Wanren

Wanren

Wan Ren, a famous director, was born in 1950. His representative works include rouge and super citizen.

Acting experience

He was born in 1950 as a famous director in Taiwan's new film period (1982-1987). The 1960s was the golden age of Taiwan film, so some young people chose to study film after they went abroad. From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, some of them returned to Taiwan after graduation, bringing new film concepts. Wan Ren was one of the representatives of film makers who came back from studying abroad at that time and studied in the film department of Columbia Film Academy . Since 1978, the film library has held the "golden ear Award for experimental films" every year to encourage young people to make experimental films, and also to give Taiwanese young people who have come back from studying films abroad the opportunity to make films. Wan Ren stepped into the film world inspired by the "golden ear Award".

From the early 1980s to the mid-1980s, young and middle-aged directors in Taiwan, represented by Hou Xiaoxian, Yang Dechang and WAN Ren, either just started to get the opportunity to make films, or changed the theme, type or style of their own films. They supported each other and made a number of films that were different in content and form from the mainstream commercial films in Taiwan at that time, forming a certain kind of innovation In a certain range, Taiwan's films gradually diverged from the old production concept, old production mode, old theme and type, and old film language, thus speeding up the modernization process of Taiwan's films and expanding the international influence of Taiwan's film art. Wan Ren became one of the cutting-edge directors of the new film movement, and also made some films An influential film.

In 1983, Wan Ren participated in directing the then popular new film "son's Doll". This film is based on three short stories of Huang Chunming, a famous writer in Taiwan. One of the three short stories, the taste of apple, directed by Wan Ren, caused a great stir in the film industry. The film profoundly and delicately shows and criticizes the Taiwanese people's admiration for beauty at that time Psychological, but also exposed the real living environment of the people at the bottom. The "apple peeling incident" triggered by the film intensified the contradiction between the new film and the "old film". The battle between the new generation of directors and the censors, young film critics and conservative film critics reached a climax. Finally, the big doll of my son sold more than expected, and attracted the consensus of public opinion in the cultural sector He was selected as the top ten business cards of Taiwan in 1983 by the Film Critics Association.

In the same year, he directed the performance of women's fate theme film "rape seed" in Taiwan also caused a sensation. The film is the representative of Taiwan's local films in the 1980s, and also the stepping stone of Taiwan's new films. It is adapted from Liao Huiying's award-winning local literature novel and is the first feature film directed by Wan Ren. Through the two mothers and daughters played by Chen Qiuyan and Su Mingming, the film reflects the changes of women's status in Taiwan in the past 30 years and the pace of Taiwan's transition from an agricultural society to an industrial and commercial society. The choreographer's technique is delicate and moving, which incisively and vividly depicts the traditional women's concept of "you Ma, Cai Zi Ming, where you fall, where you grow". Li Zongsheng, a well-known Taiwanese musician, wrote lyrics and music for the film, and Tsai Chin sang the theme song "you Ma Cai Zi", which became a good story later. Hou Xiaoxian, the great master of the new film, became the screenwriter of the film, and won the best adapted screenplay award of the 21st Golden Horse Award in 1984, which added a legend to the film.

It may be that the "Apple cutting incident" caused by "the taste of apple" has a great influence. After the success of "Youma Rapeseed", which shows the fate of women, Wan Ren began to pay attention to society and criticize politics continuously, and launched "super Trilogy", including "super citizen", "super citizen" and "super citizen" until the end of 1990s. In the new film period, neither farewell to the coast nor rouge, which is adapted from Yishu's novel, has made a greater breakthrough.

In recent years, director Wan Ren has turned to the field of TV series and directed several TV works.

Personal life

He married Taiwanese artist Su Mingming in 1996 and had a son after marriage. After marriage, they lived happily. Wan Ren was busy with his career outside, while Mingming was at home to teach his husband and children, which is very enviable.

Main works

Directing movies

1983 "my son's big doll" (the taste of Apple)

Rape seed, 1983

1985 super citizen

Rouge 1992

1995 super citizen

In addition, there are "super citizen", "farewell to the coast" and other works of unknown age.

Award winning record

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