Feng Xiaogang
Feng Xiaogang | |||||||
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Feng in 2017 | |||||||
| Born | 18 March 1958 Beijing, China | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Film director, actor, screenwriter | ||||||
| Years active | 1984 - present | ||||||
| Agent | Huayi Brothers | ||||||
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| Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Asian Film 2009 Assembly Golden Horse Awards – Best Adapted Screenplay 2005 A World Without Thieves Best Actor 2015 Mr. Six Hundred Flowers Awards – Best Director 2008 Assembly 2010 If You Are the One | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 馮小剛 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 冯小刚 | ||||||
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Feng Xiaogang (simplified Chinese: 冯小刚; traditional Chinese: 馮小剛; pinyin: Féng Xiǎogāng; born 18 March 1958 in Beijing) is a Chinese filmmaker and actor. Rising to fame for directing comedies, Feng played a pivotal role in shaping the Chinese New Year films, with films such as Dream Factory (1997), Be There or Be Square (1998), Sorry Baby (1999), Big Shot’s Funeral (2001), Cell Phone (2003), and the film series If You Are the One (2008–2023), all starring Ge You.
Since the 2000s, Feng has transitioned from comedies to other genres including war and period dramas, such as A World Without Thieves (2004), The Banquet (2006), Assembly (2007), Aftershock (2010), Back to 1942 (2012), I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016), for which he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director, and Youth (2017). As an actor, Feng won the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor for his performance in Mr. Six (2015).