70 Notable alumni of
Beijing Film Academy

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Beijing Film Academy is 197th in the world, 38th in Asia, and 4th in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 70 notable alumni from Beijing Film Academy sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Liu Yifei

    Liu Yifei
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Enrolled in Beijing Film Academy
    Studied in 2002
    Occupations
    modelfilm actoractorsinger
    Biography

    Liu Yifei is a Chinese-American actress, singer, and model. She has appeared multiple times on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list and was named one of the New Four Dan actresses of China in 2009. She is widely known as "Fairy Sister" in China.

  2. Yang Mi

    Yang Mi
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Enrolled in Beijing Film Academy
    2005-2009 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    actorsingertelevision producer
    Biography

    Yang Mi is a Chinese actress and singer. She made her acting debut in the historical television series Tang Ming Huang, and later received recognition for her leading roles in various television series such as Wang Zhaojun (2007), Chinese Paladin 3 (2009), Palace 1(2011), Beijing Love Story (2012), Swords of Legends (2014), The Interpreter (2016), Eternal Love (2017) and Legend of Fuyao (2018); as well as films Mysterious Island (2011), Tiny Times (2013–2015), and The Witness (2015). In 2017, she won the Best Actress award at the WorldFest Houston International Festival for her performance in Reset (2017).

  3. Andy Yang

    Andy Yang
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Enrolled in Beijing Film Academy
    Studied in 2010-2014
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Yang Zi also known as Andy Yang, is a Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the Performance Institute of Beijing Film Academy (BFA) in 2014. In 2016, Yang was chosen by Southern Metropolis Daily as one of the Four Dan Actresses of the post-90s Generation (90后四小花旦).

  4. Zhao Wei

    Zhao Wei
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    film directorfilm actoractorsinger
    Biography

    Zhao Wei, also known as Vicky Zhao or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, businesswoman, film director, producer and pop singer. She is considered one of the most popular actresses in China and Chinese-speaking regions, and one of the highest paid actresses as well.

  5. Ai Weiwei

    Ai Weiwei
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Enrolled in Beijing Film Academy
    Studied in 1978
    Occupations
    photographerartistsocial activistarchitectsculptor
    Biography

    Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of "tofu-dreg schools" in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for "economic crimes". He was detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one of the nation's most vocal political commentators.

  6. Huang Xiaoming

    Huang Xiaoming
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Enrolled in Beijing Film Academy
    Studied in 2000
    Occupations
    singermodeltelevision actor
    Biography

    Huang Xiaoming or Mark Huang is a Chinese actor, singer, businessman, and model. He graduated from the Performance Institute of the Beijing Film Academy in 2000. Huang first rose to prominence in 2001 for playing Emperor Wu of Han in the television series The Prince of Han Dynasty. In 2007, Huang signed a contract with Huayi Brothers and began focusing on his film career, appearing in films like The Sniper (2009), The Message (2009), and Sacrifice (2010).

  7. Zhang Yimou

    Zhang Yimou
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    cinematographerfilm directorscreenwriteractorfilm producer
    Biography

    Zhang Yimou is a Chinese film director, producer, writer, actor, professor and former cinematographer. Considered a key figure of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers, he made his directorial debut in 1988 with Red Sorghum, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.

  8. Alyssa Chia

    Alyssa Chia
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    television actortelevision presenterfilm actoractorvoice actor
    Biography

    Alyssa Chia Ching-wen is a Taiwanese actress and television host. She is known for her roles in television series such as the period dramas The Prince of Han Dynasty, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber and Lady Wu: The First Empress, as well as the contemporary social realist series The World Between Us. For her role in The World Between Us, Chia won her first Best Leading Actress in a TV Series award at the 2019 Golden Bell Awards. Two years later, Chia went on to win a Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for the psychological drama film The Falls, directed by Chung Mong-hong.

  9. Guan Xiaotong

    Guan Xiaotong
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1997-.. (age 27)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Guan Xiaotong is a Chinese actress and singer of Manchu descent. She is known for her roles in films The Left Ear and Shadow; and the television series To Be a Better Man. From an early age, her family encouraged a passion for the arts, and she first starred in Nuan at the age of four. Forbes China listed Guan under their Asia 2017 list which consisted of 30 influential people under 30 years old who have had a substantial effect in their fields.

  10. Zhou Dongyu

    Zhou Dongyu
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    actormodel
    Biography

    Zhou Dongyu is a Chinese actress, who gained recognition after appearing in Zhang Yimou's film Under the Hawthorn Tree. She was also chosen by Southern Metropolis Daily as one of the "Four Dan actresses of the post-90s Generation", along with Zheng Shuang, Guan Xiaotong and Yang Zi. In 2016, she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress with her performance in Soul Mate. In 2020, she won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress and Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress with her performance in Better Days.

  11. Leo Wu

    Leo Wu
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1999-.. (age 25)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Wu Lei, also known as Leo Wu, is a Chinese actor. He started appearing in commercials at the age of three. In 2007, he made his acting debut as Nezha in the series The Legend and the Hero. He is known for his supporting roles in Nirvana in Fire (2015) and The Whirlwind Girl (2015) and for his starring roles in Fight Breaks Sphere (2018), Tomb of the Sea (2018), The Long Ballad (2021), and Love like The Galaxy (2022). Wu ranked 63rd on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2017, 29th in 2019 and 47th in 2020.

  12. Wu Jinyan

    Wu Jinyan
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Enrolled in Beijing Film Academy
    Studied in 2009-2013
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Wu Jinyan is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her roles in television series Beauties at the Crossfire (2013), Story of Yanxi Palace (2018) and The Legend of Haolan (2019).

  13. Wang Junkai

    Wang Junkai
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1999-.. (age 25)
    Enrolled in Beijing Film Academy
    Studied in 2017
    Occupations
    singeractortelevision actor
    Biography

    Wang Junkai, also known as Karry Wang, is a Chinese singer and actor. He was a trainee of TF Family since 2010 and debuted as the leader of TFBOYS in 2013. He is one of China's wealthiest people born after 1990, with a personal net worth of 248 million yuan (US$36 million) as of December 2016.

  14. Luo Jin

    Luo Jin
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    opera singertelevision actoractorsinger
    Biography

    Luo Jin is a Chinese actor and singer. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 2006.

  15. Li Xian

    Li Xian
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Li Xian is a Chinese actor. He began his acting career by playing minor role in the film Feng Shui (2012). His first major role came as a red fox in the adventure fantasy film Soul Snatcher (2020). Xian had his small-screen debut in the web series City of Fantasy (2014). His breakthrough role came in the esports drama, Go Go Squid! (2019). Xian appeared in Forbes Asia 100 Digital Stars list and Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2020.

  16. Gülnezer Bextiyar

    Gülnezer Bextiyar
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Gülnezer Bextiyar, also known by her pinyin transliteration name Gulinazha (Chinese: 古力娜扎) or simply Nazha, is an ethnic Uyghur Chinese actress and model who graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 2011.

  17. Shawn Dou

    Shawn Dou
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Shawn Dou is a Chinese Canadian actor. He is married to Laurinda Ho, daughter of Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho.

  18. Huang Shengyi

    Huang Shengyi
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    singermodelactorentrepreneur
    Biography

    Huang Shengyi, also known as Eva Huang, is a Chinese actress and singer.

  19. Chen Kun

    Chen Kun
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    film actorwritertelevision actorsingeractor
    Biography

    Chen Kun, sometimes credited as Aloys Chen, is a Chinese actor, singer and producer. He gained recognition from television dramas Love Story in Shanghai and The Story of a Noble Family and rose to international prominence with the films The Knot and Painted Skin. Chen has won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor, Huabiao Award for Outstanding Actor, and received a Golden Horse Award nomination for Best Actor.

  20. Ma Tianyu

    Ma Tianyu
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    singeractortelevision actor
    Biography

    Ma Tianyu, also known as Ray Ma, is a Chinese Mandopop singer and actor of Hui ethnicity. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy.

  21. Chen Kaige

    Chen Kaige
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    film producerproducerwriterscreenwriterdirector
    Biography

    Chen Kaige is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling. Chen won the Palme d'Or at 1993 Cannes Film Festival and the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award in 1993 for directing Farewell My Concubine.

  22. Yao Chen

    Yao Chen
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Enrolled in Beijing Film Academy
    Studied in 1999-2003
    Occupations
    actorfilm actorstage actor
    Biography

    Yao Chen is a Chinese actress and philanthropist. In 2014, Time named Yao as one of the most influential people on their Time 100 list. As of 2014, she is listed as the 83rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. Several English-language media outlets have nicknamed her "China's answer to Angelina Jolie."

  23. Huang Bo

    Huang Bo
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    film directortelevision actoractorsinger
    Biography

    Huang Bo is a Chinese actor, film director, singer and the current vice-chairman of China Film Association. He is the winner of multiple Chinese film awards, and ranked 34th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 62nd in 2014, 22nd in 2015, 30th in 2017, 2nd in 2019, 52nd in 2020.

  24. Jia Zhangke

    Jia Zhangke
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    film actorfilm screenwriterscreenwriteractorfilm producer
    Biography

    Jia Zhangke is a Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dean of the Vancouver Film School of Shanghai University. He graduated from the Literature Department of Beijing Film Academy. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema, a group that also includes such figures as Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Wang Quan'an and Zhang Yuan.

  25. Yu Nan

    Yu Nan
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    film actoractor
    Biography

    Yu Nan is a Chinese actress. Born in Dalian, Yu Nan studied at the Beijing Film Academy, where she graduated in 1999.

  26. Wang Luodan

    Wang Luodan
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    singeractor
    Biography

    Wang Luodan is a Chinese actress and singer. She rose to fame because with the TV series Struggle (2007). She became increasingly popular after starring in My Youthfulness (2009) and A Story of Lala's Promotion (2010). Wang has also established herself in films Driverless (2010), Caught in the Web (2012) and The Dead End (2015). Due to her popularity, she was named one of the new New Four Dan Actresses in 2009. In 2013, she won Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Caught in the Web. Li ranked 74th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2014.

  27. Yuan Shanshan

    Yuan Shanshan
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    film actoractor
    Biography

    Yuan Shanshan also known as Mabel Yuan is a Chinese actress and singer. She is noted for her roles as in the Gong series: Palace II (2012) and Palace III (2013); as well as Swordsman (2013) and Jian Bing Man (2015).

  28. Zhang Fengyi

    Zhang Fengyi
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Zhang Fengyi is a Chinese actor best known for his role as "Duan Xiaolou" in Farewell My Concubine (1993), Jing Ke in The Emperor and the Assassin (1998), and Cao Cao in Red Cliff (2008–2009).

  29. Jiang Qinqin

    Jiang Qinqin
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    singeractor
    Biography

    Jiang Qinqin is a Chinese actress. She is sometimes credited as Shui Ling (simplified Chinese: 水灵; traditional Chinese: 水靈), a stage name given to her by Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao while she was involved in the production of the television series Tears in Heaven.

  30. Yin Zheng

    Yin Zheng
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    singeractor
    Biography

    Yin Zheng is a Chinese actor. He is known for his roles in Love Me, If You Dare, Goodbye Mr. Loser, Sparrow, Original Sin and Winter Begonia.

  31. Zhou Ye

    Zhou Ye
    Years
    1998-.. (age 26)
    Occupations
    film actor
    Biography

    Zhou Ye is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her roles as Wei Lai in the film Better Days, Gu Xiang in the drama Word of Honor, Yan Hui in the drama Back From The Brink and Hua Qian in the drama Scent of Time.

  32. Du Chun

    Du Chun
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    television actortelevision producerfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Du Chun is a Chinese actor.

  33. Jiang Yiyan

    Jiang Yiyan
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    singeractor
    Biography

    Jiang Yiyan is a Chinese actress and singer.

  34. Huang Mengying

    Huang Mengying
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Huang Mengying, also known as Maggie Huang, is a Chinese actress who graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. She rose to fame for her role as Sujin in Eternal Love (2017), and gained increased recognition for her supporting roles in Princess Agents and Lost Love in Times.

  35. Hai Qing

    Hai Qing
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Hai Qing is a Chinese actress who has appeared in such films as Sacrifice (2010), Finding Mr. Right (2013), Operation Red Sea (2018), and Return to Dust (2022). For her role in the 2009–10 television series A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era, she was nominated for numerous TV awards, including a Flying Apsaras Award for Best Actress and a Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress, which she both won. Hai ranked 36th on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 46th in 2014, and 57th in 2015. In 2015, she became the first UN Women National Ambassador for China.

  36. Peng Guanying

    Peng Guanying
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Peng Guanying is a Chinese actor. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy.

  37. Qiao Zhenyu

    Qiao Zhenyu
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Qiao Zhenyu is a Chinese actor who is a graduate of the Beijing Dance Academy.

  38. Zhang Tian'ai

    Zhang Tian'ai
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Zhang Tian'ai, also known by her English name Crystal Zhang, is a Chinese actress and model. She is best known for her breakout role in the 2015 hit web-drama Go Princess Go.

  39. Hu Bo

    Hu Bo
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1988-2017 (aged 29)
    Occupations
    novelistfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Hu Bo, also known by his pen name Hu Qian (Chinese: 胡遷), was a Chinese novelist and film director, best known for his only feature film An Elephant Sitting Still (2018), which garnered widespread praise from critics. He died by suicide on 12 October 2017 at the age of 29, soon after he finished that film.

  40. Wang Quan'an

    Wang Quan'an
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriterfilm editorfilm producer
    Biography

    Wang Quan'an is a Sixth Generation Chinese film director. Wang was born in Yan'an, China. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1991. He had a ten-year relationship with actress and muse Yu Nan, which ended in 2009.

  41. Huang Haibo

    Huang Haibo
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Huang Haibo is a Chinese actor of Manchu descent, best known in film for playing Yu Xiaobei in The Dream of A Young Soldier (2001), and has received critical acclaim for his television work, particularly as Jiang Dongzhi in Chasing, Yu Wei in A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era, Li Da Benshi in Forever Designation and Guo Ran in Let's get married!.

  42. Tian Zhuangzhuang

    Tian Zhuangzhuang
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriteractorfilm producer
    Biography

    Tian Zhuangzhuang is a Chinese film director, producer and actor.

  43. Wang Xiaoshuai

    Wang Xiaoshuai
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    film directordirectorscreenwriteractorfilm producer
    Biography

    Wang Xiaoshuai is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is commonly grouped under the loose association of filmmakers known as the "Sixth Generation" of the Cinema of China. Like others in this generation, and in contrast with earlier Chinese filmmakers who produced mostly historical drama, Wang proposed a “new urban Chinese cinema has been mainly concerned with bearing witness of a fast- paced transforming China and producing a localized critique of globalization.”

  44. Yao Xingtong

    Yao Xingtong
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Yao Xingtong is a Chinese actress. She is also known as Helen Yao and Anna Yao. She is fluent in French and English.

  45. Lu Chuan

    Lu Chuan
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Lu Chuan is a Chinese filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He is the son of novelist Lu Tianming (陆天明).

  46. Miao Pu

    Miao Pu
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Miao Pu is a Chinese actress.

  47. Ning Hao

    Ning Hao
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    film actorfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Ning Hao is a Chinese film director. Ning studied at the Taiyuan Film School, where he majored in scenic design. He later transferred to the Art Department of Peking University. Ning eventually graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 2003 with a degree from the Photography Department.

  48. Zu Feng

    Zu Feng
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    actorfilm directortelevision actor
    Biography

    Zu Feng is a Chinese actor and director. Zu first attracted attention in 2008 for his role as Li Ya in the successful TV drama Lurk. He has earned and been nominated for numerous awards during his career, including winning the Best New Actor Award at the 2011 Chinese Young Generation Film Forum for his role in The Founding of a Party, Society Awardat the Golden Phoenix Awards, and two Huading Award for Best Supporting Actor.

  49. Gao Xixi

    Gao Xixi
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    television directordirectortelevision producer
    Biography

    Gao Xixi is a Chinese television director and producer, famous for directing a number of commercially successful Chinese television series.

  50. Xiaolu Guo

    Xiaolu Guo
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    film directorwriterscreenwriter
    Biography

    Xiaolu Guo FRSL is a Chinese-born British novelist, memoirist and film-maker, who explores migration, alienation, memory, personal journeys, feminism, translation and transnational identities.

  51. Wu Ershan

    Wu Ershan
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Wuershan is a Chinese film director of Mongol descent, who was born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia on June 10, 1972.

  52. Pema Tseden

    Pema Tseden
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1969-2023 (aged 54)
    Occupations
    film directorwriterscreenwriter
    Biography

    Pema Tseden, also called Wanma Caidan (simplified Chinese: 万玛才旦; traditional Chinese: 萬瑪才旦; pinyin: Wàn mǎ cái dàn; December 1969 – 8 May 2023) was a Tibetan film director and screenwriter. He was a professor at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou and a member of the Film Directors Guild of China, China Film Association, and Chinese Film Literature Association. He is known for making many films entirely in Tibetan language and presenting a more realistic depiction of Tibetan life as opposed to the exoticism often associated with the region.

  53. Wu Tianming

    Wu Tianming
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1939-2014 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    directorscreenwriteractorproducerfilm director
    Biography

    Wu Tianming was a Chinese film director and producer who was considered one of the leading "Fourth Generation" directors.

  54. Yu Dong

    Yu Dong
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    film producerentrepreneur
    Biography

    Yu Dong, also known as Don Yu, is a Chinese businessman, film producer and presenter. He is also as the chairman of Bona Film Group, a production company and film distributor, which has distributed and co-produced over 100 Chinese-language films, such as Confession of Pain, Dragon Tiger Gate, and Flash Point.

  55. Zhang Yuan

    Zhang Yuan
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Zhang Yuan is a Chinese film director who has been described by film scholars as a pioneering member of China's Sixth Generation of filmmakers. He and his films have won ten awards out of seventeen nominations received at international film festivals.

  56. Li Shaohong

    Li Shaohong
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    film director
    Biography

    Li Shaohong is a Chinese film and television director and producer. She is considered a member of the Fifth Generation movement, and China's top woman director. Her films have won multiple awards in China and abroad, including the Golden Montgolfiere at the 1992 Three Continents Festival (for Bloody Morning), and the Silver Bear at the 1995 Berlin International Film Festival (for Blush).

  57. Peng Xiaolian

    Peng Xiaolian
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1953-2019 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    film directordirectorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Peng Xiaolian was a Chinese film director, scriptwriter and author. A graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, she was a member of the Fifth Generation, although her style differed from the other members of this group. She is known for her series of films about Shanghai, including Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (1998), which won the Best Picture Award of the Huabiao Awards; Shanghai Story (2004), which won four Golden Rooster Awards including Best Director and Best Picture; and Shanghai Rumba (2006), based on the romance of the movie star couple Zhao Dan and Huang Zongying.

  58. Xie Fei

    Xie Fei
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    film directordirectorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Xie Fei is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, producer, film professor and film critic.

  59. Hu Mei

    Hu Mei
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    film directorpoliticiantelevision director
    Biography

    Hu Mei is a Chinese film director, television director and producer. Usually classed as a Fifth Generation director, since she graduated from the Directors' class of the 1982 Beijing Film Academy cohort, she is a classmate of famous Fifth Generation directors such as Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang.

  60. Wang Gongliang

    Wang Gongliang
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Wang Gongliang; born Wang Keda (Chinese: 王柯达), is a Chinese singer, actor and model.

  61. Dayyan Eng

    Dayyan Eng
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Dayyan Eng, known as Wu Shixian in China, born in Taiwan in 1975, is a Chinese-American filmmaker of Chinese, English, and Persian ancestry, who grew up in three continents. He studied film arts at the University of Washington and transferred to the Beijing Film Academy, where he finished his undergraduate studies in directing. Eng started his career directing numerous TV commercials and music videos for the Asian market before he segued into films. Eng first won awards and recognition at the Venice Film Festival, Sundance and Cannes film festivals for his film Bus 44, and for his acclaimed romantic-comedy Waiting Alone. Eng is the first American to direct a Chinese feature film; the first foreign director invited into the China Film Director's Guild; and made history as the first and only foreign director to date to have a film nominated for Best Picture at the Chinese academy awards. In addition, Eng's films have also garnered accolades and awards for the actors he's worked with, which have included top stars in Asia and Hollywood.

  62. Ding Sheng

    Ding Sheng
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Ding Sheng is a Chinese film director and screenwriter. Born in Qingdao, Shandong in 1970, his directorial works include Little Big Soldier, Police Story 2013 and Railroad Tigers (2016), all starring Jackie Chan.

  63. Matt William Knowles

    Matt William Knowles
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    film actor
    Biography

    Matthew Knowles, known professionally as Matt William Knowles or Ma Tai (Chinese: 马泰), is an American actor known for his work in multiple Chinese films and television series such as Asura, Love Me If You Dare, Deng Xiao Ping at History's Crossroad, Red Sorghum, Eastern Battlefield and Red Star Over China.

  64. Wang Chao

    Wang Chao
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Wang Chao is a Chinese film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered part of the loosely defined "sixth generation." Wang began his career serving as an assistant director to the fifth generation auteur, Chen Kaige, working with the elder director on epics like Farewell My Concubine and The Emperor and the Assassin. At the same time, he began to write fiction including several short stories and novellas, one of which would later go on to serve as the basis of Wang's directorial debut, The Orphan of Anyang.

  65. Liu Jiang

    Liu Jiang
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    film directortelevision directortelevision producer
    Biography

    Liu Jiang is a Chinese television director, producer and screenwriter best known for his work Before Dawn, A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era and Let's get married.

  66. Fan Popo

    Fan Popo
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    film directorwriter
    Biography

    Fan Popo is a Chinese filmmaker, film critic, and LGBT activist. Fan's documentaries have focused on performance-based activism (New Beijing, New Marriage, and The VaChina Monologues) and coming out as LGBT in the Chinese filial context (Chinese Closet and Papa Rainbow). He is known for the documentary Mama Rainbow and his well-publicized legal case against the Chinese state media regulator over censorship of it.

  67. Liu Yonghong

    Liu Yonghong
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    cinematographer
    Biography

    Liu Yonghong is a Chinese cinematographer, based in Beijing. His work was recognized at the 23rd Manaki Brothers International Film Camera Festival, for his work as director of photography on Seafood (2001). As well as at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, for his work as director of photography on Blind Shaft (2003).

  68. Zhang Nuanxin

    Zhang Nuanxin
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1940-1995 (aged 55)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Zhang Nuanxin was a Chinese film director, and a leading figure of the Fourth Generation of Chinese directors.

  69. Zhu Yudong

    Zhu Yudong
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    film director
    Biography

    Zhu Yudong is a Chinese director, screenwriter and lecturer. Zhu is employed as a director at the Science & Education of Programming Center of China Central Television (CCTV). He is mainly responsible for the filming of documentaries in the field of humanities and cultures.

  70. Chenyang Zhao

    Chenyang Zhao
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm director
    Biography

    Chenyang Zhao, Beijing Film Academy graduate, a Chinese director, and screenwriter. Some of Zhao's major works are Ten Month Pregnancy, The Lying Lover, Love till Eternity, AA lifestyle, The Marriages in Laomi Family, Companionate Couple, Marry to The West, Pretty Li Hui Zhen and so on. Zhao's artistic style focuses on the realistic theme of people's bittersweet, then turn it into the light and happy urban love stories in a bold attempt. Chenyang Zhao also has a great desire to support the charity and encouraging the Sino-American Cooperation with her own brand KZ Grand Inc.