Xiaogang Feng
Xiaogang Feng was born on March 18, 1958 in Daxing District, Beijing. His ancestral home is Xiangtan , Hunan Province . He is a director, screenwriter and actor in Mainland China. Member of the 13th CPPCC National Committee of Culture, History and Study.
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In 1984, he served as the art assistant for the feature film "The Tree of Life and Death ", thus entering the film circle
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. Served as Art Director in Beijing TV Art Center in 1985
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. In 1991, he served as the screenwriter of China's first TV series of comedy " Stories from the editorial board ", and gained attention in mainland China by virtue of the play
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. In 1994, he won the 12th China TV Golden Eagle Award for best feature-length series by directing the TV series " A Native Of Beijing In New York "
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. In 1997, he directed the first Chinese New Year movie " The Dream Factory ", which established Xiaogang Feng's black humorous film style
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. In 1998, the film " Be There or Be Square " directed by him became the annual box office champion of mainland China films
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In 2001, he won The 25st Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture with the directed film " Happy Funeral "
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. The comedy " Cell Phone " directed in 2003 won the annual box office championship in Mainland China
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. In 2005, with the film " A World Without Thieves ", he won the 42nd Golden Horse Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay
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. The film " If You Are The One " directed in 2008 broke the box office record of Chinese-language movies in Mainland China
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. Chief Director of 2014 CCTV Spring Festival Gala .
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In 2015, he won the 52nd Golden Horse Awards Best Actor Award for the movie " Mr. Six "
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; in the same year, he served as the director of the 2015 Cat Night .
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In 2016 with the movie " I Am Not Madame Bovary 》Won the Golden Shell Award for Best Film in the 64th San Sebastian International Film Festival , the 53rd Golden Horse Awards for Best Director, and the 31st Golden Rooster Award for Best Director
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. In 2017, he won the Best Director Award at the First Saipan Film Festival with the film " Youth "
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; in the same year, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Udinese Far East Film Festival.
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Early Experience
Xiaogang Feng was born in an ordinary family in Beijing and lived near Chegongzhuang, Xicheng District, Beijing when he was young. Due to the divorce of his parents, he has lived with his mother and sister since childhood
. After graduating from high school, Xiaogang Feng began his military life. Through his personal efforts, he formally entered the cultural unit of the Beijing Military Region, and later was promoted as a military civilian, and participated in the preparations for many military art evenings. After officially transferring from the army, Xiaogang Feng joined the labor union of Beijing Urban Construction Development Corporation and began to engage in cultural propaganda work
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Performing Experience
In 1984, Xiaogang Feng acted as an art assistant in the feature film " Tree of Life and Death " directed by Zheng Huili , thus officially entering the film industry
. In 1985
, he worked as an Art Director in the Beijing Television Art Center . In addition to his work in art, he also participated in the filming of film and television dramas on the set. These practical experiences also laid the foundation for his film career. In 1987, he served as a graphic designer in the criminal investigation drama " Plainclothes Policeman "
. In 1989, he worked as a graphic designer in the romantic drama " Good Man, Good Girl ".
In 1991, he and Zheng Xiaolong served as the screenwriter for the feature film " Encountering Passion " and won the nomination for the 11th Golden Rooster Award for Best Screenplay
. In the same year, Xiaogang Feng and, Ma wei du jointly served as the screenwriter for China’s first TV comedy series " Stories from the editorial board "; he used the script style he borrowed when creating the play
; in addition to writing the script, he also contributed to the theme song The lyrics are composed of "It's a Family" and the episode "I like my dreams".
In 1992, he created the sketch " We Met Tonight "; after that, he created the cross talk "The Face and the Crown "; in the same year, he worked with Zheng Xiaolong to write the script for the romance movie " After Separation ", and won the 13th Golden Rooster Award for this film Nominated for the Best Screenplay Award
. In 1993, co-directed the family ethics drama " A Native Of Beijing In New York " with Zheng Xiaolong , which was the first TV drama directed by Xiaogang Feng, and won the five first engineering awards and the 12th China TV Golden Eagle Award for best feature story Series, the 14th National Outstanding TV Drama Feitian Award, the second prize of long-form TV series and other awards
; in the same year, he co-created the sketch "Come to the Door" with Li Xiaoming
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In 1994, as a love movie " Farewell My Love " director, screenwriter, the film has become Xiaogang Feng's film debut
. In 1995, he directed the romantic drama " Love "; in the same year, he served as the director of the feature film " A Chicken Feather " and integrated personal life experience into the creation of the movie
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In 1996, he created the sketch "The Robot Funny Story "; in the same year, he co-directed the comedy film " Father ", and served as the lead actor and the art design of the film; after the film was released, he won the Swiss Logano Film Festival Best Picture Award
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In 1997, directed the romantic drama " The Back of the Moon "; in the same year, he served as the director of the comedy film " The Dream Factory ", and adopted a series of sketches in the creation of the film
; as the first Chinese New Year film in the history of mainland Chinese cinema, The film pioneered the model of a commercial film in Mainland China
; after the film was released, it became the box office champion of the Lunar New Year period in Mainland China with a box office of 36 million yuan
, and won the Best Film Award in The 21th Hundred Flowers Awards
.
In 1998, as the comedy romance " of Be There or of Be Square " director, screenwriter, and draws on the language in the movie comic says, science, funny three techniques; the film firmly established Xiaogang Feng commercial film director, and to The box office score of 43 million yuan won the annual box office rankings in Mainland China
; in addition, the film also won the 6th Beijing College Student Film Festival Best Viewing Effect Award and the most popular film award among college students
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In 1999, filmed the New Year comedy " Sorry baby ", and used exaggerated expressions to reflect the lives of ordinary people in the
film; after the film was released in mainland China, the final box office reached 33 million yuan, ranking in the box office of mainland China in 2000 The second place on the list. On September 20, 2000, the directed romance film " A Sigh " was released in mainland China. The film ranked third in the annual box office rankings in mainland China with a box office of 30 million yuan
, and won the 24th Cairo International Film Festival Pyramid Gold Award
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In 2001, he served as the director and screenwriter of the comedy " Happy Funeral "; the film maintained the comedy style of Xiaogang Feng's film; as of January 7, 2002, the film's box office in Beijing exceeded 11 million yuan, breaking the Chinese film in Beijing The regional box office record
; the final box office of the film exceeded 42 million yuan, ranking second in the annual box office rankings in Mainland China
; in addition, the film also won The 25st Golden Rooster Award for best film
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In 2003, he co-planned the Chinese New Year comedy " Cell Phone " with writer Zhenyun Liu , and served as the director of the film; the film's final box office exceeded 50 million yuan, becoming the annual box office champion of mainland China movies
; the film won The 27th Hundred the following year Flowers awards for best picture, at The 4th Media awards at The chinese-Language film in world mainland's most popular film awards
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In 2004, he served as the director and screenwriter of the feature film " A World Without Thieves ". After the film was released, the final box office in mainland China reached 120 million yuan
. The film is the first Hollywood genre film directed by Xiaogang Feng. Changed the comedy model of over-reliance on language, and began to practice the aesthetic characteristics of commercial genre films, and began to introduce the performance elements of action films.
In 2006, he directed the costume action film " The Banquet ", the film's final box office in mainland China reached 130 million yuan
; this film is a transformation of Xiaogang Feng, he used the genre film creation program when shooting the film; After the film was released, it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Oscar Awards and the 63rd Venice International Film Festival Future Film Digital Award
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In 2007, as the war film " Assembly " director, and he uses a documentary approach to the performance in the film realistic style; the final movie box office in Mainland China reached 260 million yuan, and has won The 29th Hundred Flowers Awards Best Feature film Award at the 13th the View of Anthropology film awards best Feature film Award, the 28th Hong Kong film awards best Asian film awards, and Xiaogang Feng personal virtue film won the 29th Hundred Flowers awards best director Award at the Rooster Award 27stGolden most Best Director Award, The 13th Huabiao Film Awards Excellent Director Award
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In 2008, filmed the romantic comedy film " If You Are The One ", and added Lunar New Year elements to the
film; after the film was released, the final box office reached 325 million yuan, breaking the box office record of Chinese-language movies in mainland China
; Xiaogang Feng used the film successively best director nomination 3rd Asian film Awards, at The 30th Hundred Flowers Awards best director award
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In 2010, he served as the director of the disaster film " July 28th Tangshan earthquake ". After the film was released, it broke 9 records including the zero-point box office of Chinese films, the first day box office of Chinese films, and the single-day box office of Chinese films
. The box office won the runner-up in the annual box office rankings in mainland China
; on December 22, the directed romantic comedy " If You Are The One 2 " was released in mainland China; the box office of the film exceeded 420 million yuan in 20 days
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In January 2011, with the feature film " July 28th Tangshan earthquake " won the 23rd Harbin Ice and Snow Film Festival Most Commercially Valuable Director" award
; in March, at the "Gold List Night-Chinese Film Ranking" awards In the ceremony, he won the "2010 Box Office Top Director Award" with a cumulative box office of more than 1 billion yuan
; in June, he wonOutstanding Contribution Award for Chinese Films
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On November 29, 2012, the directed feature film " Untitled Remembering 1942 Project " was released in mainland China. The film won the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Cross-Strait Chinese Film, 3rd Beijing International Film Festival and other awards.
; And Xiaogang Feng personally won The 15th Huabiao Film Awards Outstanding Director Award for the film
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On November 1, 2013, he went to the United States to hold a solo film exhibition and left his handprints at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles; on December 19, his comedy " Personal tailor " was released in mainland China
; the first day of the film’s release was 8400 Wan's box office performance broke the Chinese 2D movie box office record; the box office of the film exceeded 700 million yuan in the past month after its release, becoming the box office champion of the Lunar New Year in mainland China
. In 2014, he served as the chief director of CCTV Spring Festival Gala and filmed a documentary " What is the Spring Festival Gala "
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In 2015, starring in the feature film " Mr. Six ", in which he played the nosy and injustice veteran six masters, and won the 52nd Golden Horse Awards Best Actor Award for this film
; in April, he won the French Art and Literature Knight Medal ; October 20th, served as the vice president of the 6th Directors Guild
; November, filming a realistic movie " I Am Not Madame Bovary "
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In April 2016, he won the Actor of the Year Award for the feature film "Mr. Six" at the 2015 Annual Commendation Conference of the China Film Directors Association
; in May, he won the 23rd Beijing College Student Film Festival for the feature film " Mr. Six " Best Actor Award
; August, officially signed the American creative artist agency CAA
; September, directed the comedy film " I Am Not Madame Bovary " won the 64th San Sebastian International Film Festival Best Picture Award
; November, with The comedy film " I Am Not Madame Bovary " won the 53rd Golden Horse Awards for Best Director
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On May 26, 2017, he won the Best Director Award at the 24th Beijing College Student Film Festival for " I Am Not Madame Bovary "
; in June, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially announced Xiaogang Feng as the "2017 Oscar" Member
; On September 16, he won the 31st Golden Rooster Award for Best Director for "I Am Not Madame Bovary"
; on December 15, the feature film directed by " Youth " was released, and the film won the Best Picture of Saipan International Film Festival , Xiaogang Feng won the Best Director Award at
the Saipan International Film Festival for this film . The 2nd "Asian Bright Star" Jury Special Award
; in the same year, he appeared in the crime romance film " Ash Is Purest White " directed by Jia Zhangke
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In 2019, directed the movie " Only Cloud Knows "
. On December 31, 2021, the movie " Hachiko China Version " starring with Joan Chen was released
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Personal Life
family situation
Xiaogang Feng's mother started raising Xiaogang Feng alone after the divorce; she suffered from cancer at the age of 45, and suffered a cerebral thrombosis at the age of 47, and was paralyzed in bed as a result
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Love life
In 1984, Xiaogang Feng After the introduction of co-workers and Zhang Di met fell in love; the same year, Xiaogang Feng and Zhang Di married
. On September 28, 1990, Xiaogang Feng's daughter Feng Siyu was born. In 1991, when Xiaogang Feng was shooting the film " After Separation ", he met film and television actors. In 1999, Xiaogang Feng and Zhang Di agreed to divorce
. On September 19, 1999, Xiaogang Feng andHold a wedding
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Character Evaluation
Xiaogang Feng is good at commercial films, and his work style is famous for Beijing-style comedy. He implanted comic spirit, secular spirit and common people spirit into the film, creating a unique film paradigm for the Chinese film industry
. Xiaogang Feng's contribution to Chinese films mainly lies in the construction of film genres, film industry and film as a popular culture. As the "Father of New Year's Movies" in Mainland China, he allowed "New Year's Movies", a type of film released on special schedules, into the public's field of vision, thus enriching the concept of film as a mass cultural consumer product
. As a banner of Chinese commercial films, Xiaogang Feng has not only created film after film with good market appeal, but also formed a commercial film aesthetic system that combines linear narrative and comedy genre. People's Daily )
Xiaogang Feng has a unique insight into the life of the people and the psychological needs of all classes. His comic writing of urban mass life and his grasp of the aesthetic psychology of movie audiences appear calm and free. In the film works with Feng's humorous imprint, Xiaogang Feng has achieved the effect of sharing both the elegance and the common with the humor and ridicule from the civilian perspective. He is good at telling the stories of little people in a ridiculous way. While his works capture the mainstream entertainment psychology of the masses, they can also reflect the good and evil of human nature
. In terms of language style, based on his own growth background and social experience, he used Chinese comedy-style warm philosophy to gain audience approval. Affected by life experience, the characters in Xiaogang Feng's films adopt Beijing-style humorous language, often expressing the attitude and understanding of ordinary citizens towards life in the laughter and curse. China News Net Review)
Xiaogang Feng is a director who walks between business and art. On the one hand, he adheres to the line of commercial films, and on the other hand, he is unwilling to give up his pursuit of art. Therefore, he has no lack of practical attention to the dimensions and orientation when making commercial films. He started with a ridiculous but slightly crude treatment, and then explored the essence of the era in his film work step by step. This approach from the shallower to the deeper allowed him to find a dual-track path between entertainment and art. Review of "Literary Research", "People's Daily")
Character Dispute
On September 9, 2018, Cui Yongyuan continuously "hand-tipped" Xiaogang Feng and Fan Bingbing and exposed the hidden rules of the show business circle signing the "yin and yang contract". After that, developments escalated. In early June, the State Administration of Taxation stepped in and began a large-scale investigation of the tax-related issues of the "yin and yang contracts" of film and television practitioners. During this period, there are often official accounts and platform compositions that directly point to Xiaogang Feng's involvement in the "yin and yang contract". On September 9th, Xiaogang Feng angered malicious rumors and replied positively: I have no so-called yin-yang contract, let alone tax evasion. Later, Xiaogang Feng angered the malicious rumors and responded positively: "I have no so-called yin-yang contract, let alone tax evasion. This is well-documented." He also elaborated: "Our "Meila Media" pays taxes every year. Tens of millions, I have paid hundreds of millions of personal income taxes.
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