Li Rengang
Li Rengang
Li Rengang was born in Fengyang, Anhui Province. Born in Hong Kong on April 27, 1960. Art director, director and screenwriter in Hong Kong. He graduated from the Department of communication and science of Windsor University on the east coast of Canada in 1983.
In 1984, he joined ATV as the deputy director; in 1985, he shot the TV series "charming Kowloon Tong"; in 1986, he left ATV as the deputy director of the martial arts film "Book sword love and hatred"; in 1988, he was nominated as the best art director of the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards for his art direction of the feature film "tonight's brilliant stars"; in 1993, he directed the ancient costume martial arts TV In 1994, he was concerned about the "the nine Yin manual classics", and the director of the martial arts film "94 single armed sword", which was directed by her in 1994. He directed the modern action movie "black man" in 1996, and directed the beautiful love movie "the moon and the fairy tale" in 1999; in 2000, she directed the love movie "tiger"; in 2005, he directed the action movie Raptor, 2008. In 2010, he made the martial arts movie "Royal Guards"; in 2011, he supervised and directed the war movie "Hongmen banquet", and won the 31st Hong Kong Film Award for his art direction In 2014, he supervised the comedy action movie "the old boy's Dragon across the river"; in 2015, he edited and directed the costume action movie "the great master". In 2016, he directed the action adventure movie notes of tomb raiding.
Early experience
In 1970, at the age of 10, Li Rengang began to study Chinese painting with fan zideng.
In 1979, Li Rengang went to the east coast Windsor University to study in the Department of communication and Science in Canada, majoring in visual arts. During that time, he began to contact with oil painting.
Acting experience
In 1983, Li Rengang, who graduated from University, returned to Hong Kong. In 1984, he joined ATV as deputy director.
In 1985, Li Rengang was promoted to director and produced the TV series "charming Kowloon Tong".
In 1986, Li Rengang left ATV after shooting the martial arts TV series September eagle. Liu Songren was introduced to Xu Anhua as the deputy director of the martial arts film "the book and the sword".
In 1988, the feature film starring Lin Qingxia, Lin Zixiang and Wu Dawei, directed by Xu Anhua, was released. Li Rengang participated in the film shooting as an art director and was nominated for best art director at the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards.
In 1993, he directed the ancient martial arts drama, "the hero of the bronze carving heroes the nine Yin manual", which was starred by David Chiang, Fiona Leung and Julian Cheung.
In 1994, he edited and directed the martial arts film "94 one armed sword" starring Jiang Davide, Wu Xingguo and Yang Caini, which is his director's first work.
In 1996, at the invitation of Tsui Hark, Li Rengang directed the modern action film "black man" starring Jet Li, Liu Qingyun and Mo Wenwei, which successfully entered the European and American action film market.
In 1998, Li Rengang edited and directed the drama I love you, starring Wu Zhenyu, Yuan Yongyi and Fang Zhongxin, for ER Dongsheng's film company.
In 1999, he directed the beautiful love movie "star and Moon Fairy Tale" starring Zhang Guorong and Chang panguizi, which was released in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore, and Li Rengang came to the fore.
In 2000, at the invitation of Andy Lau, he was the director of a Hu, a love movie starring Andy Lau and Chang pan Guizi, which was welcomed by the audience after its release.
In 2003, Li Rengang directed the love movie "young tiger" starring Wu Jianhao, an Zhijie, Jin Xianzhu and Mo shaocong.
In 2005, he edited and directed the action film "Raptor" starring Wu Jianhao, Yu wenle, Li Bingbing and Xu Junhao.
In 2008, he edited and directed the ancient costume action film "the story of the Three Kingdoms and the dragon's decaying armor", led by Andy Lau and Maggie Li. Besides being the director, Li Rengang also served as the art director of the film. As a result, he was nominated as the best art director of the 3rd Asian Film Awards and the best art director of the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards.
In 2010, he shot the martial arts movie "Royal Guards" with a total investment of 130 million yuan, starring Donnie Yen, Zhao Wei, Wu Zun, Xu Zishan and others. The film won the 19th Shanghai film critic award as "top 10 outstanding domestic films".
In 2011, he supervised and directed the war movie "Hongmen banquet" starring liming, Zhang Hanyu, Liu Yifei, Feng Shaofeng and Huang Qiusheng, and was nominated as the best art director of the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards for his part-time role as the art director of the film.
In 2014, he supervised the production of the comic action movie "the old boy's Dragon crossing the river", which was directed by Xiao Yang and starred by chopsticks brothers Xiao Yang and Wang Taili. Finally, the movie won 210 million box office.
In 2015, he edited and directed the ancient costume action movie "the master of heaven", starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Adrian Brody and others. The film was shown in more than 30 countries and regions such as Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, and won the box office champion in UAE and Thailand, with a cumulative box office of more than 600 million.
In 2016, he directed the action adventure film notes of tomb raiding starring Lu Han, Jing Boran, Wang Jingchun, Ma Sichun, etc.
Personal life
family
Li Xin and Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestors of Li Rengang, were fellow villagers in Fengyang. They followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight against the Mongols and paid homage to the Guanglu official of the Ming Dynasty to enlist the Grand Marshal of the western capital. His father Li Guojun graduated from Anhui University. When he was in his twenties, he was the principal of a middle school in Fengyang. He came to Hong Kong in 1949.
Kungfu
Li Rengang practiced judo when he was a child. He often fought when he was a student. He took part in the Judo Club of his school. He won the third place in the Hong Kong open when he was a sophomore in junior high school. In 1996, Li Rengang paid homage to a master of Yang's Taiji who had passed Hong Kong from Hangzhou to learn Taijiquan. In 2000, I went to Shijiazhuang to learn from Ma Hong, the 11th generation of Chen Style Taijiquan.
Main works
Director's work
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Supervised production
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Screenwriter's works
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Art direction
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Award winning record
Character evaluation
Li Rengang is a director of traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, martial arts and film, especially good at action aesthetics. His director style is strong, good at action scenes and delicate characterization. (online film review)
Starting from Li Rengang's first work "94 one armed sword", in his costume action film, "Romance", "Chivalry" and "Sadness" coexist forever, and Zhang Che's simple and direct aesthetics of violence and the magnificent shadow of Kurosawa's war drama can be found at the same time. (time online review)
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