Xia Gang
Xia Gang
Xia Gang, born in Beijing on January 1, 1953, graduated from the director department of Beijing Film Academy, is a director and screenwriter in mainland China.
In 1985, he directed his first film, the love film "we are still young", which was nominated as an excellent film in the 12th World College of Film Works Award. In 1988, he directed the love movie "half fire, half sea". In 1990, he won the best director of the 11th Golden Rooster Award for Chinese film for his feature film encountering passion. In 1996, he directed the feature film "with you to dawn", which won the top ten film award of this year from Shanghai Film Review Association.
In 2003, he cooperated with Zeng Haowen to direct the family drama "family tree", which won the first prize of the 24th National TV drama flying sky award. In 2007, he directed the biographical drama Xun Huisheng, which won the second prize of the 26th "flying sky Award" excellent TV series. In 2009, he directed the love film epic of a woman. In 2011, he directed the feature film limited power, which is a gift film for the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. In 2017, he directed the feature film "the night is tantalizing".
Early experience
Xia Gang worked as a worker in the Municipal Engineering Bureau. He entered the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy in 1978. After graduation, he returned to the Municipal Engineering Bureau because of no quota. In 1983, he was transferred to Beijing Film Studio as director.
Acting experience
In 1982, he directed the love film "we are still young" adapted from ye Zhizhen's novel of the same name. This film is Xia Gang's first film directed by himself. It describes the love story of three young workers and a girl in a large steel plant. It was nominated as an excellent film for the 12th World University Film Academy Award in Los Angeles. In 1988, Xia Gang directed the love film "half fire, half sea water" adapted from the novel of writer Wang Shuo. In 1990, Xia Gang directed the feature film "encountering passion" co starring yuan yuan, LV Liping and Zhang Jiayi. With this film, Xia Gang won the best director nomination of the 11th Golden Rooster Award. In 1992, he shot the love film "Dashaba" co starred by ge you and Xu Fan, which tells the life story of an ordinary person. Xia Gang won the 13th Golden Rooster Award for best director for this film. In 1993, Xia gang and Meng Zhu co directed the feature film "no one cheers" co starring gake and Xie Yuan, which was rated as the "top ten films" of the year by Shanghai Film Critics Association and China's "contemporary film" magazine. In 1994, he directed the feature film "cheers to the past" adapted from Chen Ran's novel of the same name, which mainly tells a story of youth with the color of "loving father". He was selected to participate in the International Film Festival on women's theme held in Beijing in 1995 and won the special honor award of the jury of the international film Federation at the figradafoz International Film Festival in Portugal. In 1996, he directed the feature film "with you to dawn", which is the first film of "City Trilogy" and won the annual Top Ten film award from Shanghai Film Critics Association. In 1997, he directed the musical "life is like a song" co starred by Wang Luoyong and Da Shichang, which won the silver award of Charleston International Film Festival in the United States, the special award of orthodox Slavic national golden warrior Film Festival and the Russian national prize. In 2003, he and Zeng Haowen co directed the family drama "family tree" co starred by Xi Xue, Dong Yong and Wang Tonghui, which won the first prize of the 24th National TV drama flying sky award. In 2007, he directed the biographical play Xun Huisheng, CO starred by Lou Yujian, Bai Hui and Zhang Guangbei. The play tells the story of the legendary life of Xun Huisheng, the master of Peking Opera Art from 1906 to the founding of the people's Republic of China. It won the second prize of excellent long TV drama in the 26th "flying sky Award" and the long TV Drama Award in the 24th "Golden Eagle Award of China TV". In 2008, with Mao Weining and Fu Xiaojian, she co directed the action film "Police Story", which is co starred by Mei Ting, Sun Haiying and Jiang Wu. The play tells the story of three policemen with different personalities. In 2009, he directed the love film epic of a woman based on Yan Geling's novel of the same name, which was co starred by Zhao Wei and Liu Ye. In 2011, director Ma Yue, he Zhengjun and Li Yu co starred in the drama "limited power", which is adapted from the anti-corruption work "extreme power" by Chen Zhanglian, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Nanshan District, Shenzhen. It is a gift film for the 90th anniversary of the founding of the party. In the same year, he directed the family drama "happy life beckoning" co starring Ren Chengwei and Niu Li. in 2017, he directed the drama "night is provocative" adapted from the novel "light green moon", which is co starred by Yu Nan, Nangong min and Wang Qianyuan. In the same year, he directed the costume drama "Mu Guiying in command" with "Mu Yang love" as the main line. The drama, CO starred by Miao Pu, Siqin Gaowa and Zhang Tielin, describes Mu Guiying's growing history from a wild girl to a heroine.
Main works
Directing works
Screenwriter's works
Award winning record
Character evaluation
Xia gang has a unique personal style. His works focus on the expression of urban life and emotion, which is very realistic (China online review). His city theme films often focus on the thinking of the emotional value in the commodity society, which seems difficult to be measured by art films or commercial films (Fenghuang online review). Xia gang has been quietly practicing his "commitment" with his own actions. He follows the artistic style he has formed, always focuses on the life of ordinary people in the city, and sticks to the position of urban film. City is an important carrier in Xia Gang's films. With the help of city and the life of city people, he expresses his perception and understanding of life. In life, Xia Gang advocates simplicity and tranquility, with black framed glasses on a chubby face showing a bit of peace. He spoke slowly, and the filming scene was not impatient. He had a Confucian demeanor. Xia gang has a strong sense of humor.
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