation of Film Critics Award, the Don Quixote Prize of the International Federation of Film Societies, and the Special Jury Prize at the Golden Horse Awards twice. He has also directed television shows and commercials, largely between 2002 and 2007. Between filming ''Sweet Revenge'' (2007) and ''Battle Up'' (2015), Ho taught full-time at National Taiwan University of Arts.<ref name="histdict" />
==Filmography== *''The Digger'' (''陰間響馬'', ''Yin jian xiang ma'') (1988) – segment of ''The Digger'', ''The Suona Player'' (''陰間響馬, 吹鼓吹''), co-directed with Daw-Ming Lee<ref name="histdict" /> *''Honor Thy Father'' (''Gan'en de Suiyue'') (1989)<ref name="histdict" /> – a biopic of Sadaharu Oh's childhood, commissioned by the Central Motion Picture Corporation *''18'' (''十八'', ''Shi ba'') (1993) *''Wolves Cry Under the Moon'' (''Guo dao feng bi'') (1997) *''Motel Erotica'' (''Zhuo jian'') (1998) *''The Rule of the Game'' (''挖洞人'', ''Wa dong ren'') (2002) *''Princess in Wonder'' (''Gong zhu che ye wei mian'') (2003) – based on a novel by Chen Ying-Shuh, a comedy about a woman suffering from amnesia following an accident<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eisner |first1=Ken |title=Princess in Wonder |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/princess-in-wonder-1200537267/ |publisher=Variety |accessdate=9 February 2019}}</ref> *''Sweet Revenge'' (''Gei sun yan'') (2007) – a commercial failure in both China and Hong Kong<ref name="histdict" /> *''Battle Up'' (2015)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0387365|name=Ho Ping}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ho, Ping}} Category:Taiwanese film directors Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:People from Hsinchu Category:Tunghai University alumni Category:Syracuse University alumni
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