Hou Yong

Hou Yong

Hou Yong, born in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province on September 26, 1960, graduated from the Photography Department of Beijing Film Academy. He is a photographer, director, screenwriter and producer in mainland China. He is also a professor and master's supervisor of Shanghai Academy of drama.

In 1984, he worked as a photographer for the feature film September and entered the entertainment industry. In 1986, he was the photographer of the biographical film Sun Yat Sen (up and down), and he also won the best Photography Award of the seventh Golden Rooster Award of China film for this film. In 1991, he directed the drama "bleeding", which won the jury award of the 7th Shanghai International Film Festival. In 1998, he worked as a photographer for the feature film no one can be less.

In 2000, he worked as a photographer for the comedy happy time. In 2005, he directed the historical drama "sleeping on fuel and tasting gall", which won the best TV series award of the 2nd Seoul International TV Festival. In 2007, he directed the sports film "one man's Olympics". In 2008, he directed the era drama "Chuang Guandong zhongpian". In 2012, he directed the suspense drama "angry photographer". In 2017, he worked as a photographer for the feature film "the night is tantalizing".

Early experience

Hou Yong loved painting when he was young. He took the college entrance examination in three schools, one for liberal arts, one for Xi'an Academy of fine arts and one for Beijing Film Academy. He felt that he was not prepared enough to apply for the Beijing Film Academy and did not know enough about films, so he tore up the application form. The teacher of the examination center gave him the chance to take the make-up exam and directly entered the second round exam. Finally, he got the admission notice from the Department of photography of Beiying and became a classmate of Tian Zhuangzhuang and Zhang Yimou. He graduated in 1982 and was assigned to work in Emei film studio.

Acting experience

In 1984, Hou Yong was the photographer of Tian Zhuangzhuang's first feature film "September", which shows the life of a tutor in the children's palace. In 1985, he was the photographer of the feature film Zaza in the hunting ground, directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang. In 1986, Hou Yong worked as a photographer for the feature film horse thief. In the same year, Hou Yong was the photographer of the biographical film Sun Yat Sen, for which he won the best Photography Award of the 7th Golden Rooster Award. In 1987, he was the photographer of the Anti Japanese war film "the evening bell", directed by Wu Ziliu. Hou Yong won the best Photography Award of the 9th Golden Rooster Award of China Film and the excellent Photography Award of the 1st China Film Photography Association for this film. In the same year, he worked as a photographer for the feature film "Kyoto Ballman", which was directed by Xie Hong and co starred by Zhang Fengyi, Chen Peisi and Jiang Kun. In 1988, he was the screenwriter and photographer of the city life film "he chose murder". This film is a turning point of his lens from the mountains to the city, and also his first film as a screenwriter. In 1989, he was the photographer of the action film "joint detective", directed by Guo Baochang. In 1991, he directed the drama "Tian Xue", CO starring Chang Rong, Gai Lili and Yu Shaokang. In 1993, he was the photographer of the feature film "Blue Kite", which was directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang. In 1997, Hou Yong was the photographer of the historical war film "the Opium War". For this film, Hou Yong won the best Photography Award of the 17th Golden Rooster Award

. In 1998, Hou Yong was nominated for the best Photography Award of the 19th China Golden Rooster Film Award for his work as a photographer of the feature film "no one is missing". In 1999, he worked as a photographer for the love film my father and mother, which was directed by Zhang Yimou. Hou Yong won the best Photography Award of the 20th Golden Rooster Award for this film. In 2000, he worked as a photographer for the comedy happy time, directed by Zhang Yimou and co starred by Zhao Benshan and Dong Jie. In 2003, he directed his second film, the feature film "jasmine blossoms", which uses three-stage narrative techniques to narrate the love and fate of three generations of Shanghai women in a family in three chapters: jasmine, jasmine and flower. He won the best picture award of the 7th Shanghai International Film Festival and the film channel Media Award. in 2005, he directed the historical drama "sleeping on fuel and tasting gall" co starred by Chen Daoming, Hu Jun and an Yixuan, which won the best TV Drama Award of the 2nd Seoul International TV Festival. In the same year, he was the photographer of Beijing Opera "a dream of spring girls", which was directed by Guo Baochang. In 2006, he worked as a photographer for the feature film Prince of the Himalayas, which is adapted from Shakespeare's play Hamlet. In 2007, he directed the Sports Themed biographical film "one man's Olympics", starring Li Zhaolin and Shi Liang, which tells the story of Liu Changchun, an early Chinese athlete, who overcame obstacles to participate in the Olympic Games. In 2008, he directed the historical drama "Chuang Guandong zhongpian", CO starring Dong Xuan, Pu Cunxin, Liu Peiqi and others, with the story line of Tianhao, Tianxing, Tianyue of Song family in Pingdu, Shandong Province and the experience and fate of his younger brother Huzi after leaving Northeast China. In 2012, Hou Yong directed the suspense drama angry photographer, CO starred by Liu Jialiang and Tao Wei, which tells the legendary experience of Qian Heren, a photographer in the Republic of China. In 2013, he was the photographer of the action film magic, directed by Hu Xuehua, which tells an inspirational story about basketball, youth, struggle and love. In 2016, he worked as a photographer for the love costume film the lady of the dynasty, Yang Guifei, CO directed by Shiqing, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Zhang Yimou. In 2017, he worked as a photographer for the feature film "night is tantalizing", which is based on the novel "pale green moon".

Main works

Photographic works

Directing works

Screenwriter's works

Supervised production

Award winning record

Character evaluation

"Jasmine blossoms" is very popular in London. Hou Yong's films open a new window for overseas audiences to see the other side of Chinese women (Sina entertainment review). Although September is not perfect, Hou Yong already has a unique style - implicit. If he belongs to a certain school, Hou Yong claims to be close to Impressionism. His treatment of light and the arrangement of the sense of space are combined with the overall tragic style of the film. His design with strong personal aesthetic consciousness makes Hou Yong's grasp of photography skills more mature. He used a lot of documentary means to truly express everything full of life interest here, which made "Zaza in the hunting ground" reach a natural artistic conception and set a new school in photography. In his creation, he emphasizes feeling. When he expresses his fresh life, his feeling will be more acute. "Zaza in the hunting ground" exudes all his passion for grassland (Netease Entertainment online review). Baidu Encyclopedia content is shared by netizens. If you find that your data content is inaccurate or incomplete, you are welcome to use your own data service (free) to participate in the correction. Go to > > now