Wen Yan
Wen Yan
Wen Yan, born in Beijing, China, is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer.
In 2007, he was the producer of the plot movie "night train". In 2008, he was the producer of the love movie "Cowherd and Weaver Girl". On January 25, 2013, the plot film "spring dream" premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival. In the same year, he directed his first film "watermark Street", which is the only plot feature film in mainland China. It was shortlisted as the surprise film of "film critic week unit" of the 70th Venice Film Festival and won the special award of Vancouver Film Festival Dragon Tiger award. In 2014, he was the producer of the crime film "fireworks in the daytime", which won the Golden Bear Award for best film at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. In the same year, he was listed as one of the eight most potential new directors in the world by Italian film magazine in a special issue.
In 2017, the film "Carnival" was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 74th Venice Film Festival and the 61st London International Film Festival; in October of the same year, it won the best director award of the 54th Golden Horse Award for Taiwan film; in the next year, it won the annual director award of the 9th China Film Directors Association and the best screenwriter award of the 2nd Malaysia International Film Festival Award and best director award.
Acting experience
In 2007, he worked as the producer of the plot film "night train", directed by Diao Yinan and co starred by Qidao, Liu Dan and Liu Yongsheng. The film takes the work and life of a female bailiff as the main material, reflects the social changes and social phenomena during the reform and opening up period, depicts the special work experience and little-known ups and downs of female political and legal workers, and won the 23rd Warsaw International Film Festival New movie awards.
In 2008, he was the producer of the love film "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", which was adapted from Amy's novel the story of Li AI and Haili, directed by Yin Lichuan and starred by Yan Bingyan, LV Yulai and Zhang Yi, and was shortlisted for the "director biweekly" unit of the 61st Cannes Film Festival.
On January 25, 2013, the plot film "spring dream" premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival, which was edited and directed by Yang Lina. In the same year, she directed her first film "watermark Street", which was co starred by he Wenchao and LV Yulai. As the only feature film in mainland China, it was shortlisted as the surprise film of the 70th Venice Film Festival "film critic week unit", and won the Vancouver prize "Dragon and tiger Award" special award and jury award of Boston Independent Film Festival.
In 2014, he was the producer of the crime movie "fireworks in the daytime", which was edited and directed by Diao Yinan and starred by Liao Fan, GUI lunmg and Wang Xuebing. He won the Golden Bear Award for best film at the 64th Berlin Film Festival. In August, Wen Yan was invited to be the judge of the best debut award of the "lion of the future" at the 71st Venice Film Festival, becoming the first to serve as the first judge of the four major competitions and the horizon In the same year, the Museum of modern art in New York and Lincoln Center in New York selected watermark street as the "new director, new film" exhibition. In addition, the Italian film magazine also listed Wen Yan as one of the eight most potential new directors in the world in a special issue.
On July 27, 2017, the film carnival, CO starring Wen Qi, Zhou Meijun and Shi Ke, was selected as the main competition unit of the 74th Venice Film Festival; on August 31, the film carnival was selected as the main competition unit of the 61st London International Film Festival. In October, carnival was nominated for best picture at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, and Wen Yan was also nominated for best director at the Golden Horse Awards. On October 27, Carnival won the best picture award at the 54th Antalya kumquat International Film Festival.
Main works
Directing works
Screenwriter's works
Supervised production
Award winning record
Character evaluation
Wen Yan is a gentle person who doesn't speak very much. She looks very peaceful. Her whole style is quiet and courageous. There is a great contrast between her inner and outer. Her movies are like tai chi. It's very gentle from the outside, but all the energy is hidden in the body. In martial arts, it's called neijiaquan (Geng Le Ping).
Wen Yan has always been shooting literary and artistic films, and has not paid attention to the domestic film commercial market (Phoenix Online Review). She is a gentle and firm female filmmaker, with a clear, steady and firm character. She has a clear attitude, bold creation, and never has a clear plan. The words used to describe the director, such as severe, violent, bad temper, low pressure, are not suitable for her. In her slow speech, we can see that she is strict, has a clear purpose, and is not easy to be influenced and convinced (Southern Metropolis Daily).
Chinese PinYin : Wen Yan
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