Born in 1972 in Tainan, Taiwan, Chen received his BA in Visual Communications at the World Journalism College. He currently studies at the Graduate Institute of Sound and Image Studies in Documentary, Tainan National College of the Arts. Two Guys Go Hunting (1996) received the Best Non-Commercial Film Award at the First Taipei Film Festival in 1998. The film Homeland Sunset (1996) received the Best Film Award at the Golden Grain Awards for Short Films and Videos in 1996 and 1998 Annual R.O.C. Documentary Awards.