Zhang Yang (director)

Zhang Yang (zh-stp|s=|t=|p=Zhāng Yáng) (born 1967) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is the son of Zhang Huaxun, who is also a Chinese film director.

Zhang Yang uses a realistic style, and achieved great recognition for his 1999 independent production "Xizao" ( _zh. 洗澡; English translation: "Shower"), which was successful at Chinese box offices as well as international film festivals. This was followed in 2001 by "Zuotian" ("Quitting" in its American release). The actors in this unusual story about a real actor, Jia Hongsheng, and his struggle with drug addiction are Jia himself, Jia's parents, fellow inmates in a mental institution, the director, Zhang, and others playing themselves. The relationship between parents and their grown children is as central to this film as it was in "Shower".

Zhang grew up in Beijing, studied until 1988 at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong, from which he graduated with a degree in Chinese literature, and then went to the Central Academy of Drama (中央戏剧学院), graduating in 1992. [citeweb|url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/342931|title=Zhang Yang|Publisher=Filmbug|Accessdate=2007-12-03]

Filmography

As director

As actor

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0955434|name=Zhang Yang
* [http://www.dianying.com/en/person/ZhangYang2 Zhang Yang] at the Chinese Movie Database
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/03/22/zhang_yang_shower_interview.shtml Interview] with Zhang Yang from BBC-Films