Tian Zhuangzhuang

Known for DirectingBorn 1952-04-26 (age 74)Beijing, China

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Making of Steel

The Grand Mansion Gate

Keep Rolling

The Street Players

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Us and Them

Jasmine Women

Love Education

Rock Kids

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

HER

The Blue Kite

Bipolar

A Grandson from America

Knock Knock

Springtime in a Small Town

Born to Fly

Tea-Horse Road Series: Delamu

The Shadowless Tower

Unforgettable Life

The Crossing

King of the Children

South of the Clouds

September

My People, My Country

Nice View

The Go Master

Nightfall

The Horse Thief

Hema Hema

The Time of a Flower

Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch

My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes

Gone with the Light

The Winner

So Close to Paradise

On the Hunting Ground

Monk Comes Down the Mountain

The Bride

No. 7 Cherry Lane

The Red Elephant

Lady of the Dynasty

The Warrior and the Wolf

Tian Zhuangzhuang: My Relationship with Films

The Outsiders

The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up

Boy in Cage

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