Rao Xiaozhi

Rao Xiaozhi

Rao Xiaozhi, born in October 1980 in Guizhou, is a director in mainland China and graduated from the director department of Central Academy of drama.

In 2008, he co founded spring drama studio with Li Yapeng. In 2009, directed the gentleman comedy "Hello, robbery! 》In the same year, he directed the drama version of "love to the end". In 2012, he directed the gentleman comedy salted egg. In 2014, he directed the stage play northeast past. In April 2015, he directed the drama "fool"; in the same year, he directed the stage drama "left ear". In 2014, he won the best director award of the 9th Golden Lion Award for Chinese drama. In 2016, he wrote and directed the suspense comedy film "Hello, madman! 》It's shown in China. In 2018, he directed the absurd comedy "nobody", which won the Golden Lotus Award for best film at the 10th Macau International Film Festival. With this film, he was selected as the young director of the year of the 10th China Film Directors Association. In 2019, the suspense comedy film Shylock on the plain, which is supervised by him, will be released. In 2020, he directed the comedy "the crowd is surging".

Early experience

After graduating from high school, Rao Xiaozhi entered the performance Department of the Art College of Guizhou University in his hometown. At that time, he liked to write his own sketches. Rao Xiaozhi's talent was highly valued by the school teachers, who were usually very strict with him and recommended him to be admitted to the Central Academy of drama.

Acting experience

In 2005, he directed the drama "my name? 》。 In 2008, she directed the female drama women, starring Huang Liwan and Cheng Yi. In the same year, she co founded spring drama studio with Li Yapeng.

In February 2009, he directed the drama "love to the end" supervised by Li Yapeng; in April, he directed the gentleman comedy "Hello, robbery" starring Cheng Yi and Wen Tao! 》On August 19, he directed the children's drama magic umbrella.

In 2012, he directed the gentleman comedy salted egg. In January 2013, he directed the Oriental satellite TV New Year's drama "battle of the best" starring Chen Jiahua, Wang Zijian, di Zhijie, etc.; in May, he directed the gentleman comedy "Hello, madman! 》。

In October 2014, he directed the stage play northeast past adapted from Kong Ergou's original work of the same name; in November 2014, he directed the micro film smoke gun adapted from the drama salted egg, which was shot to the end in 22 minutes and paid homage to Samuel Beckett, the representative dramatist of the absurd drama; in December, he launched the limited experience version Hello, madman! 》In December, with the help of "Hello, robbery! 》Hello, madman! 》"Northeast past" and other drama works won the best director award in the 9th Golden Lion Award of Chinese drama.

In April 2015, he directed the second work "fool" after the same series of stage play "salted egg"; in September, he appeared in the press conference of "artist residence plan" of Tianqiao Art Center as a representative of young directors, supporting the "Art +" plan; in December, he directed the stage play "left ear" adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Rao Xueman; in the same year, he took part in the costume directed by Wu Jiatai Martial arts drama "five rats in Tokyo".

On December 30, 2016, he wrote and directed the suspense comedy "Hello, madman! 》Released in China, the film is Rao Xiaozhi's first personal feature film, starring Wan Xi, Zhou Yiwei and Jin Shijie. It tells the story of seven strangers who are incarcerated in a mental hospital without preparation. The film is shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 8th Macau International Film Festival.

In 2018, he directed the absurd comedy "nobody", CO starring Chen Jianbin, Ren Suxi and Zhang Yu. The theme of the film focuses on a lost gun and a fierce and cute robbery. The film won the Golden Lotus Award for best film at the 10th Macau International Film Festival, and Rao Xiaozhi and Lei Zhilong were nominated for best screenwriter. In addition, the film was also shortlisted for the 10th China Film Directors Association Rao Xiaozhi was shortlisted as the young director of the year.

In 2019, he guest starred in the science fiction film wandering earth directed by Guo fan; on November 29, the suspense comedy Shylock on the plain, which was supervised by Guo fan, was released, telling the absurd adventure story of two "Tuku" detectives looking for the driver who caused the accident.

February 12, 2021, directed by Andy Lau, Xiao Yang, Wan Xi starred in the comedy film "surge of people," the film tells the story of cold-blooded killers and desperate dragon set in an accident to exchange identity, which leads to a series of tragic humorous stories.

Main works

Directing plays

Film director

Take part in drama

Take part in the film

Take part in TV series

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Rao Xiaozhi creates a series of gentleman comedies, in which he pays close attention to reality and has a unique interpretation of absurdity. In the limited edition drama "Hello, madman! 》Rao Xiaozhi wakes up every actor's imagination and creative desire through scheduling and debugging, so that this "brain burning" drama always maintains a stable balance between logical connection and performance. In the drama "fool", while continuing the style of "gentleman comedy", he also reflects on the social and living situation, which makes the audience laugh and think constantly. (Sohu Entertainment, Phoenix Entertainment, Sina entertainment)

As the movie "nobody", "Hello, madman! 》Rao Xiaozhi's works are full of postmodern dramatic expression and deep reflection under the shell of black humor. (Tencent Entertainment review)