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Film director Tian Zhuangzhuang
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Tian reached international prominence with a pair of experimental films in the mid 1980s, "On the Hunting Ground" and "The Horse Thief", both centered on ethnic minorities in China.
Tian followed up "The Horse Thief" with a string of commercially viable films, including "Street Players" and "Rock'n'Roll Kids".
Tian's early career ranged from avant-garde documentaries to more commercial productions including 1991 work, "Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch". It told the story of a eunuch who wielded enormous power in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty.
Tian's 1993 work, "The Blue Kites", was the last before a lengthy exile from the film industry. After a nine-year hiatus from directing, Tian Zhuangzhuang returned to the fore of Chinese cinema with a critically acclaimed remake of Fei Mu's masterpiece, "Springtime in A Small Town".
As Tian's first film after his ban for "The Blue Kites", Springtime was a small, intimate chamber piece with only five roles.
In 2004, Tian returned to his favorite subject of China's ethnic minorities with "Delamu", a documentary about peoples in Yunnan and Tibet. Delamu was followed by "The Go Master", a biopic of the legendary Chinese Go player Wu Qingyuan, better known by his adopted name, Go Seigen.
Tian's newest work, "The Warrior and the Wolf", stars moving performances from Maggie Q and Odagiri. The emotion-charged epic balances its pensive pace with violent battle scenes. Aesthetically thrilling and wonderfully passionate, "The Warrior and the Wolf" is a treat for the eye and an enthralling journey into a magical past.
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