Zhang Zien

Zhang Zien

Zhang Zien, born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on November 17, 1941, is a director, screenwriter and art designer in mainland China. He graduated from the decoration major of the Department of Arts and crafts of Xi'an Academy of fine arts.

In 1979, he was the art designer of the plot film trill of life. In 1984, he directed his first film, silent Xiaolihe, which won the second prize of excellent film from the Ministry of culture of China. In 1988, the war movie "Shenfeng Weilong" was released. In 1991, he and Qing co directed the action adventure movie dream broken Loulan. In 1993, he directed the plot film "the embarrassed husband and pretty wife". In 1998, he directed the costume drama Mr. Liaozhai. In 2000, the costume drama "shangcuo Huajiao married the couple" directed by him was broadcast. In 2005, he directed the Republic of China drama "Beijing Yanyun" broadcast. In 2008, he won the award of the most influential director in the brilliant 30 years of Chinese TV series. In 2013, the directed family drama "Zheng's seventeen rooms" was broadcast. In 2016, the biographical drama "Legend of Laozi" directed by him premiered.

Acting experience

In 1961, he graduated from the Department of Arts and crafts of Xi'an Academy of fine arts and entered Xi'an Film Studio in the same year. In 1979, he was the art designer of the plot film trill of life. In 1983, he was the art designer of the plot film "the symphony of pots and pans"; in the same year, his plot film "kinship" was released.

In 1984, he directed his first film, silent Xiaolihe, which won the second prize of excellent film from the Ministry of culture of China. In 1986, he wrote and directed the modern action movie "whip".

In 1988, he and Zhang Xinyan co directed the martial arts movie "the Yellow River warrior", which was co starred by Yu Chenghui and Jin Demao; in the same year, his war movie "Shenfeng Weilong" was released; in addition, he directed the plot movie "Weilong Qiyuan", which was co starred by CHENHONG, Zhang Jizhong and Li Nong.

In 1990, he was the screenwriter of the martial arts movie "drunken knight errant", which was adapted from Zhang Baorui's novel "drunk Zhang San". In 1991, he and he Qing co directed the action adventure movie "dream broken Loulan", starring Jia Shitou, Liu Pei and Xu Huanshan; in the same year, he directed the science fiction crime movie "invisible doctor". In 1993, he directed the plot movie Yanyu, which was co starred by Hongdou, Xianxue, Tang Yuanzhi, etc.; in the same year, he directed the plot movie embarrassed husband and pretty wife, which was co starred by Chang Lantian and Li Heling.

In 1994, he and Han Gang directed the qingzhuang drama Prime Minister Liu Luoguo. In 1995, he directed the qingzhuang drama "Cixi journey to the west" co starred by Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie. In 1996, he directed the plot film "white horse flies" co starred by Ye Hui and Wang Dazhi. In 1997, the ancient costume drama "Kangxi Weifu private visit" directed by him was broadcast, which tells the story of Emperor Kangxi's private visit.

In 1998, he directed the ancient costume drama "Mr. Liaozhai", which reproduces Pu Songling's rough and tortuous life path and the creative process of "Liaozhaizhiyi"; in the same year, he co directed the Qing costume drama "master Shaoxing" with Zhu Jianxin, which was co starred by Chen Daoming, Fang Zige and Hu Tiange.

In 1999, he directed the costume drama "Pearl, jade and white jade soup" starring Fang Zige. In 2000, the ancient costume drama "shangcuo Huajiao married couple" directed by him was broadcasted, which was adapted from the novel of the same name by Xi Juan. In 2001, he directed the ancient costume drama "biography of Xu Wenchang" co starred by Xie Junhao, Li Jiayu and Lu hanbiao. The play tells the story of Xu Wenchang, a great talent in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, who played an extraordinary trick to fight against injustice, punish evil and promote good.

In 2002, the Qing Dynasty drama "big dragon stamps" directed by him premiered, starring Qiu Xinzhi and Hu Jing. In 2003, the directed family drama "old house" was broadcast, starring Zhao Ningyu, Li Ding and Li Xinyi. In 2004, he directed the qingzhuang drama "the legend of summer resort" co starred by Tang Zhenzong, Liu Yajin and Chen Ying.

In 2005, director of the Republic of China drama "Beijing Yanyun" broadcast, the play adapted from Lin Yutang's original work of the same name. In 2006, his directed biographical play "the court painter Lang shining" premiered, CO starring Dashan, Xu Huanshan and Zhong Zhentao. In 2008, the legendary ancient costume drama "Da Changyuan" directed by him was broadcasted; in the same year, he won the most influential director award for the brilliant 30 years of Chinese TV series.

In 2009, he directed the ancient costume drama "wind and rain Jinyuan city", which tells the story of Jinyuan city in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. In 2013, he directed the family drama "Zheng's seventeen rooms", which was co starred by Wu Jian and Li Chengru; in the same year, he directed the era drama "black phoenix", which was co starred by Yu Xiaowei and Chen Shu.

In 2015, he directed the ancient costume love drama "the third marriage in the wrong sedan chair" co starred by Qiu Xinzhi, Tang Yixin and he Minghan. In 2016, the biographical play "Legend of Laozi" directed by him was premiered, which tells the legendary story of Laozi, the founder of Taoism.

Main works

Directing works

Screenwriter's works

Art design

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Zhang Zi'en is a Confucian general in the field of Chinese film. No matter what the theme or type of his films and TV plays are, he will put a unique cultural meaning between the lines of his works. Even in the social context of film commercialization, his films still maintain a unique cultural style. However, at the same time, he is not a director who retreats and evades in the surging economy, but a film artist who bravely advances in the tide of the times. Among the film directors in the mainland, Zhang Zien was the first one who dabbled in martial arts films. He advocates that the actions in martial arts movies "should be beautiful or humorous, which is the best quality. Martial arts movies should take the dance like beautiful actions of martial arts, just like rhythmic gymnastics.". The martial arts movies directed by him will integrate more cultural connotations, rather than the violent catharsis from the beginning to the end.

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