Chiu Fu-sheng (Chinese: 邱復生; born 19 July 1947) is a Taiwanese film producer and real estate developer. Born in Pingtung County in 1947, Chiu is of Hakka descent. He attended the Political Warfare Cadres Academy. Chiu began his career in media as an advertiser in the 1970s before founding Era Communications, which began as a video and independent film distribution company in 1982. After returning from a business trip to the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, Chiu wondered why Taiwanese films were not featured at international awards shows. He found that Taiwanese filmmaking lacked several widely used technologies and techniques, such as synchronous recording, optical printing, and layered audio. Through Era, Chiu produced Hou Hsiao-hsien's 1989 film A City of Sadness. During post-production, Chiu