Xu Anhua
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Early experience
Xu Anhua was born in Anshan, Liaoning Province. When she was two months old, she moved to Macao with her parents. In 1949, his father went to work in Hong Kong, while Xu Anhua lived in Macao with his grandparents and mother. She grew up in an old Chinese family. Because her grandfather and father both loved classical literature, Xu Anhua recited many ancient poems. When he was 5 years old, because his grandparents returned to Guangzhou to settle down, Xu Anhua came to Hong Kong and began to live with his father. When he was in college, Xu Anhua was in charge of props, running dragon sets and designing posters in student troupes. When there is no solution to the problem, she will go to the cinema. In 1972, she received an MA in English literature and comparative literature from the University of Hong Kong, and then went to London Film Academy to study film.
In 1975, after returning to Hong Kong, Xu Anhua worked as an office assistant for three months in the studio directed by Hu Jinquan. She was mainly responsible for drafting documents or doing office chores, and helped proofread the English subtitles of the movie "chivalrous woman". At the end of the same year, Xu Anhua was introduced by his father to the management personnel of the wireless TV station, and turned to work as the director of the TV station.
Acting experience
In 1976, Xu Anhua went to Southeast Asia and Mexico to shoot the feature film "strange fun". In 1977, he joined the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and made a series of promotional films ICAC, including ICAC's return, ICAC's black and white, ICAC's Steak fee, ICAC's Article 9, ICAC's investigation and ICAC's man.
In 1978, he joined the Television Department of Radio Hong Kong and was responsible for shooting three of the live series under the lion mountain (visitors under the lion mountain, road under the lion mountain and Bridge under the lion mountain).
In 1979, he made his first film "crazy robbery", which won the 17th Golden Horse Award for best feature film in Taiwan, and Xu Anhua was nominated for best director for this film. On April 24, 1981, director Hu Yue's story was released, starring Zhou Runfa, Zhong Chuhong and Miao Qianren.
On October 13, 1982, the feature film "going to the angry sea" was released. The film, together with "visitors under the lion mountain" and "the story of Hu Yue" were called "Vietnam Trilogy" because they were involved in the post-war refugee problem in Vietnam. They won the best film award of the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards, and Xu Anhua won the best director award.
On July 7, 1983, the action crime comedy "five lucky stars of intrigue" with Cen Jianxun and Wu Yaohan was released. On August 2, 1984, the love movie "love in a fallen city" based on Eileen Chang's novel of the same name was released, which won the nomination for best feature film at the 25th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards.
In 1987, Xu Anhua went to the mainland to shoot the martial arts film "the love and hatred of swordsmen and swordsmen", which was divided into two episodes "Jiangnan love of swordsmen" and "the love and hatred of Gobi" because of its long length. The film was nominated for best film at the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards, while Xu Anhua was nominated for best director.
On October 13, 1988, director's feature film "stars shine tonight" was released. With this film, Xu Anhua was nominated for the best director award of the 25th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Award.
On April 5, 1990, the martial arts movie "Xiaoao Jianghu" was released; on April 27, the semi autobiographical feature film "Ke Tu Qiu hen" was released, which won the nomination of best feature film in the 27th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award and the nomination of best film in the 10th Hong Kong Film Golden Picture award. With this film, Xu Anhua won the nomination of best director in the 10th Hong Kong Film Golden Picture award.
On July 20, 1991, the director's feature film "tracking the polar path" was released, starring Andy Lau and Zhong Chuhong; on November 7, the shooting feature film "Shanghai Holiday" was released, starring Carina Lau, Wu Ma and Huang kunxuan.
In 1993, he directed the feature film "youth and hero", but the film was not shown in the cinema; in the same year, the action film "Fang Shiyu", as producer and artistic director, was shown.
On May 4, 1995, the feature film "woman, forty" was released. The film won the Catholic humanitarian spirit award at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, the best feature film award at the 32nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award, and the best film award at the 15th Hong Kong Film Golden Award. Xu Anhua won the best director award at the 15th Hong Kong Film Golden Award.
On October 10, 1996, directed action drama a Jin was released, CO starring Michelle Yeoh, Hong Jinbao and Huang Jianuo. On November 9, the sci-fi action film black man, which was co scripted and co directed, was released.
On June 9, 1997, the war movie "Opium War" was released; on September 12, the love movie "half life fate" was released, which was co starred by liming, Wu Qianlian and Anita Mui; in the same year, Xu Anhua won the gold camera award of the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. On April 28, 1998, the drama "a play in one's life" was released.
On October 19, 1999, Xu won the best director award of the 36th annual Golden Bear Film Festival.
On September 21, 2000, the guest starring crime comedy "the river is in danger" was released. On April 6, 2001, the love movie "a dream in the garden" was released; on June 1, the fantasy horror movie "ghost world" was released, and Xu Anhua won the best director award of the 8th Hong Kong film criticism Society Award for this film.
On March 14, 2002, the director's feature film "man 40" was released, which won the best feature film award of the 39th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award and the best film award of the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards. Xu Anhua was nominated as the best director of the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards. On June 20, the horror film "Ghost World II" was released.
On December 18, 2003, Xu Anhua left his fingerprints on the avenue of stars in Hong Kong; on December 25, his love crime movie "jade Avalokitesvara" was released, which won the nomination for best feature film of the 27th popular film Hundred Flowers Award. September 1, 2006, guest starred in the comedy film "I want to be famous" released.
On March 6, 2007, the love comedy "my aunt's Postmodern Life", which directed and participated in the screenwriting, was released. It was nominated for the best film award of the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards. With this film, Xu Anhua won the best director award of the 8th Chinese Film Media Award. On June 19, the comedy "the king of drama", which co starred with CAI Zhuoyan and Zhan Ruiwen, was released.
On March 27, 2008, the drama "day and night in tianshuiwei" was released. The film won the best film award of the 15th Hong Kong film criticism Society Award and the best film award of the 9th Chinese Film Media Award. Xu Anhua won the best director award of the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards, the 15th Hong Kong film criticism Society Award and the 9th Chinese Film Media Award; In September, Xu Anhua won the 19th Fukuoka Asian Culture Award and was the first female director to win the award.
On April 30, 2009, director of the drama "night and fog in Tianshui", Xu Anhua won the best director nomination of the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards.
On March 11, 2010, Ren Dahua and Wu Junru starred in the drama "time steal", in which Xu Anhua played a guest role as a strict primary school mathematics teacher; on August 26, the director's love movie "leisure fried rice" was released, which was co starred by Wu Junru, Zhou Huimin and Chen Weiting.
On March 8, 2012, the director's feature film "peach sister" was released, which won the best film award of the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards. With this film, Xu Anhua won the best director award of the 48th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award and the best director award of the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards. On March 19, he won the lifelong achievement award of the 6th Asian Film Awards.
On June 18, 2014, Xu Anhua was invited to serve as the chairman of the "Horizon unit" jury of the 71st Venice International Film Festival. On October 1, his biographical film "golden age" was released, which won the best film award of the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards. With this film, Xu Anhua won the best director award of the 51st Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award and the best director award of the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards Performance award.
On July 3, 2015, I am a passer-by, a guest drama, was released, directed by Er Dongsheng. On June 1, 2016, Xu Anhua was invited to serve as the chairman of the jury of the 53rd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards.
On July 1, 2017, he directed the war drama when the moon will shine, which won the best film award of the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards, while Xu Anhua won the best director award; on June 29, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially announced that Xu Anhua became the judge of oscca in 2017.
On March 4, 2018, Xu Anhua won the lifelong achievement award of the 2nd Malaysia International Film Festival. On January 21, 2019, the new year's five blessings short film "qilidi" was premiered online. The film was jointly released by Chunxia, Jinshijie and Zhang Yichi
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