sEAN CHUNG 小莊

Born Chuang Yung-hsin in 1968, Sean Chuang graduated from the Fine Arts and Crafts department of Fu-hsin Trade and Arts School in Taipei.

He has 20 years of experience as a director of television commercials, directing more than 400 works. He was awarded the Times Awards and the Times Asia-Pacific Award multiple times.

As a well-known Taiwanese advertisement director, his works span China, Singapore and Japan. In 1997 he published Film Marker’s Notes recording work and life which was a hot seller with 18 reprints, becoming a classic and required reading in the industry and related school departments.

In 2010 he finished his second work The Window, Taiwan’s first graphic novel, earning the Government Information Office’s Best Graphic Novel Award, and in 2011 a Spanish translation was published.

Still active in the advertising circles, Director Sean Chuang continues to shot videos and draw comics. In 2013, Film maker’s Notes (2014 edition) and ‘80s Diary in Taiwan vol. 1 were published, recording the life and culture of Taiwan in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the joys and the sorrows of advertisers. ‘80s Diary in Taiwan vol. 2 was published in 2015.

AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS

2009 The Window wins the Government Information Office's narrative comic award

2013 Work exhibited in the Independent Cartoonist Joint Exhibition at ACG Hong Kong

2013 Part of Taiwan's delegation at the Brussels Comics Festival in Belgium

2013 Works exhibited in A Parallel Tale: Taipei 80 X Hong Kong 90 comics festival, jointly organized by the New Taipei City Cultural Affairs Department, Dala Publishing, and the Hong Kong Arts Centre

2014 80s Diary in Taiwan 1 receives the Annual Grand Prize and Young Cartoonist Prize at the Golden Comic Awards

2012, 2014, 2015 Part of Taiwan's delegation at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in France

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