Wang Tong
Wang Tong
Wang Tong, formerly known as Wang Zhonghe, was born in Taihe County, Anhui Province on April 4, 1942. Taiwan film director, screenwriter, producer, art director.
In 1981, he directed the director's first work "if I were true", which won the nomination of best art design for the 18th Golden Horse Award of Taiwan film. In 1982, he made the love movie "bitter love", which was nominated for best feature film in the 19th Golden Horse Award of Taiwan film. In 1983, he directed the feature film "days of watching the sea", which was nominated for best feature film at the 20th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. In 1984, he directed the costume film "riding a horse into the woods", which won the best art design award and the best costume design award of the 22nd Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards. In 1985, he made the comedy "father of spring". In 1987, he directed the feature film Scarecrow and won the best director award of the 24th Golden Horse Award for Taiwan film. In 1989, he directed the feature film banana paradise, which won the nomination of best costume design for the 26th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. In 1992, he directed the feature film silent hills, which won the best director award of the 29th Golden Horse Award for Taiwan film. In 1996, he edited and directed the feature film "red persimmon", which won the nomination for best director of the 33rd Taiwan Golden Horse Film Award. In 2002, he directed the drama "free door god". In 2004, he worked as an art designer and fashion designer in the youth version of Kunqu Opera Peony Pavilion. In 2005, he directed his first animated feature film "red boy talks about Flame Mountain", which won the best animated feature film award of the 42nd Taiwan Golden Horse Film Award and the excellent animated feature film award of the 11th China Film Huabiao award.
On June 13, 2010, the producer's love movie "you deserve to be single" was released. In 2011, he participated in shooting the short film collection "10 + 10". On June 26, 2015, the director's love movie "say love to the wind" was released. In 2019, he won the lifetime achievement award of the 56th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and served as the chairman of the jury.
Early experience
Wang Tong was born in Taihe County, Anhui Province on April 4, 1942. When he was very young, he moved to Suzhou with his family. When he was 5 years old, his grandmother took Wang Tong to see his first movie "a river flowing eastward", which left a deep impression on him. When Wang Tong was six and a half years old, he went to Taiwan by boat with his family from Huangpu River in Shanghai. Wang Tong began to make movies to earn a living. After graduating from the Fine Arts Department of Taiwan Academy of Arts, he met an opportunity. It was Hong Kong Shao's company that needed an artist to make films in Taiwan. He asked him to draw the background. Wang Tong painted very well, and found that the reward for doing an artist was more than that for being a teacher. So he joined a film company as an artist in 1963.
Acting experience
After entering the film company in 1963, Wang Tong started as an intern, background painting and art assistant, and then promoted to art design. He successively participated in the art work of more than 30 films. In 1971, Wang Tong went to the stage design group of the drama department of the University of Hawaii to study.
On July 19, 1974, Wang Tong's art design war movie "Heroes" was released. In 1976, he worked as an art designer in the love movie "maple leaf love" directed by Bai Jingrui, and won the best color film art design award of the 13th Golden Horse Award of Taiwan film.
On July 26, 1977, the love movie cold in smoke and water, which was an art designer, was released. Wang Tong won the nomination for best art design at the 15th Golden Horse Award of Taiwan film.
In 1981, Wang Tong directed the drama "if I were true" starred by TAM Yonglin and Hu Guanzhen. It was Wang Tong's first directing work and won the best feature film award at the 18th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. Wang Tong was nominated for best art design for this film.
In 1982, he made the love movie "bitter love", which was co starred by Mu Sicheng, Hu Guanzhen and Xu Zhongfei, and was nominated for best feature film in the 19th Golden Horse Award of Taiwan film.
In 1983, he directed the drama "days of watching the sea" starring Lu Xiaofen, Su Mingming, Ma Rufeng, etc., which was nominated for the best drama in the 20th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award.
In 1984, he directed the costume film "riding a horse into the woods", which was starred by Ma Rufeng and Zhang Yingzhen. The film was nominated for the best feature film of the 22nd Taiwan Golden Horse Film Award, while Wang Tong won the best art design award and the best costume design award.
In 1985, Wang Tong filmed the comedy "Yangchun dad" co starred by Guangzhong and Zhang Chunfang. In 1987, he directed the feature film scarecrow, CO starring Zhang Baizhou, Zhang Chunfang and Yang Guimei. The film won the best feature film award of the 24th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Award, and Wang Tong won the best director award.
In 1989, he directed the feature film banana paradise, starring Niu Chengze and Zhang Shi. The film won the nomination for best feature film at the 26th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award, while Wang Tong won the nomination for best costume design. In 1990, Wang Tong became a member of the jury of the 27th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards.
In 1992, he directed the drama silent hills, CO starred by Peng Qia, Yang Guimei and Huang Pinyuan, which, together with Scarecrow and banana paradise, formed a trilogy of modern history in Taiwan. The film won the best feature film award of the 29th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award, while Wang Tong won the best director award.
In 1994, he was invited to serve as a member of the jury of the 31st Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards. In 1996, he edited and directed the feature film "red persimmon", CO starring Tao Shu, Shi Jun and Zhang Shi. The film is based on Wang Tong's childhood story. He was nominated for the best director award of the 33rd Taiwan Golden Horse Film Award.
In 1998, he served as a member of the jury of the 35th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards. In 2002, he directed the drama "free door god", CO starring Li Kangsheng and ye Quanzhen. In 2003, he was a member of the jury of the 40th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, and was responsible for the evaluation of feature films.
In 2004, at the invitation of the writer Bai Xianyong, Wang Tong worked as an art designer and fashion designer in the youth version of the Kunqu Opera Peony Pavilion. On May 8, 2005, the director's first animated feature film "red boy talks about Flame Mountain" was released, which won the best animated feature film award of the 42nd Taiwan Golden Horse Film Award and the excellent animated feature film award of the 11th China Film Huabiao award.
On June 13, 2010, the producer's love movie "you deserve to be single" was released; on December 10, 2010, the producer's music movie "I, 19" was released. In 2011, he and Hou Xiaoxian, Wang Xiaodi, Zhu Yanping and others jointly shot the short film collection "10 + 10". Wang Tong's unit is called "thank God", which tells the story of a pair of brothers who went to the mountain to fulfill their vows.
On June 26, 2015, Wang Tong's love movie of the age "say I love you to the wind" was released. It took five years from preparation to shooting and was co starred by Guo Caijie, Guo biting and Yang Youning.
In 2019, he won the lifetime achievement award of the 56th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards; in September, he served as the chairman of the jury of the 56th Golden Horse Awards.
Personal life
father
Wang Tong's father was Huangpu General Wang Zhonglian, who was the commander-in-chief of the fourth corps of the Kuomintang.
name
Wang Tong's original name was Wang Zhong He, because there were four great painters in the Qing Dynasty, all of them had the surname of Wang, and they all had a single name. Wang Zhong He's mother thought that he liked painting very much, so she called him Wang Tong. In memory of his mother, Wang Zhonghe used the pseudonym "Wang Tong" when he was painting at the art college.
Main works
Directing works
Production works
Screenwriter's works
Art design
Art direction
clothing design
Award winning record
Character evaluation
Wang Tong is one of the most important filmmakers in Taiwan. The essence of his film art is his concern for the little people at the bottom, his deep sense of history and humanistic care. He devoted himself to presenting the tragicomedy of little people to the audience in a very simple and plain way. History restores the fictional reality in his lens. He lets the audience follow his characters to feel the sad, bitter, helpless or cruel history. (review of writing)
Wang Tong is an outstanding director in Taiwan's film industry who can give consideration to both artistic level and commercial taste. He is one of the few people who cross Taiwan's two film forms. Critics describe him as Taiwan's Imamura Changping, because he is the same as Imamura Changping, who is not attached to the trend, explores the local cultural ecology through the rigorous dramatic structure, and can maintain the invincible talent in the film industry. Most of Wang Tong's films are devoted to depicting the little people in the big era. The dramatic conflicts in his films are based on the struggle between sincere human beings and disordered time and space. Wang Tong paid special attention to image management. No matter the mirror position, light and shadow, color or scenery, they are almost perfect. (review of film literature)
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