Tian Zhuangzhuang (simplified Chinese: 田壮壮; traditional Chinese: 田壯壯; pinyin: Tián Zhuà ngzhuà ng, 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.
Tian Zhuangzhuang Biography / Wiki
Name
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Also Know
田壯壯, Tian Zhuang-Zhuang, 田壮壮
Gender
Male
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Beijing – China
Date of Birth
1952-04-23
Age(as in 2022)
70
Deathday
Tian Zhuangzhuang Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
Overview
田壮壮:我和电影的关系
2022-08-10
A Talking Documentary about ZhuangZhuang Tian…
South of the Clouds
2004-10-14
Xu Daqin, a retired Chinese factory worker, returns to the remote Yunnan province, where he hopes to reconcile himself with the life and opportunity h…
Love Education
Yin Xiaoping
2017-10-27
When Huiying hears that her mother’s dying wish is to be buried next to her husband, she discovers that his remains are in the countryside and cared…
Us and Them
Jianqing’s father
2018-04-28
Ten years ago, on a train home during the busy Spring Festival travel period, fate brings Xiaoxiao and Jianqing together. Like many young couples, the…
The Outsiders
A young male student develops a very close relationship with a teacher when both outsiders become ostracized from their town….
Bipolar
Old Fisherman
2021-02-02
A young lady comes to Lhasa alone for pilgrimage, but a “multicolored magical lobster” enshrined by other people has totally changed her plan. She mad…
The Making of Steel
1997-11-18
First film directed by Lu Xuechang….
New Chinese Cinema
1989-04-09
Tony Rayns presents the work of the ‘Fifth Generation’ and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China….
Keep Rolling
2021-03-04
One of Hong Kong’s most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a “star†for the first time in Man Lim-chung’s directorial debut. A forerunner of…
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Self
2014-10-01
With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cin…
Nightfall
Former prison guard
2012-03-15
Inspector Lam investigates the brutal murder of Tsui, a famous musician. Wong, the designated suspect, just spent 20 years in jail for the murder of T…
No. 7 Cherry Lane
Ah Kwok (voice)
2019-09-02
Set in Hong Kong in 1967 — a time of complex politics when it was still a British colony — No. 7 Cherry Lane revolves around a love triangle betwe…
Monk Comes Down the Mountain
Peng Xiaowen
2015-07-03
When a young monk is forced to leave his impoverished monastery, he relies on his extraordinary martial arts skills to survive in the outside world. I…
Gone with the Light
田壮壮
2019-12-13
‘Gone With The Light’ is a 2019 Chinese sci-fi thriller, revolves around a group of people that disappear after a mysterious light falls upon the city…
My People, My Country
(segment “The Guiding Star”)
2019-09-30
Anthology of short films directed by several different directors….
Tian Zhuangzhuang Directing Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
The Warrior and the Wolf
Director
2009-10-02
Set during China’s the Warring States Period (476-221 BC), benevolent warrior Chenkang Lu (Joe Odagiri) enters into a torrid love affair with a woman …
The Horse Thief
Director
1986-01-01
Devout Buddhists, Norbu and Dolma live with their young son Tashi in a clan in Tibet. Norbu is a highwayman. After Norbu is charged with stealing from…
Springtime in a Small Town
Director
2002-09-04
In a mansion decimated during World War II, a frustrated, bored housewife, Yuwen, is torn between caring for her ailing husband and her longing for a …
The Blue Kite
Director
1994-02-02
The lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, a…
The Go Master
Director
2007-05-24
The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the t…
Tea-Horse Road Series: Delamu
Director
2004-04-13
This film is a record of the Tea-Horse Road, the caravans of the Nujiang River Valley, and the aboriginal peoples who live there — Mm. Ding who has a…
The Red Elephant
Director
1982-07-15
In the southwest frontiers of China there lie many luxuriant forests where live a great variety of plants and animals. Three kids of Daizu minority is…
On the Hunting Ground
Director
1985-07-17
A hunter violates the ancient Mongolian hunting code and must pay his penance….
Unforgettable Life
Director
1988-01-01
After getting an abortion at a local clinic, unwed Beijing TV anchor Lu Yun decides to focus her next special report on women’s reproductive issues, w…
Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch
Director
1991-04-12
Set against the backdrop of the Boxer Rebellion and the takeover of the Forbidden City by foreign powers, the empress-dowager Cixi and her notorious c…
Rock Kids
Director
1988-01-01
Realistic portraits of Chinese youth embracing western culture…
The Street Players
Director
1987-01-01
Based on Lao She’s novel, a story about a street player set in the wartime Chongqing….
Cry of the Birds
Director
Inspired by the novel “King of the Trees†by Ah Cheng….
September
Director
1984-01-01
A young teacher in the first seventeen years of the People’s Republic of China approaches the teaching of her students with a humanistic philosophy, w…
The Courtyard
Director
1980-01-01
Based on the Wang Anyi story “Life in a Small Courtyard”…
Our Corner
Director
1980-01-01
5th Generation student film….
Lady of the Dynasty
Director
2015-07-30
The tragic story of a Tang Dynasty imperial consort who was the favorite of the Emperor Xuanzong….
Tian Zhuangzhuang Production Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Jasmine Women
Producer
2004-06-13
Zhang Ziyi plays the youngest of three generations of women who leads lives in Shanghai. Joan Chen plays the great-grandmother, grandmother, and mothe…
The Making of Steel
Executive Producer
1997-11-18
First film directed by Lu Xuechang….
So Close to Paradise
Producer
1998-12-10
Two young farm workers, who like millions of others, leave their village to seek their fortunes in the city. Each chose a vastly different path to mak…
The Winner
Producer
1995-01-01
…
The Crossing
Executive Producer
2018-09-07
Studying in Hong Kong but living in Shenzhen (the port city of Mainland China), Peipei has spent 16 years in her life travelling between these two cit…
Boy in Cage
Consulting Producer
2007-05-01
The short Wang Jing made as the graduation project in Beijing Film Academy….
A Grandson from America
Producer
2012-02-02
An old retired puppet master has his quiet life disrupted his 6-year-old American grandson, who barely speaks Chinese….
Writing
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
The Warrior and the Wolf
Screenplay
2009-10-02
Set during China’s the Warring States Period (476-221 BC), benevolent warrior Chenkang Lu (Joe Odagiri) enters into a torrid love affair with a woman …
Other Info
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Lady of the Dynasty
Production Design
2015-07-30
The tragic story of a Tang Dynasty imperial consort who was the favorite of the Emperor Xuanzong….
September
Director of Photography
1984-01-01
A young teacher in the first seventeen years of the People’s Republic of China approaches the teaching of her students with a humanistic philosophy, w…
The Bride
Thanks
2009-12-31
Chinese film directed by Zhang Ming,…
Bipolar
Editorial Consultant
2021-02-02
A young lady comes to Lhasa alone for pilgrimage, but a “multicolored magical lobster” enshrined by other people has totally changed her plan. She mad…