Feng Xiaogang

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

Feng Xiaogang
Chinese name	馮小剛
Chinese name	馮小剛 (Traditional)
Chinese name	冯小刚 (Simplified)
Born	28 November 1958 Beijing, China
Occupation	Director, Actor, Writer
Spouse(s)	Xu Fan
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Asian Film 2009 Assembly Golden Horse Awards Best Adapted Screenplay 2005 A World Without Thieves Hundred Flowers Awards Best Director 2008 The Assembly 2010 If You Are The One

Feng Xiaogang (simplified Chinese: 冯小刚; traditional Chinese: 馮小剛; pinyin: Féng Xiǎogāng), (born 28 November 1958) in (Beijing, China) is a Chinese film director. He is famous in China as being perhaps the most successful "commercialized" filmmaker whose comedy films do consistently well in the box office, although Feng has attempted to break out from that mold by making drama or period drama films recently.

Biography

The son of a college professor and a factory nurse, he joined Beijing Military Region Art Troupe as a stage designer after high school. He began his cinema work as an art designer in Beijing Television Art Center in 1985. Later, he moved on to write screenplays. During this period, he worked closely with director Zheng Xiaolong and writer Wang Shuo (王朔).

In the late 1990s, Feng established himself in a genre called "Hesui Pian (贺岁片)", or "New Year's Celebration Films" in Chinese cinema. He probably achieved his full fame as the director of the movie Dream Factory (1997). Having achieved success in the face of competition from Hollywood within mainland China, University of Minnesota professor, Jason McGrath, believes "The entertainment cinema of Feng Xiaogang represents a new model of a Chinese national cinema that positions itself vis-à-vis Hollywood."

Feng is renowned for making comedies in the Beijing dialect. Almost all of his films star Ge You (葛优) in some kind of major role. In recent years he has moved away from solely making comedy films to directing a few drama or period drama movies.

He married actress Xu Fan (徐帆) in 1999.

Filmography

As director

Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Notes
1994	Lost My Love	永失我爱
1997	Dream Factory	甲方乙方	the 21st annual hundred-flowers award the best feature film award
1998	Be There or Be Square	不见不散
1999	Sorry Baby	没完没了
2000	A Sigh	一声叹息	Cairo international film festival best film award
2001	Big Shot's Funeral	大腕	The "best hundred-flowers award
2003	Cell Phone	手机	The 27th session popular movie hundred-flowers award the best feature film awards,
2004	A World Without Thieves	天下无贼	Golden Horse Awards for Best Screenplay Adaptation (2005
2006	The Banquet	夜宴	The Award of The best art direction and best film songs
2007	Assembly	集结号	28th Hong Kong film awards best Asian films The 11th Pyongyang international film festival best picture, best director, best awards
2008	If You Are the One	非诚勿扰	The Top 10 Film Critic Award
2010	Aftershock	唐山大地震	Selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.
2010	If You Are the One 2	非诚勿扰 2

As writer

Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Notes
1992	After Separation	大撒把
1994	A Born Coward	天生胆小
1997	Dream Factory	甲方乙方
2001	Big Shot's Funeral	大腕
2004	A World Without Thieves	天下无贼	Golden Horse Awards for Best Screenplay Adaptation (2005)
2008	If You Are the One	非诚勿扰
2010	If You Are the One 2	非诚勿扰 2

As actor

Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Role	Notes
1994	In the Heat of the Sun	阳光灿烂的日子	Mr. Hu
1997	Dream Factory	甲方乙方	the 21st annual hundred-flowers award the best feature film award
2000	Father	爸爸	Ma Linsheng
2001	The Marriage Certificate	谁说我不在乎
2002	Cala, My Dog!	卡拉是条狗
2004	Kung Fu Hustle	功夫	Crocodile Gang Boss
2005	Wait 'Til You're Older	童梦奇缘	Drifter
2007	Trivial Matters	破事儿	Marketing Officer for Assassins Group
2009	The Founding of a Republic	建国大业	Du Yuesheng, Boss of the Shanghai Green Gang
2010	True Legend	苏乞儿	Cameo
2010	Let the Bullets Fly	让子弹飞	师爷

External links

• Feng Xiaogang at the Internet Movie Database
• Feng Xiaogang at AllRovi