YANG graduated from Tainan National College of the Arts in Taiwan and has been an independent documnetary filmmaker ever since. His work I Love (080) won the NETPAC Special Mention at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival and Prix Regards Neufs Etat De Vaud at Visions du Reel; The Old West Gate won the Best Documentary Award at Taiwan's Council for Cultural Affairs; and Someone Else's Shinjuku East won him the Best Non-Drama Director at the Golden Bell Awards. His major works also include My Football Summer and Floating Women.