KwanTeo Film Archive · Creator
Adam Yang
杨哲霖Adam Yang is a Shantou-born director and screenwriter based in Beijing. He directed the shorts Round Island Road and Ocean, and worked as a screenwriter and executive director on the Chaoshan-language feature Xia Yulai.
About the Creator
Yang studied at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts before completing an MFA in directing at Hong Kong Baptist University's Academy of Film. His graduation short Round Island Road was filmed in Chaoshan and received a screenplay award at the sixth edition of Zhongguo Guoji Weidianying Zhan / China International Micro-Film Exhibition (TBC). Ocean was selected among six projects in the 2023 Shanhai Jihua / Mountains and Seas Project (TBC).
His work on Xia Yulai brought him into a larger theatrical production in a different capacity. Set in the late Qing period, the film follows a local legal advocate and his daughter through disputes that draw them into a wider conflict. Yang contributed as screenwriter and executive director; the film was released nationally in August 2025.