Film & TV

Fan Wei (September 2, 1962 -), a native of Shenyang, Liaoning, is a Chinese actor. He won the Best Actor at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards and the Best Actor at the 7th Beijing International Film Festival for "No Problem".

Dato Fan Bingbing, D.P.S.M (September 16, 1981 -), native of Shandong, Chinese actress. In 1998, he became famous at the age of 16 with the TV series "Huan Zhu Ge Ge". In 2003, she won the Best Actress Award at the 27th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for the movie "Mobile Phone". After setting up her own business from Huayi Brothers in 2007, she produced and starred in the TV series "Rouge Snow", "Jin Tai Ban", and "Legend of Wu Mei Niang", and collaborated with director Li Yu four times in the movies "Apple", "Guanyin Mountain", "Second Exposure", and "All Things Grow". In 2007, she won the Best Supporting Actress at the 44th Golden Horse Awards for "The Ghost in My Heart". In 2010, she won the Best Actress at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival for "Guanyin Mountain". In 2011, he served as a judge for the main competition unit of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival. In 2016, she won the Silver Shell Award for Best Actress at the 64th San Sebastian International Film Festival, Best Actress at the 11th Asian Film Awards and Best Actress at the 31st Golden Rooster Award for "I'm Not Pan Jinlian". In February 2017, Fan Bingbing appeared on the cover of Time Magazine Asia. In April, he was selected into the "Top 100 People of the Times" and served as a judge for the main competition unit of the 70th Cannes Film Festival. In June of the same year, he became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and received voting rights for the Academy Awards. Since 2006, Fan Bingbing has been ranked in the top ten of "Forbes China Celebrity List" every year, ranking first from 2013 to 2017, and ranked fourth and fifth in "Forbes" "World's Highest Paid Actresses" in 2015 and 2016. In 2018, Fan Bingbing was involved in a tax scandal and was fined 880 million yuan for tax evasion, late payment fees and fines. After payment, she will be exempted from criminal liability. She has since tried to come back in China, but her promotional activities are usually censored or blocked. After 2022, she will mainly operate the beauty brand Fan Beauty in China, and her acting career will completely shift overseas. In 2022, Fan Bingbing's two Hollywood movies "355: The Bourne Supremacy" and "Mermaid of the Sun and Moon" will be released. In February 2023, she was shortlisted for the Panorama Section of the 73rd Berlin Film Festival with the Hong Kong film "Green Night". In September of the same year, he served as a judge for the main competition unit of the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival. In June 2024, he was appointed by the Malacca State Government as the Goodwill Ambassador for the Malacca Tourism Year 2024. In February 2025, he served as a judge for the main competition unit of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. In August, won the Malacca State Dollar of Malaysia

Fan Popo (1985-), director. He created a stage play for the first Beijing Gay and Lesbian Cultural Festival, shot many gay documentaries, and is the author of "Happy Together: A Complete Record of 100 Gay Movies."

Julie Delpy (French: Julie Delpy [ʒyli dɛlpi], December 21, 1969 -) is a French film actress, screenwriter, director, and singer. She has directed, created and starred in as many as thirty films. Julie Diehl was born in Paris. She began acting in films at the age of 5. She moved to New York City in 1990 and obtained American citizenship in 2001. She attended New York University's summer program in 2002, majoring in screenwriting. In 2004, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Paris Sunset".

Ru Zhijuan (September 13, 1925 - October 7, 1998), whose pen names are Aru and Chuxu, was born in Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and is a contemporary Chinese writer. Representative works include "Tall Poplar Tree", "Lily", "Quiet Maternity Hospital", "The Wrong Editing Story", etc. Ru Zhijuan was born in Shanghai in 1925. He lost his parents when he was young, so he followed his grandmother to make a living by doing handicrafts. He didn't go to elementary school until he was 11 years old. After his grandmother passed away, he was adopted by an orphanage and continued to attend high school. In 1942, graduated from junior high school. In 1943, he followed his brother Ru Jie (later renamed Shen Zhiyu) to northern Jiangsu to join the New Fourth Army Repertory Troupe as an actor. At the end of 1943, she completed the short story "Life" using some materials from the military. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1947 and married director Wang Xiaoping in 1950. In 1955, he transferred from the Nanjing Military Region Repertory Theater to Shanghai and worked as an editor at "Literary Monthly". In 1958, the short story "Lily" was published in the "Yanhe" literary magazine. The June 1958 issue of "People's Literature" magazine published Mao Dun's comments and reprinted the full text of "Lily". In 1959, he published a short story collection "Tall Poplar Trees" (Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House), and began to engage in professional literary creation in 1960. During the Cultural Revolution, "Lily" was criticized as a poisonous weed. In 1979, he published the short story "The Wrong Editing Story", which won the 1979 National Outstanding Short Story Award.

Rong Zishan (February 3, 2006 -), a Chinese actor, made his debut in the film "Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers" directed by Jia Zhangke. In 2020, he attracted attention for his participation in the online drama "The Hidden Corner".

Halle Maria Berry (English: Halle Maria Berry, August 14, 1966 -), American actress, Miss Ohio 1986, Miss America 1986, winner of the 74th Academy Award for Best Actress, and the only Oscar-winning actress of African descent so far.

Lily Jane Collins (English: Lily Jane Collins, March 18, 1989 -), British and American dual national film and television actress, writer and television host. His representative works include "Unprepared", "Doomed" and "Snow White and Mirror Mirror". She also played the heroine Clary Fray in the fantasy film "Relics: City of Bones" adapted from Cassandra Clare's best-selling novel "Fatal Pact" series. In 2014, she starred in the romantic movie "Love Comes Around" adapted from Cecilia Ahern's novel "I've Always Been", which was well received. In 2020, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series for "Emily in Paris".

Lillian Diana Gish (English: Lillian Diana Gish, October 14, 1893 - February 27, 1993) was an American film actress who was a child star. She was one of the screen icons of the silent film era, winner of the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement Award, and winner of the Kennedy Center Honor Award.

Elkie Chong Ting Yan (English: Elkie Chong Ting Yan, November 2, 1998 -), whose stage name is Elkie (Korean: Elkie), is a Hong Kong female singer and actress, and a former member of South Korea's Cube Entertainment girl group CLC.

Saffron Domini Burrows (English: Saffron Domini Burrows, October 22, 1972 -) is a British actress. His credits include films such as "In the Name of the Father," "Troy: Trojan Horse" and "From the Heart" and TV series such as "Boston Legal."

Sarah Jessica Parker (English: Sarah Jessica Parker, March 25, 1965 -), American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as columnist Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and the City," for which she won four Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards.

Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (Italian: Monica Anna Maria Bellucci, September 30, 1964 -), Italian actress and model, was born in Castello, Umbria. Mainly engaged in film work in Italy, France and the United States, with well-known works such as "True Love" (2000), "Irrevocable" (2002), "The Matrix" series (2003-2021) and "Mr. Smith" (2007).

Suda Masaki (Japanese: Suda Masaki/Suda Masaki, Romanized: Suda Masaki; February 21, 1993 -) is a Japanese male artist, born in Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture, and his agency is TOP COAT. He has also branched out into the music industry and developed into film, television and singing. His wife is actress Nana Komatsu, and his eldest brother is Japanese YouTuber and singer-songwriter Kento Sugao.

Phyllis Ada Driver (July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012), commonly known as Phyllis Diller, was an American actor and stand-up comedian, best known for her quirky stage persona, self-deprecating humor, wild hair and costume styles, and her exaggerated laugh. In 1955 Diller was a working woman with five children, and at a time when suburban life was considered ideal for housewives, Diller decided it was time to reveal the secrets of the myth. So when she was 37 years old, she appeared on the stage of the Purple Onion nightclub in San Francisco with the image of the world's worst housewife. It was not until 2002 when she was 84 years old that she completed her last solo talk show. She was the first professional woman to make a name for herself through comedy. In 2003, she opened the door to the Smithsonian Museum and allowed the museum to select the collections included in the museum. In addition to Broadway costumes, touring costumes, shoes, gloves, etc.... the most special thing is a cabinet of "Jokes", which contains 50,000 jokes. Each joke was typed on a small card and then invented its own way of categorizing it. There is a small drawer of her mysterious first husband named Fang, who was a man who accomplished nothing; these jokes run through the history of comedy from the 1950s to the 1970s. The host called her and asked her how she collected so many jokes. She said that she practiced telling jokes for an hour every night and could tell about 800 jokes. She even made it to the Guinness World Record, laughing 12 times in one minute.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (May 31, 1945 - June 10, 1982) was a German director, actor and playwright, and one of the most important representatives of New German Cinema. Born in Bad Worishofen, Bavaria, died in Munich. He has shot a total of 41 films. His major works include "The Merchant Who Deals with the Four Seasons", "Lili Marlene", etc. He died of drug overdose. His death was unanimously recognized as the end of German New Cinema. Fassbinder was bisexual.

Elva Hsiao (formerly known as Hsiao Hsiao, born August 24, 1979) is a Taiwanese female singer, known as the "Fashionable Dance Queen" and the "Modern Queen". In 2001, he won the World Music Award for the Best Sales Chinese Singer of the Year.

Siew Pui Yi (English: Siew Pui Yi, August 1, 1998 -), also known as Ms. Puiyi, is a Malaysian model, internet celebrity, actress, record producer, DJ and former porn actor. In 2019, Xiao Pei'er's computer was attacked by hackers when she sent it for repair, resulting in her private photos being extorted. So she started posting photos of herself through the subscription-based platform OnlyFans and making money from them. As of March 2024, Xiao Pei'er has more than 22 million Instagram fans, 1.4 million TikTok fans and nearly 90,000 YouTube subscribers.

Satyajit Ray (Bengali: সত্যজিত রায় or সত্যজিৎ রায়, May 2, 1921 – April 23, 1992), a well-known Bengali-Indian director. He is recognized as a great director of the 20th century. Born in Calcutta to a Bengali family, Ray achieved distinction in the world of art and literature. He started out as a commercial artist, met French director Jean Renoir during a trip to London, and began to invest in independent production after watching the Italian neo-realism film "Bicycle Stolen". Rey directed 37 films, including feature films, documentaries and short films. He is also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, graphic designer and film critic. Rey's first film, "Song of the Road" (1955), won 11 international awards, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Life Record. Rey also composed the "Apu Trilogy" with three films: "Song of the Road", "Song of the River" (1956) and "Song of the Tree" (1959). Among them, Rey single-handedly took over the screenwriting, casting, soundtrack, photography, art direction, editing, and designed the end credits and promotional materials by himself. Rai has won numerous awards during his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, numerous international film festival awards, and the 1992 Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award.

Alex Man Chi-Leung (English: Alex Man Chi-Leung, July 25, 1957 -), known as "Wan Zi", is a Hong Kong actor and the eldest son of Li Xiangqin. He has performed in dozens of film and television works. From the 1980s to the mid-1990s, Man Tsz-liang starred in the TV series Too Many, which became the ratings champion. In 1988, he won the "Best Actor" at the 25th Golden Horse Awards for the Taiwanese film "Big Head". What is most talked about is his signature Wan Ziliang style, emotional and exaggerated acting skills. His line "So what!" in the 1986 Hong Kong TVB series "Rogue Tycoon" has become a classic line.

Luo Luo (April 30, 1982 -), whose real name is Zhao Jiarong, is a Shanghainese and female writer. He is a writer of youth magazines such as "Xinlei" and "Mind Stories", and an editor and writer of animation magazines such as "Fantasy Story" and "Manyou". He participated in the founding of the "Island" book series and "Mind Shuo", and served as the text director of "Min Shi Shuo". In 2015, he directed the romance film "The Last One".

Patrick Yip Lim Shum (English: Patrick Yip Lim Shum, born March 19, 1975), formerly known as Jiang Boliang, is a Hong Kong actor, blog film critic writer and film director. Most of the themes of his film works are youth love triangle love stories, and the heroines in the dramas are mostly named "Chung Jiabao", "Kong Meibao", "Meibao" or "Po".

Veronica Yip (English: Veronica Yip, February 12, 1967-), the 1985 Miss Asia second runner-up, Hong Kong actress and singer.

Ye Shengzhang (December 7, 1912 - August 31, 1966), also known as Yaoru, was born in Taihu, Anhui Province. He was a Chinese Peking Opera actor and educator.