Liao Ching-Sung (Chinese: ???) was born in 1950. He began his career as an editing technician at the Central Motion Picture Corp, and has been responsible for the editing of many of the Taiwan New Wave works. In particular, he began work with Hou Hsiao-Hsien on military documentaries at the Central Motion Picture Corp, and with the exception of A Time to Live and A Time to Die he has been responsible for the editing of all of Hou's works. Other major works include The Terrorist (1987, directed by Edward Yang) and Dust of Angels (1992, directed by Hsu Hsiao-Ming). He was awarded Special Contribution Award at the 55th Golden Horse Awards.