Huang Jianxin
Director · b. 1954 · Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
Huang Jianxin is a Chinese filmmaker. He also writes film scripts under the pen name Huang Xin. He is normally considered part of the fifth generation of Chinese filmmakers, 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. Huang was born in Xi'an, though his ancestral hometown was in Hebei. He joined the army at age 16, and enrolled in Northwest University 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 in 1983, he was elevated to director. He is now the manager of 4th production company of China Film Corporation. His 1997 film Surveillance was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.
Movies6
Movie6.8ComedyDramaLi Xuelian, a woman from the countryside is falsely accused by her husband of having an affair. To defend herself, Li moves from her small town to the big city until she reached the capital.
Movie6.5DramaAfter a decade as a Beijing drifter, Fang Chunshu returns to Chengdu, grappling with urban alienation from her single mother, until a local youth helps her rediscover familial bonds through emerging cultural spaces and find renewed purpose amid the city's transformation.
Movie7.1DramaA story centered around a divorced couple living in a southern Chinese city Shenzhen and dealing with the disappearance of their missing son.
Movie6.9DramaA man must attempt to clear his name after a theatre puts on a play that accuses him of committing a 30-year-old murder.
MovieDocumentaryTony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.
MovieDramaXiao Bai receiving a postcard from a small town in the southwest. It was sent by her boyfriend who left without saying goodbye three years ago. After much hesitation, she decided to go to the town to find out what happened.