Jiang Wen 姜文
Born	January 5, 1963 (1963-01-05) (age 44) Tangshan, Hebei, China
Spouse(s)	Sandrine Chenivisse

Jiang Wen (Chinese: 姜文; Pinyin: Jiāng Wén; born January 5, 1963) is a Chinese film actor and director. He is probably best known internationally as the male lead opposite Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's directorial debut Red Sorghum. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Tangshan (Chinese: 唐山市; Pinyin: Tángshān shì) is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Moving picture” redirects here. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gong Gong Li (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) (born December 31, 1965) is a Chinese film actress. ... Zhang Yimou (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ;  ) (born November 14, 1951) is an internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker and one-time cinematographer. ... Red Sorghum (紅高梁, Pinyin: Hong gao liang) is a 1987 Chinese film, the first to be directed by Zhang Yimou, based off a novel by Mo Yan. ...

Born in Tangshan, Hebei province into an army family, Jiang Wen shifted to Beijing at the age of 6. In 1980, he entered China's foremost acting school, the Central Academy of Drama, graduating in 1984. That same year he started acting both on the stage (with the China Youth Theater) and in films. Tangshan (Chinese: 唐山市; Pinyin: Tángshān shì) is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; IPA: ;  ), a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...

After appearing in many television serial and films, Jiang became renowned in China for his starring role in the 1992 TV series A Native of Beijing in New York, which made him one of the well-loved actors of his generation. In addition to these he also starred in Hibiscus Town (1984, directed by Xie Jin), Black Snow (1990, directed by Xie Fei), The Emperor's Shadow (1996, directed by Zhou Xiaowen) and The Soong Sisters (1997). Other than Red Sorghum, Jiang also collaborated with Zhang Yimou for his 1997 film Keep Cool. Xie Jin (谢晋, born 21 November 1923 in Zhejiang, China) is a Chinese film director. ... English release of The Emperors Shadow. ... Zhou Xiaowen (b. ... The Soong Sisters (宋家皇朝) is a 1997 Hong Kong movie dramatization of the lives of the Soong sisters from 1911 to 1949, the period the Republic of China administered the mainland. ... Red Sorghum (紅高梁, Pinyin: Hong gao liang) is a 1987 Chinese film, the first to be directed by Zhang Yimou, based off a novel by Mo Yan. ... Zhang Yimou (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ;  ) (born November 14, 1951) is an internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker and one-time cinematographer. ... Keep Cool was a 1997 Chinese black comedy directed by Zhang Yimou. ...

Jiang wrote and directed his first film in 1994, In the Heat of the Sun, adapted from a novel by Wang Shuo. A tale set in the Cultural Revolution, it won for its young lead actor Xia Yu the Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival and garnered six Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. Jiang's second feature, Devils on the Doorstep, set during the Japanese occupation of China in the early 1940s, won him the Grand Prix in the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. He has acted in many TV series, the most recent where he portrayed Huang Taiji. In The Heat Of The Sun (Simplified Chinese: 阳光灿烂的日子; Traditional Chinese: 陽光燦爛的日子; Hanyu Pinyin: yáng guãng càn làn de rì zi) is a 1994 movie directed by the famous Chinese actor Jiang Wen. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; literally Proletarian Cultural Great Revolution; often abbreviated to 文化大革命 wénhuà dà gémìng, literally Great Cultural Revolution, or even simpler, to 文革 wéngé, Cultural Revolution) in the Peoples Republic of China was a struggle for power within the... Xia Yu is a Chinese actor. ... The Venice Film Festival ( ) is the oldest film festival in the world. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Devils on the Doorstep In a remote village that has been in a China decimated by both civil war and the War against Japanese Aggression, a local peasant Ma Dasan is caught by surprise when soldiers from the Chinese Army deposit for a few days two gunnysacks in his home. ... The Second Sino-Japanese War was a major invasion of eastern China by Japan preceding and during World War II. It ended with the surrender of Japan in 1945. ... The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. ... Cannes Film Festival logo. ... Chinese Television Series are similiar to miniseries in North America, but are often longer in length, and portray a story too lengthy to be made into a movie. ... Manchu name Manchu: (Hong Taiji) Huang Taiji (1592 – September 21, 1643; reigned 1626 – 1643), also transliterated as Hong Taiji or Hung Taiji based on the Manchu language, was the first Emperor of the Qing Dynasty in China. ...

He is married to French actress Sandrine Chenivisse[1]

Filmography

As actor

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As director

In The Heat Of The Sun (Simplified Chinese: 阳光灿烂的日子; Traditional Chinese: 陽光燦爛的日子; Hanyu Pinyin: yáng guãng càn làn de rì zi) is a 1994 movie directed by the famous Chinese actor Jiang Wen. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Devils on the Doorstep In a remote village that has been in a China decimated by both civil war and the War against Japanese Aggression, a local peasant Ma Dasan is caught by surprise when soldiers from the Chinese Army deposit for a few days two gunnysacks in his home. ... The Sun Also Rises (Simplified Chinese: 太阳再次升起; Hanyu Pinyin: tài yáng zài cì shēng qǐ) is a 2007 movie by Chinese director Jiang Wen to be released in June 2007. ...

As writer

In The Heat Of The Sun (Simplified Chinese: 阳光灿烂的日子; Traditional Chinese: 陽光燦爛的日子; Hanyu Pinyin: yáng guãng càn làn de rì zi) is a 1994 movie directed by the famous Chinese actor Jiang Wen. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Devils on the Doorstep In a remote village that has been in a China decimated by both civil war and the War against Japanese Aggression, a local peasant Ma Dasan is caught by surprise when soldiers from the Chinese Army deposit for a few days two gunnysacks in his home. ... The Sun Also Rises (Simplified Chinese: 太阳再次升起; Hanyu Pinyin: tài yáng zài cì shēng qǐ) is a 2007 movie by Chinese director Jiang Wen to be released in June 2007. ...

External links

• TIMEasia article on Jiang Wen
• Jiang Wen at the Internet Movie Database

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