
Birthday:
07-17-1955
(69 years)
Birthplace:
Suzhou,Jiangsu Province,China
Biography
She entered the Directing Department of the Beijing Film Academy when it reopened in 1978 and graduated in 1982. Her second and third feature films, "The Bloody Morning" and "Family Portrait", won the Grand Prix at the Festival of Three Continents and the Jury Award at Locarno Film Festival respectively.
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The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
Act like Self (5 ep.)
event2018
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Documentary about China's film industry and the monumental changes in the past 40 years from beginning with propaganda films to the "5th generation" filmmakers and beyond, who embraced art and commercial films to make China the second largest box office market in the world after Hollywood.
Everybody Stand By
(10 ep.)
event2019 star_border 2.7
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50 different actors and actresses come together to get tested their acting abilities, while 4 esteemed directors will be coaching and challenging them to see who advances to the next stage! Who will survive until the end to become "The Best Actor"?
Baober in Love
Director (1 ep.)
event2004 star_border 5.6
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Liu Zhi, a young man, depressed and trapped in a loveless marriage with a dominating girl, meets Baober (an ageless young girl) on a Beijing street one day. They fall in love and start to live a strange, mysterious life....
Stolen Life
Director (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 6.9
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When Yan'ni starts college she believes she is embarking on a new life away from her family, and she is, but not the new beginning she anticipates. Once at school, she immediately meets Muyu and falls in love with him. What she does not know is that from the moment he met her Muyu began an intricate deception that will lead to the loss of her child and the future she believes in.
Blush
Director (1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 6.6
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The film charts the fortunes of two women who loved each other as sisters, but whose paths diverge when the Revolution brings an end to their old way of life in the brothel.
Springtime in a Small Town
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2002 star_border 6.9
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In a mansion decimated during World War II, a frustrated, bored housewife, Yuwen, is torn between caring for her ailing husband and her longing for a former sweetheart, a doctor who has come to treat her husband.
Bloody Morning
Director (1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 8.5
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Freely adapted from Gabriel García Márquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the film follows the investigation of a local teacher's murder in a small and desperately poor rural village, the story of the crime gradually pieced together from the fragmented memories of witnesses forced to testify at an inquest. Sharing with her Fifth Generation colleagues Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang a remarkable eye for the barren landscapes of northern China and a fascination with small-town life — especially those enduring superstitions that Communism failed to erase — director Li Shaohong also introduces several formal innovations, particularly in storytelling structure, that remain unprecedented in Chinese cinema.
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 5.6
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Two former lovers find themselves irresistibly drawn back together — despite the fact that each of them is engaged to someone else.
Family Portrait
Director (1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 6.2
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After laying bare backward village mentalities in Bloody Morning, Li Shaohong turns her attention to China’s urban middle class. Cao is a photographer, married to an opera singer and with an infant son, caught in the usual professional morass of political compromise. His life starts to fall apart when he learns that his ex-wife also bore him a son some months after their divorce – and when the boy turns up looking for his father. Nothing wildly dramatic, just believable people in believable situations. If the ending seems a touch forced, this is nevertheless a sign that ‘Fifth Generation’ cinema is changing and coming to terms with up-to-date realities.
The Red Suit
Director (1 ep.)
event1998
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Modern-day urban problems like unemployment and teenage depression come under the microscope. Husband and wife lose their jobs, and their daughter is under considerable stress studying for her college exams. Meanwhile, grandmother is having an unexpected romantic liaison. Will the family be able to pull together to solve their problems?
The Door
Director (1 ep.)
event2007 star_border 6
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The horror story set in the contemporary China centers on a young intellectual’s ominous journey to find his lost girlfriend and the truth behind the breakup.
Wushu Orphan
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 5.7
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In the late 90’s, wet-behind-the-ears Lu Youhong takes a job teaching Chinese at a remote martial arts academy. His many students could care less for academics except for Zhang Cuishan, who excels at schoolwork but hates martial arts and is bullied for it.
A City Called Macau
Director (1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 6
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A casino broker who funds wealthy gamblers drops her guard when she falls for an artist with a gambling addiction.
Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2002 star_border 3.9
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Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao (set a few years after the original film) sees a new villain, Dogon, seize control of Tao, a parallel universe forming the film's major setting. On Earth, 12–year–old Ryan and his friend Chucky arrive at a martial arts competition in Beijing, whereupon they are unexpectedly taken to Tao. There, it is shown that they are to become Warriors of Virtue.
Growing Apart
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2024
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An 18-year-old skater boy, Cheng Fei, discovers his half-sister, He Sheng, whom he never knew, and gradually unravels a family secret that has been hidden for years.
Liberation
Director (1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 5.3
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Based on real life events, the film is set in January 1949 and focuses around a group of soldiers involved in the final stages of the Battle of Pingjin
Wisdom Tooth
Producer (1 ep.)
event2020 star_border 4.4
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Gu Xi is about to lose her job because of undocumented citizenship status. While making use of all her connections in her effort to get official registration papers, she also tries to getting along with her brother's new girlfriend.
Beginning of the Great Revival
Director (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 4.7
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A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Hero
Director (1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 3
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The background of "Hero" is set in 2020: a sudden disaster that disrupted everyone's lives. When society face unemployment when families fall apart, when lovers are separated, when death is approaching quietly, and when a peaceful life suddenly undergoes unexpected changes, how will women respond? What are the vital and irreplaceable roles that men play in women’s lives and growth? The three female directors Zhang Aijia, Li Shaohong and Chen Chong used their unique female perspectives to explore and show people's plights and struggles in family, career, and love in special times.
Palace of Desire
Director (40 ep.)
event2000 star_border 8.4
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Palace of Desire, also known as Da Ming Gong Ci, is a Chinese television series based on the life story of Princess Taiping, a daughter of China's only female emperor Wu Zetian. Directed by Li Shaohong and Zeng Nianping, the series starred Chen Hong, Zhou Xun, Gui Yalei and Winston Chao in the leading roles. It was first broadcast on CCTV-8 in mainland China on March 30, 2000.
The Dream of Red Mansions
Director (50 ep.)
event2010 star_border 7.6
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Jai Baoyu is a male heir who grew up in a wealthy feudal clan dominated by women. His love affairs with his cousins Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai happened in the midst of his family's struggle to remain influential.
Unbending Will
Director (20 ep.)
event2020
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About young village officer Dai Zhiqiang, who leads the citizens of Lian Xi village in developing the Dendrobium industry and alleviating poverty.
Palace of Devotion
Director (61 ep.)
event2021 star_border 5
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Orphaned as a child, Liu E travels to the capital Kaifeng, and later catches the eye of Zhao Heng. Though she was a concubine, Liu E was perceptive to state affairs, and often discussed politics with Zhao Heng. This tradition continued when he became emperor in 997.
Liu E is crowned empress after adopting the son of a concubine (later Emperor Renzong), and serves as regent of the Song Dynasty during the last two years of her husband’s reign. Liu E would continue to rule until her death twelve years later in 1033.
Hunting
Director (1 ep.)
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After a large-scale police crackdown, narcotics officer Yang Yipeng seizes a critical lead with captured but defiant ringleader Mou Haidong. Alongside rookie officer Zhi An and informant Duo Zai, Yang follows a trail back to Mou Sen’s new synthetic drug operation, uncovering a complex web of drug networks. But as they delve deeper, the true mastermind remains elusive, hidden behind layers of secrecy
Hear Her
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event2020 star_border 7
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Consists of 8 different stories that talk about the problems and pain women face in the modern-day.
Topics include leftover women, objectification of women, the role of a housewife, domestic violence, social appearance anxiety, women’s career choices, midlife crises, and family of origin issues.
Under Cover
Executive Producer (43 ep.)
event2017
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Police officer Bao Yu is working undercover as drug dealer Jin Fei's subordinate and is eventually able to work directly under powerful drug lord Tian Jing after befriending his daughter, Tang Guo. However, Bao Yu is not fighting the drug cartel alone - he also has a support network including fellow undercover colleague and romantic interest Guan Xiao Zhi, police chief Fang Qing Long and anti-narcotics team leader Lian Zhong.
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