FrameThrower · Actors · Chen Shiang-Chyi
Chen Shiang-Chyi
2 films · 102 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1994–2003
Born 27 November 1969 · Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Chen Shiang-chyi is a Taiwanese actress best known for her long-lasting collaboration with critically acclaimed filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang.
When she was studying at the Taipei National University of the Arts, Chen was spotted by Edward Yang when he walked by her acting class. After her performance in Yang's A Confucian Confusion, she moved to New York City to study performing arts, later graduating from the Educational Theatre master's program at New York University.
After Chen returned to Taiwan, she starred in many of Tsai Ming-liang's films. She also appeared in Lin Cheng-sheng's Sweet Degeneration (1997), which was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 102 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1994–2003
- Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress2014
How their films are shot
Measured across 102 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Chen takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 71% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Chen takes.
Time of day
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 102 frames from Chen Shiang-Chyi's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.