Directing
Tian Zhuangzhuang
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.
Titles
The Grand Mansion Gate
2001
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
Monk Comes Down the Mountain
2015
My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes
2019
Us and Them
2018
Nice View
2022
Born to Fly
2023
My People, My Country
2019
HER
2025
Shining for One Thing
2023
Nightfall
2012
The Road Not Taken
2026
Love Education
2017
Gone with the Light
2019
The Shadowless Tower
2023
No. 7 Cherry Lane
2019
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
Keep Rolling
2020
New Chinese Cinema
1989
The Making of Steel
1997
Tian Zhuangzhuang: My Relationship with Films
2022
South of the Clouds
2004
The Outsiders
2019
Bipolar
2021