Film & TV

Da Zhangwei (born August 31, 1983), whose real name is Zhang Wei, is a Beijinger. He is a singer, actor, host, and songwriter. He was once the lead singer of Huaer Band.

M. Night Shyamalan (English: M. Night Shyamalan, August 6, 1970 -), whose real name is Manoj Nelliattu Shyamalan, is an Indian-American film screenwriter, director, producer and actor. As of mid-2006, his most commercially successful film is 1999's The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment, which has grossed over $600 million worldwide. Shyamalan and Jay Chandrasekhar are outstanding representatives of Indian-American filmmakers in Hollywood. Like one of his idols, Hitchcock, Shyamalan loves to make cameos in movies.

Bong Joon-ho, Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. His films emphasize social issues, crime suspense and sudden dark humor. In his early years, he first gained a cult film following through the black comedy "Kidnapping the Dog" (2000). Later, he filmed the thriller crime film "Memories of Murder" (2003), which was a huge critical and box office success, the monster movie "Monster" (2006), the sci-fi action film "The Doomsday Train", a black The comedy "Okja" (2017), the psychological thriller "Parasite" (2019), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the science fiction black comedy film "Mickey 17," of which "Parasite" was one of the highest-grossing Korean films in history.

William Oliver Stone (English: William Oliver Stone, September 15, 1946 -) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer, as well as an actor. Coming from a French-American family. Stone won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Midnight Express" (1978). He also wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed gangster film Scarface (1983). As a director, Stone gained prominence with the war film March 1986 (1986), which he directed and wrote, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director and the film was also awarded the Best Picture Award. "Advancing the Khmer" is the first of a trilogy of films based on the Vietnam War. Stone served as an infantryman in the Vietnam War, so he focused on using violence to reflect on society in his films. He continued the series with Born on the Fourth of July (1989), for which Stone won his second Academy Award for Best Director, and Sky and Earth (1993). Stone's other notable works include the film "El Salvador" (1986) based on the El Salvadoran civil war, the financial film "Wall Street" (1987) and its 2010 sequel "Wall Street", Jim Morrison He also produced the documentary film "The End of the World" (1991), and a trilogy of films based on U.S. presidents - "The Assassination" (1991), "Nixon" (1995) and "Not Simple" (2008). His most recent films are Snowden (2016) and the documentary Ukraine on Fire (2016). Many of Stone's films focused on controversial American political issues of the late 20th century and were considered controversial at the time of their release. They often combined different cameras and film formats in a single scene, as in "Killings," "Natural Born Killers" and "Nixon."

Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland, DBE (English: Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland, July 1, 1916 - July 26, 2020), was born in Tokyo, Japan, and is a British film actress. She became famous in 1939's "Gone with the Wind" and reached the peak of her acting career in the 1940s. Her representative works include "The Merry Seeds", "Snake's Den" and "Dream in the Boudoir". Her awards include two Academy Awards for Best Actress, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actress. De Havilland has lived in Paris, France since the 1950s and was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 2010. In 2017, two weeks before her 101st birthday, Queen Elizabeth II awarded her the Order of the British Empire, making de Havilland the oldest person to be awarded the medal. Since 2014, de Havilland and the actor who played her son in "Gone with the Wind" have become the last two living actors from the film. During her nearly 60-year acting career, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. De Havilland's biological sister is another Oscar-winning actress, Joan Fontaine. They are the only biological siblings in the world who have both won Oscar acting awards. Xia Huilan passed away in Paris, France on July 25, 2020, at the age of 104.

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, screenwriter, producer, and magician widely acclaimed for his groundbreaking works in film, radio, and theater. He is recognized as the founder of modern film audio-visual language and one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in film history. At the age of 21, Welles directed a series of influential stage plays for the Federal Theater Project, including 1936's Voodoo Macbeth and 1937's The Storm. He co-founded the repertory theater Mercury Theater with John Houseman, which produced several plays on Broadway from 1937 to 1941, including a play with strong political overtones, "Caesar." In 1938, his radio anthology program "Mercury Theater in the Sky" provided an opportunity for him to enter the international stage. In the show, he used his status as director and commentator to adapt H.G. Wells's novel "Star Wars", making some listeners mistakenly believe that the earth was really invaded by Martians. This incident catapulted Wells, who was only 23 years old at the time, to fame. Welles's first feature film was "Citizen Kane", in which he served as screenwriter, producer, and director, and also starred as the protagonist Charles Foster Kane. The film has always been regarded as one of the greatest works in film history. Film critic Cecilia Egger commented in "PM Magazine": "After watching this movie, it is as if you have never really seen a movie before." In addition, his later feature films, including "The Ambersons", "Othello", "The Last Day", "The Trial" and "The Bells", etc., have received widespread praise from film critics. His unique directorial style is reflected in the layered and non-linear narrative structure, dramatic lighting arrangements, unique camera angles, sound effects techniques borrowed from broadcasting, deep focus shots, and the use of long takes. Due to the strong authorship reflected in his works, Welles has become a paradigm sample of the "ultimate auteur director" in the auteur theory. Welles was an outsider in the Hollywood studio system, fighting for artistic control with major studios in his early days and later relying largely on the support of independent investors across Europe to continue his creative career. Welles has won an Academy Award and three Grammy Awards, as well as the Golden Lion Award, the Palme d'Or, an Oscar Honorary Award,

Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston (English: Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston, May 4, 1929 - January 20, 1993), British actress, born in Brussels, Belgium, served as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund. Fresh, refined and elegant, Audrey Hepburn became famous as the heroine of the 1951 Broadway stage play "Golden Dust". In 1953, she won the 26th Academy Award for Best Actress, the 11th Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series and the 8th British Academy Film Award for Best Actress for "Roman Holiday". In the same year, she won the 8th Tony Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for the stage play "Mermaid". In 1994, he won the Grammy Award for Best Children's Reading Album for the album "Audrey Hepburn's Magical Stories". Audrey Hepburn was active in the American film industry in the 1950s and 1960s. Her most representative works include "Roman Holiday", "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "My Fair Lady". She is the winner of four major awards in the American entertainment industry: Academy Award, Emmy Award, Grammy Award and Tony Award. Audrey Hepburn retired from the film industry in her later years and devoted herself to charity. From 1988 to 1993, she served as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund. She visited many countries such as Ethiopia and Ecuador to visit poor children and strive for children's rights. She received the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in December 1992. Audrey Hepburn died of appendix cancer at her home in Switzerland on January 20, 1993 at the age of 63. In 1999, Audrey Hepburn was selected as the third greatest actress of the century by the American Film Institute.

Yao Xiangli (1925-2003), formerly known as Yao Pinlan, female, originally from Ye County, Shandong Province, was born in Shenyang, Fengtian, and is a Chinese film and drama actress.

Yao Rao, actress, was born in Montreal, Canada. She is proficient in English, French, and Chinese. She graduated from the Acting School of Beijing Film Academy.

Yao Nianyi (1920-1958), a voice actor at Shanghai Film Translation Factory. He has played the leading role in many films, such as "The Furious Sea", "The Revenge of the Waste", "The Merchant and the Lady", and "A Place Far from Moscow".

David Chiang Tai-wai, June 29, 1947 -), also known as Jiang Dawei, real name Jiang Weinian, respectfully known as "Brother John", Canadian Hong Kong, Hong Kong actor and director; former artist of Lai's TV, Asia Television and Hong Kong Television Network, former TVB basic artist contract artist, once in 19 He won the "Best Actor" award at the "16th Asian Film Festival Golden Harvest Awards" in 1970 for the movie "Revenge", and later won the "Thousands of Glory Performing Arts Award" at the "Thousands of Stars Awards Ceremony 2021". In 2024, he won the "Best Supporting Actor" at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards for the movie "Under the Sun".

Kang Je-kyu (Korean: Kang Je-gyu, November 27, 1962-) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.

Jiang Wen (January 5, 1963 -), whose real name is Jiang Xiaojun, male, native of Tangshan, Hebei Province, is a film director and actor in Mainland China. He once served as the dean of the Institute of Film Arts, School of Humanities and Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology, and a member of the 8th, 9th and 10th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Jiang Wen was selected into the Chinese Film Centenary Hall of Fame and was awarded the French Knight of the Order of Letters and Arts and other honors. His representative works include "The Sun Also Rises", "Let the Bullets Fly", "The Japanese Are Coming", etc.

Jiang Lai (March 6, 2009 -), a child star in mainland China, was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. In 2014, she caused controversy when she shared her views on beauty on Beijing Satellite TV's "Mom Hear Me" program.

Jiang Chao (August 12, 1991 -), Han nationality, male singer and actor from mainland China. In 2010, he won the Jinan Division Championship of Hunan Satellite TV's "Happy Boys" and was ranked among the top 13 in the country. He has also served as the captain of the idol group "8090 Men's Team" and has been in his career ever since.

Kang Ji-young (Korean: Jiyoung Kang, Romanized: Gang Ji Yeong, English: Kang Ji-young, Japanese: Kang Ji-young, January 18, 1994 -), stage name is Jiying, a Korean female singer, a member of the Korean girl group KARA, her cousin is the singer NS Yunzhi. On April 4, 2014, it was officially announced that Jiying had officially withdrawn from KARA after her contract expired. After graduating from a language and acting course to study abroad in London, England, he was mainly active in the Japanese entertainment industry until 2019. In September 2022, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of his debut, he became a member of KARA again.

Lou Ye (March 15, 1965 -), Chinese independent film director, was born in Shanghai and native of Beijing.

Natalie Hirshler, whose stage name is Natalie Portman, is an Israeli-American actress who was a child star and the winner of the 83rd Academy Award for Best Actress.

Gong Ji-cheol (Korean: Notice, Romanized: Gong Ji-cheol, born July 10, 1979), whose stage name is Gong Yoo (Korean: share, Romanized: Gong Yoo), is a Korean actor and model. His native place is the Kong family in Qufu. He is said to be a descendant of Confucius. He became popular in 2007 when he starred in the TV series "Coffee Prince No. 1". In 2016, he reached the peak of his career with his works "Corpse Train" and "The Lonely and Brilliant God-Goblin". In 2017, he won the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards' Best Acting Award for Men in the Television Department.

Kong Weiyi (March 14, 2006 -) is a Chinese actor. In 2016, he won the Best New Actor Award at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards for his performance in "August".

Kong Ying (December 26, 2000 -) is a Chinese child star and actor. She was born in Huaiyang County, Henan Province. In 2004, she participated in Henan Satellite TV's opera program Liyuan Chun when she was 3 years old. At the end of the year, she won the gold medal in the children's category and gradually became popular. Later studied at Tianjin Normal University.

Kong Xueer, a native of Qianjiang City, Hubei Province, is a female singer, dancer and actor in mainland China. Her agency is Taiyang Chuanhe. She was a member of the female music group THE9 and the female music group Bee Girls.

Sun Shuyun, (English: Sun Shuyun, 1963-). Chinese independent producer and writer living in the UK. The documentaries she has produced include "Half the Sky", 1421: the year China discovered America?, A Year in Tibet, and Marco Polo - A Very Modern Journey. Among them, "One Year in Tibet" was broadcast by more than 40 TV stations in the United States, Canada, France, Germany and other countries. Her books include Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud (Chinese version of "Cloudless"), The Long March, and A Year in Tibet (Chinese version of "One Year in Tibet"), of which "Cloudless" and The Long March have been translated into many languages.

Sun Zhou (August 1, 1954 -), a native of Ye County, Shandong Province, is a director and actor in Mainland China. Directed many movies and TV series. He has won numerous television awards. In 2008, Sun Zhou served as the 189th torchbearer for the Shenzhen Station of the Olympic Torch Relay. His younger brother Sun Chun is also an actor. In 1977, Sun Zhou entered the Shandong Agricultural Film Society and engaged in photography. In 1981, he moved to Shandong TV Station and his work scope expanded to the fields of photography, editing and directing.