Zhang Wenxin

Zhang Wenxin

Zhang Wenxin (October 27, 1940 - May 28, 1995) was born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. His ancestral home is Tieling City, Liaoning Province. He is a director and screenwriter in mainland China and graduated from the director department of Beijing Film Academy.

In 1974, he went to Shanghai Film Studio as an assistant to Sang arc and Xie Jin. In 1981, she directed her first film sand gull independently. She won the special director award of the 2nd Golden Rooster Award for this film. In 1985, the plot film "youth sacrifice" was released. In 1990, he directed the feature film "good morning, Beijing", which won the top ten Chinese Film Awards of the year at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. In 1994, he directed South China 1994. Zhang Wenxin died of advanced cancer in Beijing on May 28, 1995.

Character experience

In March 1943, Zhang Wenxin settled in Beiping with his parents. In middle school, he played the role of four phoenixes in thunderstorm. In 1958, he graduated from the middle school affiliated to Renmin University of China and began to study in the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy in the same year. In 1962, he graduated from the director department of Beijing Film Academy, and later served as assistant professor and lecturer of Beijing Film Academy.

In 1974, he went to Shanghai Film Studio as an assistant to Sang arc and Xie Jin. In 1978, he collaborated with Yao Shuping and Li Tuo in the creation of the literary screenplay the vast earth. In 1979, the vast land was made into a film by Beijing Film Studio, and its name was changed to Li Siguang when it was released. The film was directed by Ling Zifeng. In the same year, the article on the modernization of film language, which was co written with Li Tuo, was published in the third issue of film art.

In 1981, she directed her first film sand gull independently. She won the special director award of the 2nd Golden Rooster Award for this film. In December 1983, he published the novel sand Gull: from script to film. In 1985, the plot film "youth sacrifice" was released. In 1987, he and Jacques doffman co directed the plot film "love in the boudoir", starring Qin Yi and Tu Huaiqing.

In 1988, he planned to shoot Wang Shuo's novel play is the heartbeat, and wrote the first draft of the script, but the film failed to shoot. In 1990, he directed the plot film "good morning, Beijing" co starred by Ma Xiaoqing, Wang Quanan and Jia Hongsheng, which won the top ten Chinese Film Awards of the year at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

In 1993, he directed the plot film "Yunnan story" co starred by Lu Xiuling and Lin Jianhua, which tells the story of Japanese nurse Shuzi who came to Yunnan with her Chinese husband after World War II and gradually integrated into the life of local people. In 1994, he directed South China 1994, which was co starred by Cheng Qian, Su Jin and Li Shixi.

Personal life

In 1962, Zhang Wenxin married Li Tuo. In 1968, she gave birth to her daughter Meng Hui; she also had a daughter, Nath. Zhang Wenxin died of terminal cancer in Beijing on May 28, 1995, and a funeral was held on June 3.

Main works

Directing works

Screenwriter's works

literary works

Award winning record

Character evaluation

In the era of pluralistic film creation, Zhang Wenxin did not stick to the requirements of political and commercial system, but rediscovered the field of film expression outside the mainstream theme and commercial theme with his own eyes, injected his own thinking, and achieved his own film concept. The documentary expression that director Zhang Wenxin has been pursuing is to use long lens and depth of field lens to directly and deeply touch life, and try to use live shooting or necessary on-site processing, natural lighting, sound and other forms that can objectively restore reality and record reality. Director Zhang Wenxin's concept of reality is not to give up "drama" completely, but to seek a kind of "dramatic" inner reality, which depends on the experience and observation of daily life and the familiarity with the ability of film expression. At the same time, the authenticity of his films comes from the times. Whether it is the scar and cheer of shaou just after the "Cultural Revolution", or the copy of Beijingers' living conditions and values in the reform wave of "Beijing, you are early", they are deeply stained with the strongest flavor of the times. Therefore, Zhang Wenxin's concept of reality is the drama contained in her investigation and understanding of life details, and the combination of drama and the times is her most prominent aesthetic feature (review of Journal of Capital Normal University).

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