* Taiwan ca. 1955 - † Taipei, Taiwan 7.3.1990
Education: National Taiwan University (law); UCLA Film School

Chinese-born filmmaker who arrived in the US in 1975 and served as the Hollywood editor and film critic of China Times before making his directorial debut with DARK NIGHT (1986). Tan received attention for his third feature, ROUGE OF THE NORTH (1988), centering on the life of an opium-addicted mother during the first half of the 20th century. His death at age 35 was due to acute hepatitis.

Filmografie

1986   DARK NIGHT                                   director, screenwriter
1988   ROUGE OF THE NORTH/YUAN NU    director, screenwriter
1989   SPLIT OF THE SPIRIT                      director, screenwriter