Chen Shi-Zheng
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Chen Shi-Zheng (陈士爭) (born 1963 in Changsha, Hunan, China) is an acclaimed Chinese theatre and opera director now based in the United States.
His early training in China was in traditional Chinese opera. He went to study at New York University in 1989.
Chen's directorial debut film, Dark Matter, was released in 2007, starring Liu Ye and Meryl Streep. This film won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. He also directed Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's operatic stage adaptation of Monkey: Journey to the West at the Manchester International Festival in June-July 2007.
[edit] External links
- Profile at the American Repertory Theatre. November 22, 2003.
- Chen Shi-Zheng at the Internet Movie Database
