"No two routes to becoming a director are the same, and yet Chang's path is very representative," says Wang Chih-cheng, the editor-in-chief of Premiere, a film magazine that will start publication soon. Chang had a broad grounding in movies, from making documentaries, to writing scripts, to applying for grants and completing the process of shooting a film. "His experiences encapsulate those of all Taiwanese directors."
「沒有任何兩條往導演的路會是相同的，張作驥走的路卻很具代表性」，即將創刊的「首映」電影雜誌總編輯王志成說，張作驥從電影基層作起，拍紀錄片、寫劇本、申請輔導金，完成電影的過程，「正是台灣導演的縮影」。