Li Gang
Li Gang
Ang Lee is a world-renowned director. Compared with his younger brother, Li Gang, who is also engaged in directing, his image seems to be much blurred. In fact, Li Gang, who won the best screenwriter award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival for "don't go home today", directed "tiaozi Abula" and shortlisted the leading role in the Golden Horse Award for best supporting actor, and set up the Leigong film company to introduce high-quality European films such as "spring of the cattle herd", also has a bright future in the film industry.
Profile
He is currently in charge of encore film company
Education: Marine College, Department of navigation
Experience in crew, stall, gift shop owner, trader, screenwriter, director, etc
In 1996, he won the best screenwriter award of Asia Pacific Film Festival for "don't go home today"
"Don't go home today" is also shortlisted for the best feature film, best supporting actor and best original script of the 33rd Golden Horse Award
In 1994, 1996 and 1998, he won the Taiwan excellent screenplay Award for three times
In 1998, he won a special prize from the relevant departments for his play tiaozi Abula and served as the director of the film
Tiaozi Abula was also shortlisted for best supporting actor in the 36th Golden Horse Award
His works are a little perceptual and rational, it's good to cook, and Li Gang accompany you to the movies
"Debbie's happy life" won the best picture award of peace department in 2013
"Debbie's happy life" won the Golden Bell Award for TV movie and lighting, and (Zhou Youting) won the Golden Bell Award for TV movie heroine.
Works introduction
Screenwriter's works
Want to fly in 2014
Tiaozi Abula, 1999
Don't go home today, 1996
Directing works
Want to fly in 2014
Tiaozi Abula, 1999
Making works
2015 "amang fog 2: falling child"
2014 my boyfriend and dog
2013 "cloud of fog"
2011 "the end of the bag"
Juliet 2010
Yangyang in 2009
2008 star legend
Award winning record
Related reports
Because his brother's Brokeback Mountain was awarded the best director Oscar, Li Gang became the focus of media pursuit. Recently, in an interview, he said that he wanted to be a pure Li Gang more than the new name "Ang Lee's brother". When his brother's most loyal cheerleading team, Li Gang, 49, was called "President Li's son" when he was a child and "Ang Lee's brother" when he grew up, he was very helpless. At the beginning of March, Ang Lee was awarded the best director Oscar for Brokeback Mountain, and Li Gang became the target of media interview again. There was an endless stream of phone calls asking him to talk about Ang Lee, and there was almost nothing to say. Forced, the "spokesman" can not help but vomit bitterness, "that two days is enough, I live not to commemorate him." He shook his head helplessly and said, "Brokeback Mountain" has been very popular recently. His friend took him and introduced him to everyone. "This is Ang Lee's younger brother, like him?" "We all have high self-esteem, and I have my own business. I don't want to live in his shadow." Li Gang does not deny that being considered as "Ang Lee's younger brother" feels very bad. But he, who is deeply in love with his brother, still talks about Ang Lee in high spirits. Whether Ang Lee succeeds or fails, Li Gang is the most loyal cheerleader. Su Shi, commenting on his younger brother Su Zhe's prose, said, "Ziyou's prose is more accurate than I'm in terms of CI theory, and I'm not as good as I'm in terms of physique."
While Ang Lee is shining in the western world, I believe that Li Gang, who is striving to catch up in the East, hopes to win such equal recognition one day. As a matter of fact, compared with Ang Lee's gentle, focused and speechless personality, Li Gang has always been a man who has a great pursuit of his own future. "Ang Lee is more feminine, I'm more masculine. Ang Lee's personality is suitable for being a director. He is very abrasive, just like Taijiquan, where softness can overcome hardness. " When it comes to the director's brother, Li Gang's admiration is beyond words. Born in 1957, Li Gang has been deeply attached to his elder brother, Ang Lee, who is three years older than him since childhood. When they were young, they shared the same bed. Li Gang always told his brother bedtime stories, and Ang Lee never took the trouble to meet his brother's requirements. "My brother is a genius at telling stories. He can always come up with different stories." As a child, Li Gang worshipped and depended on his brother. Ang Lee's passion for movies naturally influenced him. However, in the eyes of the headmaster's father, who had a strong sense of scholar bureaucrats, "everything is inferior, only study is high". Directing is not a classy job. Therefore, when Ang Lee decided to develop into the film industry, it almost triggered a family revolution. Li Gang, who has a pragmatic personality, decided to become a businessman who seeks profits from capital.
"I've run boats, set up stalls, opened gift shops, been a trader, and sold pots and pans..." In the book "it's good to cook", Li Gang confessed. When Taiwan's economy took off, he made a lot of money, but he also lost millions because of his investment failure. "Confucius may be good at making movies, but his business must be miserable." Li Gang made fun of himself. Fate gave principal Li the biggest gift. At that time, the most unpromising "actor" industry is now Taiwan's most popular cultural and creative industry. Ang Lee has also become the first best director in Asia to win an Oscar. Li Gang followed his elder brother's footsteps, starting with the screenwriter. Surprisingly, Li Gang is an outstanding film writer by nature. From the stage of screenwriting, he stepped forward and became a film director, TV series producer and director of a film company. Compared with Ang Lee, who is calm and introverted, Li Gang is outgoing, humorous and straightforward. Having worked hard in Taiwan's film and television industry for a long time, Li Gang is full of bitterness when it comes to the plight of filming. He said that directors should only focus on filming and post production, but Taiwan directors spend 80% of their time on production, which has nothing to do with creativity. Li Gang recalled that when he directed tiaozi Abula, he came from the upstream capital to the downstream marketing. As the subject matter of the film is rather sensitive, Li Gang can hardly hide his excitement when it comes to bitterness. He pointed out that Taiwan is far less professional than the United States in film production. "In Hollywood, I'm afraid you can't think of anything in your head. There's nothing you can think of but technicians can't do. And Taiwan is afraid that you will come up with something that is completely opposite to the mainstream of society. "
In recent years, Hollywood films have monopolized 90% of the market in Taiwan. It's not a day's cold. Li Gang said bluntly: "the current Taiwan films are either afraid that you can't understand them, or afraid that you can understand them. They are very insincere." A movie ticket costs NT $200 or NT $300, so viewers will naturally choose well-known and entertaining European and American films. In contrast, the series that can be seen only by turning on the TV has more room to play. In 2002, Li Gang, who has never forgotten his love for movies, set up Lei Gong film company. On the one hand, he built up his marketing ability by distributing foreign films; on the other hand, he invested in shooting TV series to gather talents. "Film is a work, television is a product." He analyzed from the perspective of businessmen, "you have to rely on television to maintain the company and cultivate combat forces. It takes two or three years to make a movie. It's too long. It's definitely not the way to do it. "
In recent years, godfather Li has been making the love drama "sweet tears" and "sweet tears". In 2004, he cooperated with Hunan Radio and TV media to shoot the TV series "beauty the day after tomorrow", combining with Taiwan Idol Xu Shaoyang and mainland actress Huang Yi to reach the broader mainland market. He continued to accumulate experience as a director, and he did not give up his plan to make films. However, due to some reasons, the future of Li Gang's "beauty the day after tomorrow" is bumpy. At present, there is no broadcasting channel, which makes Li Gang angry. Knowing that the market is hard to run, Li Gang, who is already in the year of destiny, why is he willing to make the film wider and wider? "Movies are really exciting. After working in so many industries, no matter how much money I earn from selling laptops and mobile phones, I will not fall in love with mobile phones and laptops. The name of Spielberg's film company is good. Film is a dream factory, and director is a dream job, which is not available in other industries. " (Cao Xiaoqian) the initial cry was well received, and the depression of business failure became the driving force of writing, and Li Gang began to try script writing. In 1993, he accompanied his father back to the mainland to visit his relatives. He felt the impact of the disappearance of cultural China and the huge gap between ideal and reality. He wrote the travel notes of the new, old and disabled, and won the excellent screenplay award. In 1996, Zhang Aijia made the film "don't go home today", which is humorous and criticizes the bizarre phenomenon of modern families. The market reaction was very good, and he won the best screenplay award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival. From then on, li gang decided to abandon business and become a filmmaker. He followed his elder brother and fell into the charming world of montage. In 1999, Li Gang wrote and directed the police story tiaozi Abula. Although the shooting process was extremely arduous, from raising money, choosing scenes to finding actors, his achievements gained a lot of positive public praise. Hou Wenyong, a writer, praised the emotional drama in tiaozi Abula for its full and meticulous shooting, which caused a lot of laughter. Li Youxin, a film critic, also wrote that "tiaozi Abula", which is clearly a painful accusation, is full of witty and wonderful involvement. "Li Gang's cleverness lies in playing simple things with rich and complex meanings.". Li Gang made a film and got a good appraisal for his first try.
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