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Chen Kaige

Name in Native Language: "陈凯歌" (Chinese (Mandarin)/ZH)
Film Director / Screenwriter / Actor / Film Producer / Writer | * 08/12/1952 (71) | Beijing (People's Republic of China)
Chen Kaige (Chinese: 陈凯歌; born 12 August 1952) is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling. Chen won the Palme d'Or at 1993 Cannes Film Festival and the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award in 1993 for directing Farewell My Concubine. In recent years, Chen directed the war film The Battle at Lake Changjin and its sequel with Tsui Hark and Dante Lam, with the two films characterized by his signature storytelling and made in cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party. ()
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Chen Kaige (born August 12, 1952) is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | History | Action

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Abandoned by his prostitute mother in 1920, Douzi was raised by a theater troupe. There he meets Shitou and over the following years the two develop an act entitled "Farewell My Concubine" that brings ...

Farewell My Concubine

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1993 | 4.0/5 | 2h 51min
Drama
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A Communist soldier is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns that the happy songs he was sent to collect do not ex ...

Yellow Earth

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1984 | 3.7/5 | 1h 26min
Drama, Music, History
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The epic story Mei Lanfang, who overcame the prejudice against artists in 1930s China to become the country's greatest opera star. ...

Forever Enthralled

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2008 | 3.1/5 | 2h 27min
Drama, History
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Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United States and China. ...

The Battle at Lake Changjin

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2021 | 3.1/5 | 2h 56min
Drama, War
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Awards & Nominations for Chen Kaige

Sutherland Trophy Palme d'Or Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film National Board of Review Award for Best International Film BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language César Award for Best Foreign Film
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Movies with Chen Kaige as Actor(7)

as 东海龙王2012 The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven
as himself2012 A Special Day
as Feng Yuxiang2009 The Founding of a Republic
as Professor Yu2002 Together
as Lu Buwei1998 The Emperor and the Assassin
as himself1998 Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
as Captain of Imperial Guard1987 The Last Emperor

Movies with Chen Kaige as Crew(36)

Directing/Director2023 Flowers From The Ashes
Directing/Director2023 The Volunteers: To the War
Production/Producer2022 The Battle at Lake Changjin: Water Gate Bridge
Directing/Director2021 The Battle at Lake Changjin
Production/Executive Producer2021 The Battle at Lake Changjin
Directing/Director2019 My People, My Country
Directing/Director2017 Legend of the Demon Cat
Writing/Writer2017 Legend of the Demon Cat
Directing/Director2016 China's Megatomb Revealed
Directing/Director2015 Monk Comes Down the Mountain
Writing/Screenplay2015 Monk Comes Down the Mountain
Directing/Director2012 Caught in the Web
Writing/Writer2012 Caught in the Web
Directing/Director2010 Sacrifice
Writing/Screenplay2010 Sacrifice
Directing/Director2008 Forever Enthralled
Writing/Screenplay2008 Forever Enthralled
Directing/Director2007 To Each His Own Cinema
Directing/Director2005 The Promise
Writing/Writer2005 The Promise
Directing/Director2002 Together
Writing/Screenplay2002 Together
Directing/Director2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Directing/Director2002 Killing Me Softly
Directing/Director1998 The Emperor and the Assassin
Production/Producer1998 The Emperor and the Assassin
Writing/Writer1998 The Emperor and the Assassin
Directing/Director1996 Temptress Moon
Writing/Story1996 Temptress Moon
Directing/Director1993 Farewell My Concubine
Directing/Director1991 Life on a String
Writing/Writer1991 Life on a String
Directing/Director1987 King of the Children
Directing/Director1986 The Big Parade
Directing/Director1984 Yellow Earth
Writing/Screenplay1984 Yellow Earth

TV Shows/Series with Chen Kaige as Crew(1)

Production/Producer2020 Something Just Like This

Full Name: Kǎigē Chen
Born: Tuesday, 08/12 1952 (August) in Beijing (People's Republic of China) (current age: 71 years + 251 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Educated at: Beijing Film Academy
Spouses (current/former): Hung Huang, Chen Hong
Children: Arthur Chen
Father: Chen Huai'ai
Other names for Chen Kaige (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"陈凯歌"
"천카이거"
"첸 카이거"
"Kaige Chen"
"陳凱歌"
"첸카이거"
"천 카이거"
Chen Kaige frequently works together with these people:
Hong Chen (11x, Actress)
Huang Jianxin (8x, Crew)
Aki Kaurismäki (7x, Crew)
Wang Xueqi (7x, Actor)
Takeshi Kitano (6x, Actor)
Jiping Zhao (6x, Crew)
Zhang Yimou (5x, Crew)
Ge You (5x, Actor)
Wong Kar-wai (4x, Crew)
Zhang Feng Yi (4x, Actor)
William Chang (4x, Crew)
Wang Mao Lei (2x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:437144, Added: 09/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024