Zhang Yang (director)
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Zhang Yang (Template:Zh; born 1967) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is the son of film director Zhang Huaxun.
Zhang grew up in Beijing and studied until 1988 at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong, from which he graduated with a degree in Chinese literature. He then went to the Central Academy of Drama, graduating in 1992.[1]
Career
Zhang Yang uses a realistic style and achieved great recognition for his 1999 independent production Xizao (Script error: No such module "Lang".; English translation: Shower), which was successful at Chinese box offices and international film festivals. This was followed in 2001 by Zuotian ("Quitting" in its American release). The actors in this unusual story about a real actor, Jia Hongsheng, and his struggle with drug addiction are Jia himself, Jia's parents, fellow inmates in a mental institution, the director, Zhang, and others playing themselves. The relationship between parents and their grown children is as central to this film as it was in Shower.
Filmography
As director
| Year | English Title | Chinese Title | Pinyin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Spicy Love Soup | 爱情麻辣烫 | Àiqíng málàtàng | Elected for competition at the 1998 Tokyo International Film Festival. First independent Chinese film to achieve domestic box office success.[2] |
| 1999 | Shower | 洗澡 | Xǐzǎo | |
| 2001 | Quitting | 昨天 | Zuótiān | |
| 2005 | Sunflower | 向日葵 | Xiàngrìkuí | |
| 2007 | Getting Home | 落叶归根 | Luòyèguīgēn | |
| 2010 | Driverless | 无人驾驶 | Wúrén jiàshǐ | |
| 2012 | 老人愿 | Lǎorén yuàn | ||
| 2012 | Full Circle | 飞越老人院 | Fēiyuè lǎorényuàn | |
| 2015 | Paths of the Soul | Selection of 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] | ||
| 2016 | Soul on a String | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
As actor
| Year | English Title | Chinese Title | Pinyin | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Spring Subway | 开往春天的地铁; | Kāi wǎng chūntiān de dìtiě | Lao Hu |
References
External links
- Template:Trim/ Zhang Yang at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Zhang Yang at the Chinese Movie Database
- Interview with Zhang Yang from BBC-Films
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