JIANG WEN

BY: Ruiyang Yuan (Mickey) Huabin Wu (Ben) Yuan Yuan

Introduction Born in Tangshan, Hebei in January 1963

with a family of military personnel, and he relocated to Beijing at the age of ten.

Graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1984.

Chinese actor, director and screenwriter in mainland, China.

Five people in his family who is his parents, a younger brother and a younger sister.

Treat family member very nicely and kind.

Introduction Three serious relationship. The first one was a actress

called Liu Xiaoqing---1986. The second one was his ex-wife

called Sandrine Chenivesse who is from France---1995.

The third one is another actress named Zhou Yun---2001.

Major Productions New York, I love you In the Heat of the Sun Devils on the Doorstep The Sun Also Rises Let the Bullet Fly

New York, I love you Directed by Jiang Wen, Natalie

Portman and 12 other famous directors.

Set “Love” as major topic and how people have different perspectives about it based on their knowledge.

The film tells a touching romance “thief Lover” story. Backgrounds of gang members, action scenes and love are all the elements of standard Hollywood-style commercial structures.

New York, I love you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kfNy7go1hM

In the Heat of the Sun

It tells the story about the growth process of a group of teenagers who joined the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution.

Earned 50 million Yuan. Listed by “Time Magazine" at the end of 1995 as

“The World's Ninth Annual Top Ten Best Film“. Named by "Time Magazine" as the most wanted

movie in all over the world in the early of 1997. It is widely recognized by people and marked the

emergence of Chinese cinema entered into a new era.

Devils on the Doorstep Directed and acted by Jiang Wen in August 1998 –

1999. The film is using a unique perspective which is the

black humor film style. It tells the story about the Japanese invaders come to

China and How the local farmers defend their hometown from those invaders in the Sino-Japanese War period.

This film has won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes International Film Festival in May 2000. But Jiang Wen was unauthorized attended this activity. So this film has been considered as “illegal entry“ and the government prohibited Jiang Wen to film a movie within 5 years as punishment.

Devils on the Doorstep http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCEqdQOBiJw

The Sun Also Rises Directed by Jiang Wen in 2005 and adapted

the idea from the short stories called "Velvet“ that written by Ye Mi.

The film's narrative structure is using the image style and it tells four related different stories from 1958 to 1976.

Earned 20 million Yuan eventually but failed to recover the production costs of more than 6000 million Yuan.

This movie also been considered an film of art because it confuses people easily and it asks a lot of imaginations.

Let the Bullet Fly Collaboration with Jiang Wen, Ge You and Chow

Yun-fat from September 2009 to February 2010. It is a self-style black humor movie. The story tells about how people find out the

way of earning money by using jurisdictions. "It has the charm to let the audience firmly

nailed to the chair“---CNN Director Jiang Wen's character and temperament

affect the characteristics and style of the film, this trait has gradually become a symbol of his films which recognized by the industry and the audience.

“Let the Bullets Fly” has been released in late 2010 as a Lunar New Year Movie.

Gained more than 20 awards.

Let the Bullet Fly http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFoLfRA5ghw

Awards of “Let the Bullet Fly”

Won the Chinese Year Jiaozi new list movie in December 2010. Won the 15th Chinese chart and Asian influence ceremony highest

grossing Best Picture in April 2011. Won the 11th Chinese Film Media Awards in June 2011. Won the 11th Chinese Film Media Awards for the most watched movie in

June 2011. Won the 15th Chinese chart and Asian influence ceremony for Best

Director Best Actor Award in April 2011. Won the 5th Asian Film Awards for the Best Costume Design in April

2011. Won the 11th Chinese Film Media Awards for Best Director in June 2011. Won the Hong Kong Film Critics Award for Best Director in December

2011. Won the 48th Taiwan Golden Horse for the Best Cinematography in

October 2011. Won the 48th Taiwan Golden Horse for the Best Adapted Screenplay in

October 2011. Won the 2011 highest grossing Asian Film Awards by "Let the Bullets Fly"

in March 19, 2012. Won the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards for the Best Costume Design in

April 15, 2012.

Nominations of “Let the Bullet Fly”

Nominated for Best Drama in Taiwan Golden Horse in October 2011.

Nominated for Best Picture Asian Film Awards in March 2011.

Nominated for 4th Asia Pacific Film Awards for Best Film picture in October 2011.

Nominated for 5th Asian Film Awards for Best Director in March 2011.

Nominated for 48th Golden Horse Award for Best Director in Taiwan in October 2011.

Nominated for 4th Asia Pacific Film Awards for Best Director in October 2011.

Nominated for 5th Asian Film Award for Best Screenplay in March 2011.

Awards Won the Volkswagen Hundred Flowers

Film Award for the best actor in 1987 by "Hibiscus Town“ at the age of 24.

“In the Heat of the Sun” has named by "Time Magazine" as “the Year of 1995 the World's Top Ten best films” at the First Place.

Won the Grand Jury Prize at 53rd Cannes International Film Festival by “Devils on the Doorstep” in 2000.

Evaluations “Jiang Wen has deeply attracted me by his talent

and charms. I can say he is one of the finest actors I have worked with.”---Zhang Ziyi

“Jiang Wen is unique as a director and also special as an actor because he can use different perspectives to film the movie. Either from the actor side or the director angle, that’s what makes him and his movies become successful.”---Chow Yu-fat

“He is smart, thoughtful and has great personalities. Also I believe he would be the best director in China in the future.”---Zhang Yimou

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