Yan Hao

Yan Hao

Yan Hao was born in Hong Kong, China in 1952. His ancestral home is Wu County, Jiangsu Province. He is a director, screenwriter and producer of Chinese film and television. He graduated from London Film Academy.

In 1976, he directed his first TV series "Big Dipper", which started his career as a director. In 1977, he wrote and directed the crime drama Interpol, which won the bronze medal of New York International TV Festival. In 1978, he directed his first film, Solanum coffee. In 1984, he won the best director award of the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards for his plot film "like flowing water". In 1990, he won the best director award of the 27th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards and the best director nomination of the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1994, he won the best director award of the 7th Tokyo International Film Festival and the best director nomination of the 15th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1995, he worked as the producer of the plot film the son of heaven. In 1996, with the plot film "the sun has ears", he won the best director award in the unit of the 46th Berlin International Film Festival Competition. In 2001, he directed the plot film the woman in the courtyard. In 2005, the movie "Yuanyang butterfly" directed in Chinese mainland. In 2007, the biographical drama Tianya singer, CO directed with Yang Wenjun, was broadcast. In 2012, the self produced plot movie "the century floating city" was shown in Chinese mainland. In 2015, the short film "three days after death" was released.

On January 23, 2017, Yan Hao's wife Jia Nan gave birth to a daughter whose breast name was Fuwa.

Acting experience

Yan Hao graduated from London Film Academy in 1973. In 1975, he joined Hong Kong TVB as a screenwriter and director. In 1976, he directed his first TV series "Big Dipper". In 1977, he wrote and directed the crime drama Interpol, which won the bronze medal of New York International TV Festival.

In 1978, he directed the comedy film "solaine coffee" co starred by Chen Yulian, Yi Lei and Zeng Jiang; in the same year, he directed the romantic comedy film "childe Jiao" co starred by Yi Lei and Sydney. In 1980, he directed the dramatic film "night train", which was co starred by Zhang Guoqiang and Yan Qiuhua.

In 1984, he directed the plot film "like flowing water" co starred by Gu Meihua and Si qingaowa, which won the best film award of the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards. He won the best director award of the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards for his film. In 1987, he directed the plot film "heavenly Bodhisattva", which tells the story of a US Air Force lieutenant who was exiled in Daliang Mountain during World War II. He was shortlisted for best picture at the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards.

In November 23, 1990, the film "red dust" was released in Chinese mainland. The film was selected for the tenth best film award of the Hongkong Film Awards. It won the twenty-seventh best feature film of the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award. He won the twenty-seventh best film director award in the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award. In 1991, he directed the plot movie "chess king", which is adapted from the novel of the same name by Zhong Acheng and Zhang Xiguo, and tells the story of a generation of chess king.

In 1995, he directed and acted as the producer of the plot film "the son of heaven" adapted from the novel "swimming in the bitter sea". The film was shortlisted for the best film award of the 15th Hong Kong Film Awards. He won the Tokyo Film Festival Award and the best director award at the 7th Tokyo International Film Festival for his film.

In 1996, he directed the plot film "the sun has ears" co starred by Zhang Yu, you Yong and others, which won the competition unit of the 46th Berlin International Film Festival, and he won the Silver Bear award of the 46th Berlin International Film Festival, the best director award.

On May 15, 1997, I love the kitchen was released in Hong Kong. It was co starred by Chen Xiaochun, Keiko Fukuda and Luo Jiaying and was shortlisted in the main competition of the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2001, directed by William Duff, Luo Yan co starred in the plot film "women in the courtyard.". In February 13, 2005, the love movie "Yuanyang butterfly" co directed by Yang Zi was shown in Chinese mainland. The film was co starred by Xun Zhou and Chen Kun.

On February 8, 2007, the biographical play Tianya songnv, CO directed with Yang Wenjun, was broadcast. The play reproduces the fragments from Zhou Xuan's film of the same name, CO starring Cecilia Cheung, pan Yueming and Pan Hong. In 2008, he directed the war movie Nanjing Christmas: 1937.

In May 18, 2012, the self produced plot movie "floating city of 100 years" was shown in Chinese mainland. The film was adapted from real life, CO starred by Aaron Kwok and Bao Qijing. In 2015, it directed the plot short film "beautiful 2015" with Tsai Ming-Liang and Huang Jianxin. In April 9th, the short film "three days after death" was released, which told a story of self redemption.

Personal life

In the 20th century, Yan Hao had a son Yan Yizhi with his ex-wife; in 2011, Yan Hao married Jia Nan, a writer 32 years younger than him. On January 23, 2017, Jia Nan gave birth to a daughter named Fuwa for Yan Hao.

Main works

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Director's work

Screenwriter's works

Supervised production

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Yan Hao's works focus on human nature, and achieve a good combination between business and art. He is good at telling stories in a simple way, so his works are characterized by simple and gentle style, steady rhythm and constant innovation and change. His profound cultural background is always in direct proportion to the intrinsic value of the film. He has a sharp image language and narrative style, which is different from Tsui Hark's pursuit of innovation and the heavy discussion of Xu Anhua, Fang Yuping's realistic style and Tan Jiaming's experimental image aesthetics. In a series of works, persistent theme discussion, conscious narrative strategy and distinct image style are consciously or unconsciously penetrated, showing a full image inside and outside A strong speculative screen style. As far as narrative order is concerned, Yan Hao advocates simplicity in the main body of his films, takes "seeking" as narrative motivation to promote development linearly, and mostly adopts the way of single clue narration (new film review).