Zhang Yang (director)

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Yang (simplified Chinese: 张扬; traditional Chinese: 張揚; pinyin: Zhāng Yáng) (born 1967) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is the son of Zhang Huaxun, who is also a Chinese film director.

Zhang Yang uses a realistic style, and achieved great recognition for his 1999 independent production Xizao (洗澡; English translation: Shower), which was successful at Chinese box offices as well as 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.

Zhang grew up in Beijing, studied until 1988 at Zhongshan University in Guangdong, from which he graduated with a degree in Chinese literature, and then went to The Central Academy of Drama (中央戏剧学院), graduating in 1992.[1]

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[edit] Filmography

[edit] As director

Year English Title Chinese Title Pinyin Notes
1997 Spicy Love Soup 爱情麻辣烫 Aì qíng má là tàng Elected for competition at 1998 Tokyo International Film Festival. First independent Chinese film to achieve domestic box office success.[2]
1999 Shower 洗澡 Xǐ zǎo
2001 Quitting 昨天 Zúo tiān
2005 Sunflower 向日葵 Xiàng rì kúi
2007 Getting Home 落叶归根 Lùo yè gūi gēn

[edit] 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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Zhang Yang.
  2. ^ Shower DVD, "Talent" section

[edit] External links

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Films directed by Zhang Yang
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