Tian Zhuangzhuang
Chinese filmmaker
Tian Zhuangzhuang (Chinese: 田壮壮; born April 1952) is a Chinese movie director, producer and actor.
Tian Zhuangzhuang | |||||||||
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Alma mater | Beijing Film Academy | ||||||||
Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, actor and professor at Beijing Film Academy | ||||||||
Years active | 1980-present | ||||||||
Parent(s) | Tian Fang (father) Yu Lan (mother) | ||||||||
Awards | Tokyo Grand Prix 1993 The Blue Kite San Marco Prize 2002 Springtime in a Small Town Jin Jue for Best Director 2007 The Go Master | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 田壯壯 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 田壮壮 | ||||||||
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Tian's early career were mainly avant-garde documentary movies such as On the Hunting Ground (1985) and The Horse Thief (1986). His movie The Blue Kite (1993), was so controversial he was forced to exile from the movie business.[1][2] He later directed The Go Master (2006) and the historical action movie The Warrior and the Wolf (2009).
References
change- ↑ "Banned In Beijing" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine 1994. Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ Yang, p. 91-92.