Jiang Wen

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Early experience

In January 1963, Jiang Wen was born in his grandmother's home in Tangshan, where he spent his childhood. After returning to his parents from his grandfather's home, he traveled to Guizhou and Hunan.

In 1973, his family moved to Beijing to settle down, and Jiang Wen transferred to Beijing No.72 middle school. Jiang Wen was greatly influenced by his moving life and the special environment of the army, which also enriched his social experience.

Jiang Wen met Yingda in middle school. That year, Jiang Wen was 10 years old and Yingda was 12 years old. Jiang Wen and Yingda became good friends in high school. After graduating from high school, Yingda was admitted to Peking University, but Jiang Wen failed. Yingda hoped that Jiang Wen could also go to university, so he proposed to apply for the Central Academy of drama.

In 1981, Jiang Wen registered for the Central Academy of drama and became a member of the performance department.

Acting experience

In 1984, after graduating from Chinese opera, Jiang Wen was assigned to China Youth Art Theater, where he worked as a drama performer for about a year. He once starred in plays such as "family affairs" and "the story of the Caucasian gray appendix".

In 1985, Jiang Wen was favored by director Chen Jialin and played Puyi in the film the last queen. In order to play this role, he searched a lot of Puyi's historical materials and visited PuJie, Puyi's younger brother. Finally, he successfully created this image.

In 1986, Xie Jin was preparing for the production of Furong Town. The female No.1 Hu Yuyin in the play had been decided to be played by Liu Xiaoqing, while the Male No.1 Qin Shutian was still in the air. After Xie Jin watched Jiang Wen's make-up, he finally decided to play Qin Shutian. In Furong Town, Jiang Wen presents Qin Shutian, a middle-aged intellectual who has been unfairly treated, as a sincere and moving character.

In the summer of 1987, Jiang Wen joined the cast of red sorghum, facing Zhang Yimou, the first director. Because of the problems of character building, he and Zhang Yimou quarreled from beginning to end, and finally they quarreled with each other for a world-famous work. In the same year, Jiang Wen starred in the Sino French film "tears in a sedan chair", which was directed by Jacques doffman in France and directed by Zhang Wenxin, the fourth generation female director in China. In this film, Jiang Wen plays the father of the heroine. He completes the role very well.

In 1988, Jiang Wen played Liu Xianggao, a man who lived with Chuntao, in the film Chuntao by the third generation director Ling Zifeng.

In 1989, Jiang Wen starred in Xie Fei's benmingnian. Li Huiquan, played by Jiang Wen, is a young man who is sentenced to prison for hurting others for his friends' morale and returns to the society after the end of reeducation through labor.

In 1990, Jiang Wen played Li Lianying, the eunuch of the late Qing Dynasty, in Tian Zhuangzhuang's film Li Lianying.

In 1993, Jiang Wen starred in a well-known TV series "Beijingers in New York", which tells the story of Beijingers' struggle and struggle in New York. In the early stage of "Beijingers in New York", Jiang Wen and Wan Ziliang co starred in his first commercial entertainment film "hero of narrow road".

At the end of 1991, Wang Shuo handed over animal ferocity to Jiang Wen, who decided to make the novel into a film after watching it. From August 1993 to January 1994, Jiang Wen directed his first film "sunny days", which tells the growth story of a group of young red guards during the cultural revolution. The film is interwoven with the turbulent background of the times through the unrestrained life, memories and fantasies of young ma Xiaojun in adolescence.

In 1996, Jiang Wen played Qin Shihuang in the film "Ode to Qin" directed by Zhou Xiaowen. He has a lot of rivals with ge you, who plays musician Gao Jianli, and Xu Qing, who plays Princess Liyang.

In 1997, Jiang Wen cooperated with Zhang Yimou for the second time, starring in the film "have a good talk", and met the screenwriter Shuping.

From August 1998 to 1999, Jiang Wen directed and acted the devil. In May 2000, Jiang Wen participated in Cannes International Film Festival and won the jury award for "Devils coming" without passing the examination. Due to "illegal entry", Jiang Wen was punished by the film Bureau for "not being able to be a director within five years".

From 2001 to 2005, Jiang Wen appeared in movies such as looking for guns, heroes of heaven and earth, green tea and a letter from a strange woman.

From June 2005 to November 2006, Jiang Wen directed the sun also rises. In the form of a circular narrative structure, the film tells four seemingly scattered and connected stories, which took place in 1958 and 1976 respectively. The film is also considered to be an art film. Because of the blank plot and the space for imagination, most of the audience can't understand it.

In April 2008, Jiang Wen went to the United States to take part in shooting the short film collection "New York, I love you" co directed by 12 international filmmakers.

From September 2009 to February 2010, Jiang Wen cooperated with ge you and Chow Yun fat in directing and acting the movie let the bullets fly. After its release, the film has attracted a wide range of comments. The main focus of the comments is that the audience thinks that the film contains a lot of political metaphors.

In April 2011, Guan Yunchang was released. Jiang Wen, who plays "Cao Cao" in the film, is accused of snatching the show. In May of the same year, Jiang Wen's first micro film "watching the ball" became popular on the Internet.

On December 18, 2014, Jiang Wen's new work "one step away" was released.

In 2016, he joined Star Wars: Grand Theft one, produced by Lucas pictures and released by Disney Pictures, as the main role.

On July 13, 2018, the self directed and self performed film "evil does not weigh the right" was released; on December 16, with "evil does not weigh the right" won the first annual screenwriter of Hainan Island International Film Festival.

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social activities

In August 1991, Jiang Wen took part in the Beijing disaster relief performance and sang songs on the spot.

In August 1996, Jiang Wen came to Tangshan paraplegic sanatorium and personally handed over 80000 yuan to the president of the sanatorium. He expressed his wish to help the disabled in his hometown.

In September 2000, Jiang Wen attended the "big charity dinner tonight" held in Beijing Kerry Center.

In October 2006, Jiang Wen made a donation of 30000 yuan to the social fund-raising and visiting activities of "for the next generation - great gift of love" held in Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province.

In October 2007, Jiang Wen attended a public welfare activity focusing on children's education in poor mountainous areas with the theme of "let the sun of hope rise as usual", and released a public welfare short film made by himself.

In May 2008, Jiang Wen paid attention to the Sichuan earthquake and donated 100000 yuan to the disaster area. In the same month, Jiang Wen joined hands to speak on behalf of the enterprise and made an additional donation of 3 million yuan.

In August 2011, Jiang Wen and Zhou Yun donated a batch of multi-functional schoolbags to 200 Tibetan students at the apple primary school in altarqin, Tibet.

In September 2012, Jiang Wen visited paraplegia recuperators in Tangshan paraplegia sanatorium. It is reported that Jiang Wen has been here every year for more than ten years.

In August 2013, Jiang Wen, together with wildlife rescue organization and African Wildlife Foundation, launched a public welfare activity to protect elephants in Beijing.

On April 7, 2014, Jiang Wen attended the charity dinner for Jackie Chan's 60th birthday and donated Ge You's costume and a 100 year old vintage suitcase in one step away to the China Film Foundation.

On March 26, 2018, the Organizing Committee of the Shanghai International Film Festival announced that Jiang Wen would be the chairman of the main competition unit of the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Baron awards jury.

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Chen Chong: Jiang Wen's story is never enough to tell you something common and everyday. In fact, the viewing habits of many domestic audiences are cultivated by TV plays, and they still expect you to tell them a story. Once the film doesn't focus on narrative, but something deeper and more difficult, they don't get used to it.

At the same time, he is not the same as other actors. I'm not saying that other directors don't know how to perform, but Jiang Wen looks at how to perform from the perspective of actors, so his requirements are different from those of other directors. From the actor's point of view, if he comes to play, he will be very specific and communicate with the actors. It's not very empty and mysterious, but standing on the same stage to communicate with you. It's very enjoyable.

Zhang Yimou: he is very good at acting. He has a very smart mind. He is also very thoughtful and capable. And I think he definitely wants to be a good director. He has such a heart. He is a man who wants to be a commander, not a soldier at the bottom. He has a high heart and the ability. He hopes to surpass anyone. My view is that if he doesn't talk, he may feel that Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jia Zhangke and Lu Chuan are nothing. He is really a man with a high heart. I think he wants to surpass the contemporary Chinese directors. He is better than these people. He really thinks so, but he doesn't admit it. This is my view. I also believe that he is the best director in China in the future.

Wang Shuo: he has the strength to make many people who know him willing to do something for him. When we talk about him, no matter what you think of one of his movies

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