Lin Chaoxian

essential information

Acting experience

Since the 1980s, Lin Chaoxian has been the deputy director of Chen Jiashang, and they have produced a series of films such as "Thunderbolt fire" and "Flying Tiger".

In 1997, Lin Chaoxian, then 33, directed his first film, agent G4.

In 1998, he and Chen Jiashang co directed the police and bandit film "the beast criminal police". After the film was released, it attracted attention and won the best film of the 18th Hong Kong Golden Award. Lin Chaoxian and Chen Jiashang jointly won the best director award.

In 2000, he directed the anti genre black humor film "the lake is in danger". After the film was released, it was well received and was nominated for best film and best actor at the 20th Hong Kong Film Awards.

In 2001, he directed the action film "the way to the wall" and "the heavy police". The former had a mild response, while the latter had a hot action scene, and the content touched the tragic sympathy, which was highly praised.

In 2004, he directed the action film "attack and trap" starring Guo Fucheng, Eason Chan and Zheng Xiyi, which is the first large-scale release of Lin Chaoxian's work in the mainland.

In 2008, he cooperated with Zhang Jiahui and Nicholas Tse in the police and bandit film "witness", which not only won a good box office, but also received high praise in the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Zhang Jiahui won the best actor award in the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 46th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award.

In 2010, he once again cooperated with Zhang Jiahui, Nicholas Tse and other original members of "witness" to shoot the police film "informant", which was nominated for best film and best director at the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards.

In 2012, he took Jay Chou and Nicholas Tse to shoot the gunfight action film "against the war". Lin Chaoxian acted as an action director for the first time in the film, and was nominated as the best action director for the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards.

In 2013, he cooperated with Zhang Jiahui again to shoot the action film "fierce battle" about comprehensive fighting, which won 11 nominations of the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards, including best picture, best director and best actor, and was shortlisted in the world focus unit of the 26th Tokyo International Film Festival.

In 2014, he directed the crime movie "magic police", which was adapted from the "Xu Bugao shooting case" and starred by Zhang Jiahui and Wu Yanzu. The film was shortlisted in the panoramic unit of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2016, he directed the police and bandit action movie "operation Mekong", which was adapted from "the murder of Chinese crew in the golden triangle on October 5", starring Zhang Hanyu, Peng Yuyan, Feng Wenjuan and others. The movie was released on September 30, 2016.

In 2018, he directed the military action film "operation Red Sea", which he nominated for the best director award of the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards; in the same year, he won the best action film director award of the New York Asian Film Festival; in November, he won the best director award of the 34th popular film Hundred Flowers Award for "operation Red Sea"; on November 11, his film "emergency rescue" was officially launched.

In October 2019, he was nominated for the best director award of the 32nd China Golden Rooster Award for his film "Red Sea Action". On October 25, 2020, the film "Changjin Lake", jointly supervised and directed by Chen Kaige and Tsui Hark, will be launched.

On November 27, 2020, the director of the film "emergency rescue" announced the promotion to December 18, and exposed new posters.

Main works

Directing works

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Take part in the film

Supervised production

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Screenwriter's works

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Award winning record

Character evaluation

On the basis of learning from Lin Lingdong, Michael Mann and other predecessors, Lin Chaoxian also digs deep into people's minds under the appearance of genre films, and brands Lin Chaoxian's works with strong craftsmanship. (Sohu Entertainment review)

Most of Lin Chaoxian's action movies are about gangsters or gangsters. The police and criminals in the movies are not the face makeup characters of traditional gangster movies. The police are often portrayed as anti heroes. Although they are not evil, they are not the idols of Gao Daquan. Although most criminals are cruel and cruel, they also have to face personal suffering and inner entanglement. In the confrontation between police and bandits, Lin Chaoxian made great efforts to excavate the inner world of the characters, making the characters full and deep, convincing the audience in reason and influencing the audience in emotion. (time online review)

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