
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Born
April 26, 1952 (73 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
中国,北京
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 Shadowless Tower
Gu Yunlai
2023

Born to Fly
2023

Tian Zhuangzhuang: My Relationship with Films
2022

Nice View
Sun Bo
2022

Bipolar
Old Fisherman
2021

Keep Rolling
2020

Gone with the Light
Tian Zhuangzhuang
2019

My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes
Self · (7 episodes)
2019

My People, My Country
(segment "The Guiding Star")
2019

No. 7 Cherry Lane
Ah Kwok (voice)
2019
The Outsiders
2019

The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
(6 episodes)
2018

Us and Them
Jianqing's Father
2018

Love Education
Yin Xiaoping
2017

Monk Comes Down the Mountain
Peng Xiaowen
2015

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Self
2014

Nightfall
Former prison guard
2012

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self · (1 episode)
2011

South of the Clouds
2004

The Grand Mansion Gate
田木 · (40 episodes)
2001

The Making of Steel
1997

New Chinese Cinema
1989

Existence
(1 episode)