Tian was born to an influential actor and actress in China. Following a short stint in the military, Tian began his artistic career first as an amateur photographer and then as an assistant cinematographer at the Beijing Agricultural Film Studio. In 1978, he was accepted to the Beijing Film Academy, from which he graduated in 1982, together with classmates Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou. The class of 1982 collectively would soon gain fame as the so-called Fifth Generation film movement, with Tian Zhuangzhuang as one of the movement's key figures.
Tian's early career was marked both with avant-garde documentary infused films (On the Hunting Ground (1985), The Horse Thief (1986)) to more commercial fare (Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch (1991)). In 1991, Tian began work on a quiet epic about one of modern China's darkest moments. This film, The Blue Kite (1993), would eventually result in Tian's nearly decade long exile from the film industry, an exile he returned from with Springtime in a Small Town (2001). Throughout the 2000s, Tian Zhuangzhuang returned to the fore of Chinese cinema, directing films like the biopic The Go Master (2006) and the historical action film The Warrior and the Wolf (2009). Since his banning after the release of The Blue Kite, Tian has also emerged as a mentor for some of China's newest film talents, and he has helped produce several important films for these new generations of directors.
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Sylvia Chang’s career has spanned over many decades. She has been an actress, starting in the 70s when she was only 16, moving up to writing, directing and producing. Many of the films she has directed try to defy the normal gender roles. As a well-known Taiwanese female director, she helped defy normal gender roles in the film industry.
Chang is known for trying out different types of roles. She first began performing in theatre productions more than 30 years ago but then took a break to pursue other career options.
In addition to acting, Chang is also a proficient singer. With many popular songs, her music has also become hits for Karaoke. In particular, her song “The Cost of Love” is most commonly sung. She is also known for her song "Childhood".
In her mid-thirties, Chang decided to venture out into a new profession. With her acting experience at her side, Chang took a chance at directing. In 1986, only her second film to direct, “Passion” which she also starred in and wrote, won her the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress.
Between, now, acting, directing, and singing, she also began a television channel called Go Go TV in 1996. At one point, she was even the head producer of New Cinema City in Taiwan, but discovered she was not happy there and left a few years after joining.
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Sylvia Chang’s career has spanned over many decades. She has been an actress, starting in the 70s when she was only 16, moving up to writing, directing and producing. Many of the films she has directed try to defy the normal gender roles. As a well-known Taiwanese female director, she helped defy normal gender roles in the film industry.
Chang is known for trying out different types of roles. She first began performing in theatre productions more than 30 years ago but then took a break to pursue other career options.
In addition to acting, Chang is also a proficient singer. With many popular songs, her music has also become hits for Karaoke. In particular, her song “The Cost of Love” is most commonly sung. She is also known for her song "Childhood".
In her mid-thirties, Chang decided to venture out into a new profession. With her acting experience at her side, Chang took a chance at directing. In 1986, only her second film to direct, “Passion” which she also starred in and wrote, won her the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress.
Between, now, acting, directing, and singing, she also began a television channel called Go Go TV in 1996. At one point, she was even the head producer of New Cinema City in Taiwan, but discovered she was not happy there and left a few years after joining.
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