Bi Gan

essential information

Character experience

Early experience

From primary school to junior high school, Bi Gan's hobby is playing basketball. He dreams of playing NBA, but as he grows older, his height fails to meet the standard. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, Bi Gan began to write poems. He liked barejo, pesoa and Yaxian in Taiwan. Later, when Bi Gan saw the movie guide dog little Q, he was moved by his love for small animals, and thus came up with the idea of making a movie. During the college entrance examination, he applied for the major of TV director. Until the beginning of school, he didn't know that his major was TV and had little connection with film. In 2008, Bi Gan entered the editing and broadcasting Department of Shanxi Media University; in the same year, he wrote and directed his first short film "south", and won the gold medal in the "light and shadow accompanying" film exhibition. During his college years, Bi Gan studied films on his own, and went to the library to study film history and art history. When he was a sophomore, Bi Gan took the ten thousand yuan from his aunt and tried to practice his learning achievements. But because there was no script, no scheduling and so on, many scenes came out in the end, which made him feel that he was not the material for making films. In 2010, Bi Gan directed the feature film tiger starring Chen Yongzhong. The film was selected as the main competition unit of the 8th China independent film exhibition the following year, and Bi Gan became the youngest director of CIFF. After graduating in 2011, Bi Gan went back to his hometown to look for a job and went to an advertising studio under the introduction of a friend, but he left because his idea was not consistent with his boss.

Directing career

In 2012, Bi Gan directed and shot the black-and-white short film "King Kong Sutra", which was inspired by his shooting of "tiger". The film won the special praise award of the 19th Hong Kong ifva Film Festival and the jury award of 2014 Hong Kong Short Film and Video Festival. After that, Bi Gan, who was looking for investment in his next work, had no choice but to find a new job. As a result, Bi Gan, who was going to work in a construction company, also got a blasting certificate. In 2015, Bi Gan borrowed 20000 yuan from his parents, and with the support of university teachers, he began to prepare for the production of "panic record", which took three years to write and was later named "roadside picnic"; in the same year, his film "roadside picnic" won the highest award of the 37th Nantes three continents Film Festival, the best film golden balloon award, and the 68th Locarno International Film Festival, the "contemporary" award Bi Gan won the best new director award at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards for his film, making him the youngest winner in the history of the award. On July 25, 2016, dangmai film co founded by Bi Gan and Shan Zuolong was officially established; in August, it signed a contract with CAA, a Hollywood agency; in the same year, Bi Gan directed the 53rd Golden Horse Award short film secret goldfish. in June 2017, Bi Gan's film the last night of the earth, directed and written by him, started in Guizhou; in the same year, he was selected as the "independent young director of global attention" by indiewere website, and was the only Chinese director shortlisted. in April 2018, the film "the last night of the earth" directed by him was shortlisted in the "one concern unit" of the 71st Cannes International Film Festival.

Personal life

family

Bi Gan's father is a taxi driver, and his mother is the boss of a barber shop. However, they have different personalities and later divorced. After that, Bi Gan's father took him to live, while his mother, who worked outside, only came back to see him once a year.

marriage

On December 31, 2015, Bi Gan and Zhu Yun, who have known each other for many years, were married in Kaili, Guizhou Province, and his wife is also a director.

Main works

Directing works

Screenwriter's works

Award winning record

Character evaluation

The appearance of Bi Gan makes Jia Zhangke have a successor and gives Chinese film a boost. His works create a powerful new magic realism, which is sometimes puzzling, but impressively fascinating, and recognize the amazing attempt and success of the film in the field of film aesthetics. Director Bi GaN has a lot of personality and style. He works hard and dares to express his ideas. Such a director is worthy of support (comments by director and actor Zhang Aijia). Bi Gan's narrative works do not have any reference, but come from his life, and show his feelings of life through the film. Such works are worthy of attention, and he is likely to become the backbone of the younger generation of film directors (Netease Entertainment review). Director Bi GaN has made a deep impression on American critics and audiences. His extraordinary debut "a roadside picnic" has won many awards, which is enough to prove his brilliance (interface news, indiewire website review).

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