What Taiwanese film legend Sylvia Chang enjoys most about working with emerging directors
Whether as actress, writer or producer, Taiwanese screen veteran loves working with emerging film talent – they offer ‘something different’
Sylvia Chang Ai-chia is showing no signs of slowing down.
“I’ve been on the stage, working with young filmmakers, acting, helping people with scripts and writing my own things – which excites me, but it’s also very tiring,” the 71-year-old says.
A beloved entertainer since the 1970s, Chang became a pop singer soon after she finished school.
“I thought I would continue as a singer,” she says. “But, once I started acting, I made a promise to myself that filmmaking would be my lifetime work, not just a stepping stone in a career. I found filmmaking a medium you can explore in many different ways, that teaches you so much about life.”