Zhou Xiaowen

Zhou Xiaowen

Zhou Xiaowen, born in Beijing in 1954, is a director, screenwriter, photographer and producer in mainland China. He graduated from the Photography Department of Beijing Film Academy.

In 1986, he directed the war film they are young, which started his career as a director. In 1988, he wrote and directed the crime film "the price of madness", for which he won the honorary award of Hawaii International Film Festival. In 1991, he won the best director award of Shanghai University Film Festival for his feature film "green spring without regret". In 1994, he directed the feature film Er Mo, which won the jury award of the Locarno International Film Festival. In 1998, he directed the ancient court drama the legend of empress Lu.

In 2000, he directed the martial arts drama Tianlong eight. In 2002, he was the director of the costume drama "the queen of the horse with big feet". In 2006, he directed the urban adventure drama escape Shangri La. In 2009, he directed the modern emotional drama late marriage. In 2011, he was the director and producer of the feature film lily, which won the outstanding digital film award of the 14th Huabiao film award.

Early experience

In 1963, Zhou Xiaowen was admitted to Beijing foreign language school. In 1969, he joined the army. In 1972, he was admitted to the Photography Department of Beijing Film Academy. In 1975, he was assigned to Xi'an film studio after graduation.

Acting experience

In 1985, he served as deputy director in the feature film wild mountain, CO starring Du yuan, Yue Hong and Xin Ming. In 1986, he directed the war film "they are young", which started his career as a director. The film was co starred by Hong universe and Wang Gang. In 1987, he co directed the thriller "the last madness" with Shi CHENFENG, which won the special award of the 8th Golden Rooster Award of China Film and the excellent film award of radio, film and Television Department. In 1988, he directed the crime film "the price of madness" co starred by Wu Yujuan and Chang Rong. He won the honorary award of Hawaii International Film Festival for this film. In 1991, he directed the feature film "green spring without regret" co starring Shi LAN, Zhang Fengyi and Liu Yunlong, which won the best feature film of Shanghai University Film Festival. He won the best director award of Shanghai University Film Festival for this film. In 1992, he directed the love film "the impulse of youth", which is co starred by Shi LAN, Jinggangshan and Liu Xiaoning. The film tells the love story of a pair of childhood sweethearts. In 1993, he shot the action comedy "road" co starring Jiang Wen, Wan Ziliang and Yu Li, and directed the suspense film "lie detector" co starring sun Chun and Fu Lili in the same year. In 1994, he directed the drama ER Mo, which was adapted from Xu Baoqi's novel of the same name. The film, CO starred by aliya and Liu Peiqi, won the grand prize of the jury of the 47th Locarno International Film Festival and the gold prize of the youth jury. In the same year, he directed the Anti Japanese film "black mountain road", CO starring aliya, xie Yuan and Zhao Xiaorui. In 1996, he directed the war film "Ode to Qin" co starred by Jiang Wen, ge you and Xu Qing. He won the International Film Critics Association Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain for this film. In 1997, he directed the love story about love, CO starring Gao Hu and Wang Qun. In 1998, he directed the ancient court drama the legend of empress Lu and played Zhang Liang, an outstanding counselor and minister in the late Qin Dynasty and early Han Dynasty. The drama tells the story of the court struggle of the first empress Lu pheasant in Chinese history. In 2001, he directed the ancient costume drama the legend of LV Buwei, which is co starred by Zhang Tielin and Jingjing. The drama tells the legend of LV Buwei, a famous Prime Minister of a generation. In 2002, he directed the ancient costume drama "the queen of horse with big feet" in the early Ming Dynasty, starring Lu Liping and Tang Guoqiang, and played Shi Naian in the play. In 2003, together with Yu Min, Ju jueliang and Zhao Jian, he directed the ancient costume martial arts drama Tianlong Babu adapted from Jin Yong's novel of the same name, which was co starred by Hu Jun, Lin Zhiying and Gao Hu, and won the "ten best TV series outstanding works Award" of the 22nd China TV Golden Eagle Award. In 2004, he played Lin Aoxue's father in the love drama "a date with a beautiful woman". In 2006, he directed the urban adventure drama "escape Shangri La" co starred by Gao Hu and Hou Tianlai. In 2007, he directed the costume drama "Tang Furong garden" co starred by Fan Bingbing and Zhao Wenxuan, which tells the legend of Yang Yuhuan, the favorite imperial concubine of the Tang and Ming Dynasties. In 2009, she directed the modern emotional drama "late marriage" co starred by Xi Meijuan, Chen Rong and Gao Yunxiang. In 2011, he directed and acted as the producer of lily, a feature film co starring Wang Zitong and LV Liping. The film tells the story of a series of experiences of lily, an unmarried mother, and won the outstanding digital film award of the 14th Huabiao award.

Main works

Director's work

Screenwriter's works

Supervised production

Photographic works

Take part in the film

Take part in TV series

Award winning record

Character evaluation

In the fifth generation of directors, Zhou Xiaowen's "land complex" is a special case. He is good at discovering stories and telling them in movie language (Sina entertainment review). Zhou Xiaowen's character and temper are stubborn and straightforward. Ermo is like an allegory, which fully demonstrates Zhou Xiaowen's ability to control literary and artistic films. On the road of film creation, Zhou Xiaowen has experienced twists and turns. The consequence of his too advanced film consciousness is that he has been repeatedly frustrated in Censorship (Netease Entertainment review).

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