Chen Kaige

Nationality:
Chinese
Birthdate:
08/12/1952
Birthplace:
Beijing, China
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biography
The son of a filmmaker from the earlier generation of Chinese socialist realism, Chen Kaige represents the Fifth Generation, filmmakers who attended Beijing Film Institute after the Cultural Revolution. After graduating in 1982, Chen and his classmates began a new wave in Chinese cinema by emphasizing the visual and aural qualities of film rather than traditional dramatic and literary elements. Their films have also been characterized by a strong political commitment which has led to objections from censors and has limited their domestic audience to students and intellectuals. Outside China, Continued
Credits
Story By
2006
Director
2006
Screenplay
2006
Executive Producer
2006
Executive Producer
2003
Professor Yu Shifeng
2003
Screenplay
2003
Director
2003
From Story
1997
Director
1997
Director
Director
Director
screenplay
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
At age 14 was rounded up and sent to clear forests on a rubber plantation in a remote mountain village in southern Yunnan Province
 
Worked as a farmer and factory worker in Yunnan for three years during the Cultural Revolution
 
Denounced his noted filmmaker father
 
Joined the army to escape the plantation; served for five years
 
Acted as an aide to the Viet Cong
Continued