Niu Chengze

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Early experience

After Niu Chengze was a famous general, he grew up in the general's residence. His grandmother and mother taught Chinese in the language center of the University.

Niu Chengze grew up in Jiahe new village. His grandfather had a single house of 400 square meters (equivalent to 1200 square meters) provided by the authorities. Niu Chengze lived with his grandfather and uncle's family since he was a child. He was sent to a private noble primary school since he was a child. He was passive and rebellious, and his grades were counted down in the whole class. Later, he was distributed to the only "cattle class". Because he was the son of a powerful man, and his grandfather had a lot of friends, when he was 9 years old, the agent of a film company came to him to act.

Acting experience

In 1975, when he was 9 years old, he took part in his first film "drizzle", and since then began his acting career.

In 1983, he played Bi chujia, the male protagonist of his youth, in the story film Xiao Bi's story directed by Chen Kunhou. In the same year, he co starred with Zhang Shi and Zhang Chunfang in the poetic film "the man from the wind cupboard", which narrates the growth of young people's youth. In the film, he played the leading actor ah Qing, who was nominated for the best film of the 21st Golden Horse Award in Taiwan.

In 1986, he took part in the film "fragrant grass and green sky" starring Wang Zuxian and Qi Qin. In 1987, he acted in the movie "I have something to say" directed by Cai Zhengbin. In 1989, he co starred with Zhang Shi in the film banana paradise. From the perspective of "veterans" from the mainland, the film narrates the political situation between the mainland and Taiwan and the difficult survival process of immigrants from other provinces in Taiwan.

In 1993, he appeared in four units of Taiwan TV series Bao Qingtian: Peacock gall (Hu Tianlun), thunder Fury (Yang Jiabao), Chi Pang Yu (Pang Yu) and gratitude Pavilion (song Tianbao). In 1996, he took part in the alarming unit drama "the supernatural events in Taiwan".

On December 23, 1997, the police and bandit action film "black gold" (formerly known as "Sicily of love") starring Liang Jiahui, Liu Dehua and Li Liqun was released in Hong Kong. On March 13, 1998, the love comedy advertisement for marriage was released.

In 1999, he starred in the historical war movie Tianma teahouse with Lin Qiang and Xiao Shushen. In the same year, he played Zhang Xi in the ancient costume historical drama Hua Mulan starring yuan Yongyi and Zhao Wenzhuo.

In 2000, when Taiwan's films fell into a low ebb, Niu Chengze turned to television for development. In the same year, he played the Dragon King of Beihai in Xu Zheng's ancient costume myth comedy "brilliant spring pig eight commandments".

In 2001, his urban film "the name of the rose of the Millennium Mambo" was shortlisted for the Palme d'Or in the 54th Cannes Film Festival. In the same year, Xiaoguang, a TV play directed and performed by himself, was shortlisted for the 35th Taiwan Golden Bell Award.

In 2002, he directed and adapted the work "come to my house" by Japanese cartoonist yuan Xiuze, starring fan Zhiwei, Xu Ruyun and F4. In August, he set up Hongdou Production Co., Ltd. as the director of the company. In the same year, the love music movie "endless summer" was released. In the same year, he directed and acted in the idol drama "toast man's kiss".

In 2004, the director's idol drama proposal office was broadcast on Taiwan TV and Dongsen drama station.

On December 15, 2007, the youth love idol drama "I'm in Kenting * the weather is fine" was broadcast on Taiwan public TV.

On April 11, 2008, a self directed and self performed pseudo documentary "the way to survive when you have to" was released. In the film, Niu Chengze played a director who suffered from career setbacks, emotional changes, drug abuse, alcoholism and mental loss. With this film, Niu Chengze won the 44th Golden Horse award in Taiwan, the Fabry west film critic award, and won the netpac best Asian Film Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival in the Netherlands.

On February 5, 2010, director's youth action film 艋舺舺舺艋舺舺艋舺舺艋舺舺艋舺舺艋舺舺was released. The film was shortlisted for panoramic unit of the 60th Berlin Film Festival, and was nominated for best Asian film at the 30th. In March, the director's action film "city catcher" was released.

In August 2011, he played Lu Ping in the love film love, which was shot on the set. The film was shortlisted in the "world view" unit of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. The film was rated as the best film of the golden banyan tree award of Nandu weekly and nominated for the 32nd best cross Strait Chinese film of Hong Kong film.

In August 2013, he shot the drama "paradise in the army", which tells the life of the Taiwan army in the 1950s and 1960s. As the opening film of the 19th Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea, the film was shortlisted in the panoramic unit of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, and won the Hong Kong Film Awards for the best cross-strait Chinese film.

In November 2015, he participated in the documentary "where are the guests from season 2", which is a real star searching for roots and tracing family history.

Personal life

Niu Chengze's father followed the Kuomintang to Taiwan at the age of 19. When Niu Chengze was 12 years old, his father suffered from rare motor neuron atrophy. Her mother, Zhang QingQin, is the daughter of a general. She used to be a university teacher. She is also a screenwriter of Chinese opera and has won the National Prize for literature and art. My aunt married Zhang Zhengmao, a famous doctor of traditional Chinese medicine.

Niu Chengze's younger brother was frail when he was a child. Niu Chengze felt that his mother's love had been given to his younger brother, so he suffered from depression and fell into a period of chaos in his life. Later, as he grew up, he gradually reconciled with his mother.

Main works

Take part in TV series

Take part in the film

Directing works

Supervised production

Short film

MTV

Take part in stage play

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Niu Chengze was a witness of Taiwan's new film movement in the 1980s. As Hou Xiaoxian's Royal actor, he appeared in such important films as the story of Xiao Bi and the man from the cupboard at the age of 16 and 17. He is an idol drama operator in Taiwan, known as "Dou Dao". He has directed such idol dramas as "I'm fine in Kenting", "toast man's kiss", "proposal office" and so on. His works are rich in plot, excellent production, real emotion and the truth of life. The audience can laugh and cry with them. When they get out of the theater, they can take something with them (review of Jiefang Daily). Niu Chengze is the kind of director who likes to use his own experience and emotion to make movies (Xinhua review).

Character controversy

In 2004, Niu Chengze talked about the interesting things during the semester in Kangxi is coming. Among them, Niu Chengze mentioned that he had a "kissing competition" with Sun Peng. At that time, they would wait for the girl to pass by in the corridor after each class. "As long as there is a girl passing by, you will take the girl into the toilet, and the other will peep outside to see if you kiss him", and the kiss must be "mouth" rather than face.

In June 2013, Niu Chengze illegally took mainland photographer Cao Yu to the naval port of Zuoying for a scene survey in order to shoot "paradise in the army". After that, he was prosecuted by the Kaohsiung local prosecutor's office for violating the "Fortress zone law". After that, he said in court that he spent NT $250 million on "paradise in the army", but only sold less than 80 million yuan at the box office in the end, so he begged the judge not to punish him again. But later, some netizens found that Niu Chengze went to the United States to watch NBA games and sat in the first row where the ticket price was the most expensive. His previous debt comments were also questioned.

On November 7, 2014, the Kaohsiung district court sentenced Niu Chengze to five months' imprisonment, suspended for two years. Niu Chengze then issued an apology microblog and sincerely admitted his mistake about the violation of the law. As for the NBA storm, Niu Chengze has also "friend invitation" to clarify the rumors between the network before.

On December 5, 2018, Niu Chengze was accused of sexual assault by the female staff of the film "running horse". According to media reports, the police will send a notice to Niu Chengze on December 6, asking him to go to the police station as soon as possible to explain the case. On December 9, Niu Chengze wrote: "demons are created by their own hatred and evil. Please close your eyes and feel love after falling the stone, and you will have more power to dissolve hatred and evil in the world... Love". On December 10, Niu Chengze was summoned by the Taipei District Attorney General's office for questioning on charges of sexually assaulting a female staff member.

On April 14, 2020, Niu Chengze was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in the first instance for the crime of compulsory sexual intercourse.

On December 2, 2020, Taiwan's "high court" of Second Instance sentenced Niu Chengze to four years' imprisonment for the crime of compulsory sexual intercourse, rejecting his appeal.

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