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Jiang Wen (born 5 January 1963) is a Chinese actor, screenwriter, and director. As a director, he is sometimes grouped with the "Sixth Generation" that emerged in the 1990s.[2] Jiang is also well known internationally as an actor, having starred with Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's debut film Red Sorghum (1986), and more recently as Baze Malbus in the Star Wars film Rogue One (2016). He is the older brother of fellow actor Jiang Wu.

Jiang Wen
姜文
Jiang at the Deauville Asian Film Festival in France in 2008
Born	Jiang Xiaojun[1] (1963-01-05) 5 January 1963 (age 59) Tangshan, Hebei, China
Alma mater	Central Academy of Drama
Occupation	Actor, screenwriter, film director
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Sandrine Chenivesse ​ ​ (m. 1997⁠–⁠2005)​ Zhou Yun ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	Jiang Hongqi (father) Gao Yang (mother)
Relatives	Jiang Wu (brother)
Awards	Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Supporting Actor 1997 The Soong Sisters Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Director 2011 Let the Bullets Fly Best Screenplay 2011 Let the Bullets Fly Golden Horse Awards – Best Director 1996 In the Heat of the Sun Best Adapted Screenplay 1996 In the Heat of the Sun 2011 Let the Bullets Fly Best Film Editing 2007 The Sun Also Rises Hundred Flowers Awards – Best Actor 1986 Hibiscus Town 1989 A Woman for two
Chinese name
Chinese	姜文
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāng Wén
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	姜小軍
Simplified Chinese	姜小军
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāng Xiǎojūn

Career

Born in Tangshan, Hebei, in a family of military personnel, Jiang relocated to Beijing at the age of ten. In 1973 he attended Beijing No. 72 Middle School, where he studied alongside Ying Da.[3] In 1980, he entered China's foremost acting school, the Central Academy of Drama, graduating in 1984. After graduation, he was assigned to China Youth Art Institute as an actor.[3] That same year, he started acting both on the stage (with the China Youth Theater) and in films.

Jiang's debut role was in the film The Last Empress, where he portrayed Puyi.[4] He then starred in Hibiscus Town directed by Xie Jin; his role as an intellectual revolutionary earned him the Best Actor Award at the Hundred Flowers Awards.[5] Jiang once again paired with Hibiscus Town co-star in the film Chun Tao directed by Ling Zifeng.[6] Jiang was cast in Zhang Yimou's debut film Red Sorghum.[7] Jiang also featured in the France-Chinese film Tears of the Bridal Sedan, and his first commercial film The Trial.

After appearing in many television series and films, Jiang became known in China for his role in the 1992 television series A Native of Beijing in New York, based on the novel Beijinger in New York, which made him one of the most popular actors of his generation.[8] In addition to these he also starred in Black Snow (1990),[9] Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch (1991),[10] The Emperor's Shadow (1996),[11] and The Soong Sisters (1997). Apart from Red Sorghum, Jiang also collaborated with Zhang Yimou for the 1997 film Keep Cool.

Jiang wrote and directed his first film in 1994, In the Heat of the Sun, adapted from a novel by Wang Shuo.[12] A tale set in the Cultural Revolution, it won for its young lead actor Xia Yu the Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival and garnered six Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan.

In 2000, Jiang co-wrote and directed the black comedy film Devils on the Doorstep. The film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival and clinched the Grand Prix[13] but was subsequently banned in its home country;[14] said to undermine the country because it "seriously distorts Chinese history". Jiang himself was banned from making films for seven years.[15] In 2001 he was a member of the jury at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival.[16]

Jiang starred in several films in the early 2000s; namely The Missing Gun, Green Tea, My Father and I, Warriors of Heaven and Earth, Jasmine Women and Letter from an Unknown Woman.[17]

Jiang has also acted in television series, such as Da Qing Fengyun (2006), in which he played Hong Taiji.^{[citation needed]} He also played notable historical figures, Mao Renfeng in the propaganda film The Founding of a Republic;[18] and Cao Cao in the historical war film The Lost Bladesman.[19]

Jiang returned with his fourth feature The Sun Also Rises in 2007; a fantasy realism film which contains a polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones; the film received positive reviews from critics but bombed at the box office.[20][21] He then collaborated with 10 other directors on the romance anthology film New York, I Love You.[22]

Jiang's fifth feature, a Western-styled action comedy Let the Bullets Fly set a box office record by becoming the fastest Chinese-language film to break RMB100m mark ($15.15m) in Chinese cinemas; and received critical acclaim.[23][24]

In 2013 he was named as a member of the jury at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.[25]

In 2014, Jiang directed the action comedy film Gone with the Bullets, which screened at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.[26][27]

Jiang co-starred in the Star Wars anthology film Rogue One, released in December 2016. In the film, he portrays Baze Malbus, a native of the moon of Jedha who is drawn into the war against the Galactic Empire.[28]

In 2018, Jiang directed the Republican-era spy comedy Hidden Man.[29] The film was China's submission to the 91st Academy Awards.^{[citation needed]}

Jiang is set to return to the small screen in upcoming historical drama Cao Cao.[30]

Personal life

Family

Jiang Wen's father is Jiang Hongqi, a veteran of the Korean War. Described as taciturn and bookish, he played a minor role in his son's 2011 film, Let the Bullets Fly. Jiang's mother Gao Yang — “a cheerful, extroverted woman” — worked as a piano teacher. Jiang Wen is the eldest son in the family; in addition to his younger brother, Jiang Wu, he has a younger sister, Jiang Huan.

Close to his family, Jiang has a deep bond with his parents: whenever he is on site for shooting or acting, he arranges for them to come to his workplace so that he can spend time with them. Each movie he makes, he saves the best seats for them and asks for their opinions. Even on artistic composition, he sometimes resorts to them for advice. It was his parents' endorsement on the original novel of A Native of Beijing in New York that propelled Jiang into his performance. Later, during the filming of his first feature film, In the Heat of the Sun, Jiang again considered their evaluation of Xia Yu, before settling on him as the leading actor.[31]

Relationship

Jiang met his first partner, Liu Xiaoqing during the production of his debut film Hibiscus Town. As he was 23 and she was 31, their relationship was controversial in the entertainment industry at that time, although it was reported that the crew was very supportive of their relationship. Liu Xiaoqing never confirmed the relationship, but only claimed that the media pressure was so suffocating that she once considered going abroad. Years later at one ceremony, Director Xie Jin finally verified this rumor, revealing that they had actually lived together for three years. Liu and Jiang separated amicably in 1994.[32]

In 1995, Jiang began a relationship with Sandrine Chenivesse, a Doctor of Anthropology at the University of Paris, researching philosophy and Taoism in China, at an artistic event. In 1997, they were married in Paris and conceived a daughter together, but the marriage remained discreet until their appearance on the red carpet of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, Chenivesse announced divorce with Jiang, citing long-distance separation as the cause.[33]

In 2001, during the filming of Warriors of Heaven and Earth, Jiang was introduced to cast member Zhou Yun, by fellow actress Zhao Wei. Later, Jiang recommended Zhou to the cast of The Music Box, but each left the crew after a creative difference between Jiang and the director Chen Yifei. After a period of media rumors, Jiang and Zhou were officially married at the end of 2005, and have conceived two sons.[34]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Last Empress 末代皇后	Puyi
1986	Hibiscus Town 芙蓉镇	Qiu Shutian
1986	Tears of the Bridal Sedan 花轿泪
1987	Red Sorghum 红高梁	My grandpapa
1989	Chun Tao 春桃	Wen Chiang
1990	Black Snow 本命年	Li Huiquan
1991	Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch 大太监李莲英	Li Lianying
1993	The Trail 大路	Chinese policeman
1994	In the Heat of the Sun 阳光灿烂的日子	Ma Xiaojun (adult)	Director; writer
1996	The Emperor's Shadow 秦颂	Ying Zheng
1997	Keep Cool 有话好好说	Bookseller
1997	The Soong Sisters 宋家皇朝	Charlie Soong
2000	Devils on the Doorstep 鬼子来了	Ma Dasan	Director; writer
2002	The Missing Gun 寻枪	Ma Shan
2003	Green Tea 绿茶	Chen Mingliang
2003	My Father and I 我和爸爸
2003	Warriors of Heaven and Earth 天地英雄	Lieutenant Li
2004	Jasmine Women 茉莉花开	Mr. Meng
2004	Letter from an Unknown Woman 一个陌生女人的来信	Writer / Mr. Xu
2007	The Sun Also Rises 太阳照常升起	Tang Yunlin	Director; writer
2008	New York, I Love You 纽约，我爱你		Director
2009	The Founding of a Republic 建国大业	Mao Renfeng
2010	Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞	Zhang Mazi (Zhang Muzhi)	Director; writer
2011	The Lost Bladesman 关云长	Cao Cao
2014	Gone with the Bullets 一步之遥	Ma Zouri	Director
2016	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 侠盗一号：星球大战外传	Baze Malbus
2018	Hidden Man 邪不压正	Lan Qingfeng	Director; writer

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Beijinger in New York 北京人在纽约	Wang Qiming
1997	A Sentimental Story 一场风花雪月的事		Producer
2005	Lotus Lantern 宝莲灯	Chenxiang
2006	Da Qing Fengyun 大清风云	Hong Taiji

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Notes
1987	10th Hundred Flowers Awards	Best Actor	Hibiscus Town
1989	12th Hundred Flowers Awards	Best Actor	Chun Tao
	2nd Golden Phoenix Awards	Society Award	Red Sorghum
1994	12th China TV Golden Eagle Award	Best Actor	A Native of Beijing in New York	[35]
1996	33rd Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards	Best Director	In the Heat of the Sun	[36]
		Best Original Screenplay
1998	17th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Soong Sisters
2000	53rd Cannes Film Festival	Grand Prize of the Jury	Devils on the Doorstep
2001	54th Cannes Film Festival	France Culture Award - Foreign Cineaste of the Year
2003	3rd Chinese Film Media Awards	Best Actor	The Missing Gun	[37]
		Most Popular Actor
	12th Shanghai Film Critics Awards	Best Actor
2004	4th Chinese Film Media Awards	Most Popular Actor	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	[38]
	11th Beijing College Student Film Festival	Most Popular Actor		[39]
2005	10th Golden Phoenix Awards	Society Award		[40]
2007	44th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards	Best Film Editing	The Sun Also Rises	[41]
2008	21st Tokyo International Film Festival	Asian Film Award - Special Mention
2011	20th Shanghai Film Critics Awards	Best Actor	The Lost Bladesman	[42]
	48th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards	Best Original Screenplay	Let the Bullets Fly	[43]
	11th Chinese Film Media Awards	Best Director		[44]
2012	3rd China Film Director's Guild Awards	Best Director		[45]
2014	17th Shanghai International Film Festival	Outstanding Contribution Award	—	[46]

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References

Sources

• Silbergeld, Jerome (2008), Body in Question: Image and Illusion in Two Chinese Films by Director Jiang Wen (Princeton: Princeton University Press)

External links

• TIMEasia article on Jiang Wen
• Jiang Wen at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Jiang Wen

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[ru] Цзян Вэнь

Цзян Вэнь (кит. 姜文, пиньинь Jiāng Wén, род. 5 января 1963) — китайский актер, кинорежиссер, монтажёр, преподаватель, продюсер и сценарист. Его младший брат Цзян У также является актером.

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