Meng Jinghui

Meng Jinghui

Meng Jinghui, born in Beijing on March 11, 1964, is a director, actor and producer in mainland China. He graduated from the director department of the Central Academy of drama.

In 1987, he starred in the absurd play rhinoceros, which was his first time on the stage of the Central Academy of drama. In 1990, he directed his first drama the vegetable elevator. In 1992, he entered the central experimental theater. In 1994, he wrote and directed the experimental drama I love XXX. In 1999, he directed the little theater drama rhinoceros in love. In 2002, he directed his first film flying like chicken feathers, which was shortlisted for the best debut of the 3rd Chinese Film Media Award and the Golden Leopard award of the 55th Locarno International Film Festival. In 2006, he directed the drama the moon in the mirror. In 2010, he directed the drama "softness". In 2015, he directed China's first immersive drama the Mermaid by the dead water. In 2019, he directed the drama Teahouse, which was invited to perform in the core part of the 73rd Avignon Drama Festival.

Acting experience

Meng Jinghui fell in love with drama when he was an undergraduate in the Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University. Later, he joined Mu Sen's frog experimental troupe as director and acted as an actor. During this period, he wrote and directed plays such as on the horizon and Rhapsody of the west chamber. in 1986, after graduating from school, he was assigned to be a teacher. In 1987, the frog experimental troupe brought the French playwright eunescu's absurd play rhinoceros to the stage, in which Meng Jinghui played a rhinoceros named Jean. This is his first time on the stage of the Central Academy of drama. In 1988, he got a master's degree in the Directing Department of the Central Academy of drama and studied under Zhang Fuchen. Later, he co founded the Honghu creative group with Zhang Yibai, Diao Yinan and CAI Shangjun from the literature department. In the same year, he starred in Lamu's musical drama the story of the soldier. In 1990, he directed Harold Pinter's drama "food elevator"; in the same year, he directed the environmental drama "late night zoo". In 1991, he initiated and organized the experimental drama group in the Central Academy of drama to hold the "15 day experimental drama" performance season; in the same year, he directed the French playwright Eugene yunescu's "bald singer"; in the same year, he directed the French playwright Samuel Beckett's "waiting for Godot"; later, Meng Jinghui walked into the graduation defense site and read his master's thesis "on meyerho" Finally, he graduated with full honors. In 1992, he entered the Central Experimental Drama Theater (now China National Drama Theater); in the same year, he founded "Chuanbang drama company" and wrote and directed the drama "think of fan and go down the mountain". In 1993, he wrote and directed his own drama "sifan", which took part in the "China xiaoqichang drama exhibition and international seminar". He won the award of excellent director of China xiaoqichang drama Exhibition for his drama. In the same year, at the invitation of the World Cultural Palace in Berlin, Germany, he led the crew of "waiting for Godot" to Berlin, new Brandenburg and other places to participate in the "China avant garde art festival"; later, he directed the French opera The play balcony by the playwright Jean Zinai. In 1994, he wrote and directed the experimental drama I love XXX. In 1995, he cooperated with Beijing Branch of Goethe college and directed the drama "put down your whip / woyzek", which was adapted from the works of German playwright George bishner. In the same year, he went to Japan to perform the drama "hotbed" at the invitation of the tinyalice Drama Festival. In 1996, he went to Hong Kong to direct Shakespeare's drama the twelfth night; in the same year, at the invitation of the Hong Kong "Jinnian icosahedral" troupe, he went to Hong Kong to direct the drama "the eighth year of a century of solitude - long live, long live, long live" (Jinnian icosahedral performance), which was adapted from the work "a century of solitude" by Garcia Marquez, a Colombian novelist; later, he directed the drama The play "Comrade Ah Q" is adapted from Lu Xun's work "the true story of Ah Q". In 1997, he directed the musical drama love ant, which was performed in the drama Research Institute of Central Academy of drama. In 1998, he directed the drama "bad talk Street", which was adapted from Guo Shixing's work of the same name; in the same year, he directed the drama "the accidental death of an anarchist", CO starred by Chen Jianbin, Li Naiwen and Zhao Huanyu. In 1999, he directed the little theater drama rhinoceros in love (performed by the Central Experimental Theatre); in the same year, he directed the drama pirated Faust, CO starred by Chen Jianbin and Zhou Xun. In 2000, he directed the satirical drama bedbug (performed by the Central Experimental Theatre), which tells the story of a hedonist full of petty bourgeoisie sentiment and a avant-garde full of desire for bedbugs, who was accidentally frozen at a wedding; in the same year, Meng Jinghui won the director award of the 4th "Golden Lion Award" of Chinese drama. In 2002, he directed his first film "flying like chicken feathers", which was shortlisted for the best debut award of the 3rd Chinese Film Media Award and the Golden Leopard award of the 55th Locarno International Film Festival. In 2004, the Magic Fairy Tale Drama labyrinth, directed by him, was staged in Beijing Children's arts. In 2005, he directed amber, a multimedia musical drama co starred by Yuan Quan and Liu Ye; in the same year, he directed magic mountain, a Beijing Children's drama. In 2006, he directed the drama "jinghuashuiyue" co starred by Zhao Hongwei and Su Xiaogang; in the same year, he directed the drama "two dogs' life opinions" co starred by Liu Xiaoye and Chen Minghao. In 2007, he launched the Beijing International Youth Art Festival and served as the artistic director. In the same year, his musical drama "love affair" premiered in Beijing Poly Theater, CO starring Xia Yu, Gao Yuanyuan and Chen Minghao. In 2008, he designed the beehive theater for rhinoceros in love and served as the artistic director of the beehive theater. In 2009, he directed the rock musical murder in the sky garden written by Shi Hang. in 2010, he directed the drama "softness", which, as the ending part of "pessimistic Trilogy", tells the tangled feelings and subtle sexual relationship between a female doctor and a young man with ambiguous gender. From January 6 to 16, the drama "Don Quixote" directed by him was staged in the theater of the National Grand Theater. Later, he directed the most famous drama in the Second World War in 1945 The play "Hitler's stomach" set at the critical moment. In 2011, he directed the drama Romeo and Juliet, which is adapted from Shakespeare's work of the same name; in the same year, he directed the drama metamorphosis of butterflies. In 2012, he supervised the production of the drama "peach office"; in the same year, he served as the artistic director of Hangzhou Drama Festival; later, he directed the drama "guns, lies and roses"; in addition, he directed the drama "living". In 2013, he co sponsored Wuzhen Drama Festival with Lai Shengchuan and others; on November 5, he completed the 1000th commemorative performance of "two dogs' life opinions" in Beijing Poly Theater; in the same year, he directed the drama "a letter from a strange woman"; later, he directed the drama "brainwashing King Lear". in 2014, he directed Russell's work "seeking pleasure and making fun" (performed in Beijing honeycomb theater); in the same year, the drama "Sichuan good man" directed by Russell was staged in Australia and China, which was jointly performed by China National Theatre and Australian malterhouse theatre. In 2015, he directed the second one-man drama starring Huang Xiangli, adapted from sagang's book of the same name "Hello, sorrow", which was performed in Beijing's beehive theater; in the same year, he directed China's first immersive drama "Mermaid by the dead water", which was performed in Beijing's beehive theater; in the same year, he served as the artistic director of Wuzhen Drama Festival. in 2016, he directed the drama "he has two revolvers and black and white eyes", which is adapted from Dario Fu's work of the same name; in the same year, he directed the drama "egg", which is adapted from the Russian writer Bulgakov's novel "ominous egg"; later, he directed the black cat company's version of "Sichuan good man", which is adapted from Brecht's work of the same name At the end of the year, he directed the drama "four dreams of Linchuan" co starred by Chen Minghao, Su Xiaogang and Liu Chang, which was adapted from Tang Xianzu's works; in the same year, he launched the contemporary drama biennial held in Shenzhen; in addition, he served as the artistic director of Wuzhen Drama Festival. in 2017, he directed Huang Xiangli's third one-man drama "nine and half love"; later, he directed the third edition of Mayakovsky's drama "bedbug", which was performed in Beijing's beehive theater; in addition, he rearranged the music version of "rhinoceros in love", which was performed in the United States. in 2018, he directed the play "the sun and the temple" adapted from Brecht's works; in the same year, he served as the artistic director of the contemporary drama Biennale and rearranged the play "the latest concept of love destination" for the black cat troupe, which premiered in the pioneer theater of Shanghai Yihai Theater; on August 26, his stage play "Shakespeare and the wolf" premiered in Beijing In October, his drama Teahouse was performed in the 6th Wuzhen Drama Festival. In 2019, he directed the drama Teahouse, CO starred by Qi Xi, Chen Minghao and Li Jianpeng, which was invited to perform in unit in the core section of the 73rd Avignon Drama Festival.

Main works

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literary works

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Award winning record

Character evaluation

Meng Jinghui has always been famous for his pioneering experiment and innovative exploration. He has unique creativity and diversified artistic style, which not only opens up a new situation of Chinese contemporary drama, but also has become a remarkable cultural phenomenon. The main features of his works

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