Director of Yellow Earth and Farewell My Concubine
Born in Beijing, the son of the director Chen Huai'ai, he denounced his father as a Red Guard in the Cultural Revolution, was sent to the countryside and joined the army in 1970. He entered the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1978, graduated in 1982 and was assigned to the Guangxi Film Studio. His first film, Yellow Earth (1984), made his name, and Farewell My Concubine (1993) made him the first Chinese director to win the Palme d'Or. In 2015 he became the first dean of the Shanghai Film Academy at Shanghai University.
Activities and affiliations
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1982–
People’s Republic of China state institutionsFilm directorMain
Literature and arts
Career Timeline
- 1978–1982Directing department, Beijing Film Academy
- 1984First film, Yellow Earth
- 1993Palme d'Or for Farewell My Concubine
- 2015First dean, Shanghai Film Academy, Shanghai University