From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hou Hsiao-hsien (Chinese: 侯孝賢; pinyin: Hóu Xiàoxián) (born April 8, 1947) is a retired award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hou Hsiao-hsien, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​