Huang Jianxin
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Huang Jianxin is a Chinese film director
Film director
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. He is normally considered part of the fifth generation of Chinese
Chinese people
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 filmmakers (a group that includes Chen Kaige
Chen Kaige
Chen Kaige 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.-Early life:...

, Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou is a Chinese film director, producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer. He is counted amongst the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, having made his directorial debut in 1987 with Red Sorghum....

 and Tian Zhuangzhuang
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Tian Zhuangzhuang is a Chinese film director and producer.Tian was born to an influential actor and actress in China. Following a short stint in the military, Tian began his artistic career first as an amateur photographer and then as an assistant cinematographer at the Beijing Agricultural Film...

), due to shared traits in his works, although he was not a strictly a member of the inaugural 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Film Academy is a coeducational state-run higher education institution in Beijing, China. The film school is the largest institution specialised in the tertiary education for film and television production in Asia...

. Additionally, Huang's films are distinguished from his contemporaries in that they focused on urban contemporary life, as contrasted to historical period dramas, as well as for their satirical
Satire
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 observations of the Chinese bureaucracy
Bureaucracy
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.

Biography

Huang was born in Xi'an
Xi'an
Xi'an is the capital of the Shaanxi province, and a sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China. One of the oldest cities in China, with more than 3,100 years of history, the city was known as Chang'an before the Ming Dynasty...

, though his ancestral hometown was in Hebei
Hebei
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. He joined the army at age 16, and enrolled in Northwest University
Northwest University, China
Northwest University , located in the ancient Chinese capital city of Xi'an, is one of the nation's leading comprehensive universities. Founded in 1902, it is one of the oldest institutions of learning in Northwest China....

 in 1975. Huang entered Xi'an Film Studio after graduation, evolving from editor, script holder, assistant director to vice director. After training at Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Film Academy is a coeducational state-run higher education institution in Beijing, China. The film school is the largest institution specialised in the tertiary education for film and television production in Asia...

 in 1983, he was elevated to director. He is now the manager of 4th production company of China Film Corporation.

Filmography

As director
Year English title Chinese title Role
1985 The Black Cannon Incident
The Black Cannon Incident
The Black Cannon Incident is a 1985 Chinese black comedy film satirizing the bureaucracy and paranoia of Chinese authority. Presented by Xi'an Film Studio and directed by Huang Jianxin, it stars Gao Ming, Gerhard Olschewski, and Liu Zifeng....

黑炮事件
1986 Dislocation 错位 Also known as The Stand-In
1988 Samsara 轮回 Also known as Transmigration
1992 Stand Straight, Don't Bend Over 站直啰!别趴下
1994 The Wooden Man's Bride
The Wooden Man's Bride
The Wooden Man's Bride is a 1994 Chinese film directed by the fifth generation filmmaker Huang Jianxin. The film is Huang's fifth feature and the first of his films to be released in the United States. The film was also the first film shot in Mainland China to be entirely financed by Taiwanese...

五魁
1994 Back to Back, Face to Face 背靠背,脸对脸
1995 Signal Left, Turn Right 红灯停,绿灯行
1996 Surveillance 埋伏
1999 Something About Secret 说出你的秘密
2000 Xi'an's Finest 睡不着
2001 The Marriage Certificate 谁说我不在乎
2005 Gimme Kudos 求求你表扬我
2009 The Founding of a Republic
The Founding of a Republic
The Founding of a Republic is a 2009 Chinese historical film commissioned by China's film regulator and made by the state-owned China Film Group to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China...

建国大业 Co-directed with Han Sanping
Han Sanping
Han Sanping is a Chinese film producer. He is the chairman of China Film Group, which has been hailed as one of the largest distributors and exporters of Chinese films...

2011 The Founding of a Party
The Founding of a Party
The Founding of a Party, alternatively titled in English Beginning of the Great Revival for its international release, is a Chinese film released in 2011 to mark the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China...

建党伟业 Co-directed with Han Sanping

As producer
Year English title Chinese title Role
2002 Zhou Yu's Train
Zhou Yu's Train
Zhou Yu's Train is a 2002 Chinese film directed by Sun Zhou, and starring Gong Li and Tony Leung Ka-Fai.The title refers to a poetic compilation published by the character in the movie played by Leung. The story starts at a book signing event and leads to the memories of the two lovers encounters...

周渔的火车
2003 Love Undercover 2: Love Mission 新扎师妹2
2005 2 Young
2 Young
2 Young is a 2005 Hong Kong romance film, directed by Hong Kong director, Derek Yee. The film was released in Mainland China on 15 April 2005 and in Hong Kong on 28 April 2005....

早熟
2006 A Battle of Wits
A Battle of Wits (2006 film)
A Battle of Wits is a 2006 Hong Kong film based on a Japanese historical novel, written by Ken'ichi Sakemi. A manga series was written by Hideki Mori, also based on the novel. Directed by Jacob Cheung, the film starred Andy Lau, Ahn Sung-ki, Wang Zhiwen, Fan Bingbing, Nicky Wu and Choi Siwon...

墨攻
2008 All About Women
All About Women
All About Women , originally titled She Ain't Mean and Not All Women Are Bad, is a 2008 Chinese romantic comedy-drama film directed by Tsui Hark, who also edited the film, and co-wrote the story and screenplay with famed Korean filmmaker Kwak Jae-yong...

女人不坏

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