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Feng Xiaogang (simplified Chinese: 冯小刚; traditional Chinese: 馮小剛; pinyin: Féng Xiǎogāng; born 18 March 1958 in Beijing) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and politician.
Feb 10, 2014 · As we celebrate the work of China’s most popular film director, here’s the lowdown on his five key steps to the top. This award-winning comedy drama is the story of a TV talkshow host, Yan (You Ge), whose life is turned upside down after his marital infidelity is traced via his mobile phone.
Jan 3, 2014 · There’s Feng Xiaogang. The BFI has just dedicated a whole season to the man behind The Banquet - an epic and gorgeous adaptation of Hamlet – and war epic Back To 1942.
Feng Xiaogang (born 1958) 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.
Feng Xiaogang emerged as one of Asia’s most commercially successful directors with searing black comedies that map the lives of ordinary people in a rapidly changing China.
Feng Xiaogang emerged as one of Asia’s most successful commercial directors in the late 1990s for his searing black comedies about the lives of common people in a rapidly changing China. In the past 15 years, his films have become more ambitious and have pushed the boundaries of Chinese cinema.
Feb 5, 2019 · “For more than two decades, the movies of veteran Chinese filmmaker Feng Xiaogang entertained the Chinese-speaking world. He created a new genre of commercially successful Chinese New Year Celebration Films (Hesui Pian). Newsweek called him the Chinese Steven Spielberg, but he does not easily fit into any classification.
The Feng Xiaogang “brand” is the holiday hesuipian or New Year’s film, a genre he practically invented in mainland China in 1998 with Be There or Be Square (though there are Hong Kong cinema industry precedents): a star-packed, family-friendly comedy that, released around Chinese Lunar New Year, made huge box-office success an aspiration ...
Oct 3, 2007 · Renowned for his Beijing-style humour and satirical comedies, Feng Xiaogang has been a local box office champ with films such as Cell Phone (2003) and A World Without Thieves (2004).
As a director, writer, producer and actor, Feng Xiaogang is one of China's most commercially successful artists, with films such as The Dream Factory, The Banquet, and the...
