Tian Zhuangzhuang
- Directing
- April 26, 1952 · Beijing, China
Biography
Tian Zhuangzhuang (simplified Chinese: 田壮壮; traditional Chinese: 田壯壯; pinyin: Tián Zhuàngzhuàng, Mandarin pronunciation: [tʰi̯ɛ̌n ʈʂu̯ɑ̂ŋʈʂu̯ɑ̂ŋ]; born April 1952 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese film director, producer and actor. Tian was born to an influential actor and actress in China. Following a short stint in the military, Tian began his artistic career first as an amateur photographer and then as an assistant cinematographer at the Beijing Agricultural Film Studio. In 1978 he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy, where he formed the so-called Fifth Generation with Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Peng Xiaolan and Wu Ziniu. His films The Horse Thief and The Blue Kite brought him international fame, but also problems with the Chinese censors that kept him from working in China. Lately, Tian is again active as director; his remake of Springtime in a Small Town was shown in Rotterdam in 2003.
Known for
Filmography
- The Road Not Taken
- HER · Luo Lao
- The Time of a Flower · Executive producer
- Shining for One Thing · Xe
- The Shadowless Tower · Gu Yunlai
- Born to Fly
- Tian Zhuangzhuang: My Relationship with Films
- Nice View · Uncle Sun
- Knock Knock · Executive producer
- Bipolar · Old Fisherman, Editorial Consultant
- Keep Rolling
- Gone with the Light · Tian Zhuangzhuang
- My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes · Self
- My People, My Country · (segment "The Guiding Star")
- No. 7 Cherry Lane · Ah Kwok (Voice)
- The Outsiders
- The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
- The Crossing · Executive producer
- Us and Them · Jianqing's Father
- Love Education · Yin Xiaoping
- Hema Hema · Editing
- Lady of the Dynasty · Production Design, Co-Director
- Monk Comes Down the Mountain · Peng Xiaowen
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema · Self
- Nightfall · Former prison guard
- A Grandson from America · Producer
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey · Self
- The Bride · Thanks
- The Warrior and the Wolf · Director, Screenplay
- The Go Master · Director
- Boy in Cage · Consulting Producer
- South of the Clouds
- Jasmine Women · Producer
- Tea-Horse Road Series: Delamu · Director
- 冬至 · Producer
- Springtime in a Small Town · Director
- The Grand Mansion Gate · 田木
- So Close to Paradise · Producer
- The Making of Steel · Executive producer
- The Winner · Producer
- The Blue Kite · Director
- Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch · Director
- New Chinese Cinema
- Rock Kids · Director
- Unforgettable Life · Director
- Special Operating Room · Director
- King of the Children · Music
- The Street Players · Director, Writer
- The Horse Thief · Director
- September · Cinematography, Director
- On the Hunting Ground · Director
- The Red Elephant · Director
- Our Corner · Director
- The Courtyard · Director
- The Sound of Flames · Meng
- 在那里 · Art Direction
- Cry of the Birds · Director
- 盲女与花猫 · Producer
- Wake Me Up · Executive producer
- Beyond the river · Executive producer