Liu Zhenwei

essential information

Early experience

On August 2, 1952, Liu Zhenwei was born into a Catholic family in Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. When he was two or three years old, his mother took him frequently to two of the few cinemas on the island. At the age of 16, Liu Zhenwei went to England to study art printing design. After graduation, his first job was in an advertising company. After about three years, Liu Zhenwei felt that he was not interested in design work, so he joined a financial company of Asian capital to do fund management work. Later, the company decided to make films in Hong Kong. By chance, he became the general manager of the film company and participated in the production of Hong Kong New Wave films such as "fierce list" and "hot youth". In 1984, Liu Zhenwei took part in the script writing for the first time, and soon after that, his company went bankrupt. At that time, Liu Zhenwei was very disappointed and went back to the mainland to do other business. After less than a year, Liu Zhenwei devoted himself to writing screenplays. In 1987, Deng Guangrong's Darong film and television production company was to be reorganized. Deng Guangrong invited him to join, and Liu Zhenwei recommended Wang Jiawei. They joined the reorganized yingzhijie Production Co., Ltd.

Acting experience

In 1987, three months after joining the film Hero, the movie "fierce ghost Bad Hall" directed by Liu Zhenwei and written by Wang Jiawei was released. It was Liu Zhenwei's first directed work, with an investment of only 1 million yuan. After it was released, it was highly praised and won more than 10 million box office achievements. In April 1988, Meng GUI and Wang Xuewei shared the box office of the sequel. Shortly after that, Liu Zhenwei left yingzhijie. In 1990, Liu Zhenwei, a screenwriter and Yuan Kui, an action director, and co directed by both of them, starred Stephen Chow, released "gambler", which became the first film with a box office exceeding 40 million since the opening of Hong Kong. In 1992, he wrote and directed the love action film "1992 Black Rose vs. Black Rose" starring Feng Baobao and Liang Jiahui, which won the nomination of best director and best screenwriter at the 12th Hong Kong Film Awards. At the end of the year, he and Wong Kar Wai founded Zedong film company. In 1993, he successively participated in the script creation of Fang Shiyu and its sequel by Zhengdong film company, which was jointly composed by Yuan Kui and Jet Li, and both of these films had good box office performance. Later, Liu Zhenwei independently edited and directed the pioneering work Dong Cheng Xi Jiu by Zedong film company. In 1994, he edited and directed the fantasy romantic comedies "the moonlight treasure box of a journey to the west" and "the great sage's wedding of a journey to the west", starring Stephen Chow, Mo Wenwei, Wu Mengda and LAN jieying. According to the original idea, the two films are a complete film, but the development of the plot exceeds Liu Zhenwei's estimation, and only divides the film into two parts. Among them, "Moonlight treasure box" was released on December 21 of the same year, and "great saint getting married" was released on February 4, 1995. For this reason, Liu Zhenwei won the best screenwriter award of the second Hong Kong film criticism society. In 1997, he and his good friends yuan Kui and Li Dawei set up the film art creative library company. In 1998, he created the script of the fantasy action film "love beyond time and space", which was directed by Li Dawei and supervised by Liu Zhenwei. Since then, the film arts foundation closed down, and Liu Zhenwei quit the film industry and settled in Canada. In 2001, at the invitation of Du Qifeng and Wang Jiawei, Liu Zhenwei went out again and directed the fantasy love film infinite resurrection produced by Galaxy image. In 2002, she edited and directed the ancient costume comedy "unparalleled in the world", starring Faye Wong, Zhao Wei, Liang Chaowei and Zhang Zhen, and supervised by Wong Kar Wai. The film has participated in 13 international film festivals and won the best picture of the 9th Hong Kong Film Critics Association. After shooting the film, Liu Zhenwei made a statement to quit the entertainment industry again. In 2004, at the invitation of Stephen Chow, Liu Zhenwei made a comeback and served as the producer of the fantasy action film Kung Fu directed and starred by Stephen Chow. The film won the best picture in the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards, the best picture in the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, and was nominated for the best foreign language film in the 63rd American film and television Golden Globe Awards. on March 18, 2010, the fantasy comedy Yue Guang Bao box, starring Sun Li, Zhu Yin, Liang Yongqi and Zheng Zhongji, was released. After 11 days, the box office exceeded 100 million yuan. On July 6, the romantic comedy lotus in the water, which is the first modern urban love film directed by Liu Zhenwei, starring Zhong Xintong, Fang Lishen, Feng Delun and Huang Shengyi, was released. In 2011, he directed the romantic action comedy dongchengxijiu 2011, starring Eason Chan, Mo Wenwei, Zheng Yijian, Zhong Zhentao, etc., which was released in mainland China for four days and won 51.7 million box office, becoming the 16th Chinese language film to top the box office of the week in 2011. On March 4, 2014, the love reasoning comedy perfect fake wife 168, directed by Xu ruoquan, He Ji, Wang Xuebing and Jiang Mengjie, was released nationwide; in April, the costume comedy Cuju, directed by Xu ruoquan, starring He Ji, twins, Deng Lixin and Rong Zuer, was shot. in 2016, he directed the 3D movie "the East China Sea".

Personal life

family

Liu Zhenwei is six years older than his wife. They have a daughter who was born in 1998.

Pseudonym

As a screenwriter, Liu Zhenwei has many pseudonyms: Ji'an in the journey to the west, Li Dawei in the 91 heroes, Chen Shanzhi in the 92 Black Rose vs. black rose, and Liu Yuming in the everlasting.

Main works

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Award winning record

Character evaluation

Liu Zhenwei has made great achievements in many fields, such as screenwriter, director, producer and actor. He is Wong Kar Wai's golden partner and Stephen Chow's main creator. He is one of the representatives of Hong Kong comedies (Sina entertainment review). Since the movie, he has been known as "Crazy Horse". Whether it's "gambler", "East and west", or "journey to the west", there are wild imagination, wanton humor and nonsense everywhere. This has become Liu Zhenwei's unique film style. (Tencent Entertainment review) love in Liu Zhenwei's movies can be called "Crazy". When you love someone you shouldn't love, you go crazy for love, and then you end up in different places. Whether it's Yu Zixia, Bai Jingjing, or Faye Wong, who is crazy to dance solo for Tony Leung in "unparalleled in the world", Liu Zhenwei's love must begin with comedy and end with sadness. (review of boutique shopping guide)

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