Tian Zhuangzhuang
Biography
Tian Zhuangzhuang (simplified Chinese: 田壮壮; traditional Chinese: 田壯壯; pinyin: Tián Zhuàngzhuàng, Mandarin pronunciation: [tʰi̯ɛ̌n ʈʂu̯ɑ̂ŋʈʂu̯ɑ̂ŋ]; born April 1952 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese film director, producer and actor. 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 admitted to the Beijing Film Academy, where he formed the so-called Fifth Generation with Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Peng Xiaolan and Wu Ziniu. His films The Horse Thief and The Blue Kite brought him international fame, but also problems with the Chinese censors that kept him from working in China. Lately, Tian is again active as director; his remake of Springtime in a Small Town was shown in Rotterdam in 2003.
Known For
The Grand Mansion Gate
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
Born to Fly
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes
Monk Comes Down the Mountain
My People, My Country
Nice View
All Movies (19)
- The Shadowless Tower2023 · as Gu Yunlai
- Born to Fly2023
- Tian Zhuangzhuang: My Relationship with Films2022
- Nice View2022 · as Uncle Sun
- Bipolar2021 · as Old Fisherman
- Keep Rolling2020
- Gone with the Light2019 · as Tian Zhuangzhuang
- My People, My Country2019 · as (segment "The Guiding Star")
- No. 7 Cherry Lane2019 · as Ah Kwok (voice)
- The Outsiders2019
- Us and Them2018 · as Jianqing's Father
- Love Education2017 · as Yin Xiaoping
- Monk Comes Down the Mountain2015 · as Peng Xiaowen
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema2014 · as Self
- Nightfall2012 · as Former prison guard
- South of the Clouds2004
- The Making of Steel1997
- New Chinese Cinema1989
- 明天，会更好—
All TV Shows (5)
- HER2025 · as Luo Lao
- My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes2019 · as Self
- The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up2018
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey2011 · as Self
- The Grand Mansion Gate2001 · as 田木