Xu Zhaoren

Xu Zhaoren

Xu Zhaoren, born in Taiwan Province in 1970, is a director, screenwriter and actor in Taiwan, China.

In 1997, he was the assistant director of the plot film dark light. In 2001, he worked together with Wu Zhaoying and Yang Yazhe as the screenwriter of the TV series "rebellious girl". With this play, he was shortlisted for the 36th Taiwan Golden Bell award unit screenwriter award. In 2003, he directed his first film "breathe hard", which won the 38th Taiwan TV Golden Bell Award drama unit award. With this film, he won the 38th Taiwan TV Golden Bell Award drama director (director) award. In 2004, he directed the love drama "Love Contract", which was shortlisted for the 40th Golden Bell Award for drama director.

In 2010, he and Lin Zhiru co directed the emotional inspirational drama "holding the hand of the paper harrier", for which he was shortlisted for the 45th Golden Bell Award drama director award of Taiwan TV. In 2012, with the modern love drama "sweet secret", he was shortlisted for the best new director award of the 50th Golden Horse Award. In 2017, he won the 52nd Golden Bell Award for drama director for his family drama sweet and sour. In 2018, he and Chen Zhengdao co directed the love fantasy drama "knot love · the first love of a thousand year old". In 2019, he co directed the suspense drama skyscraper with Chen Zhengdao and Wu Zhongtian.

Acting experience

After graduating from University, Xu Zhaoren entered the popular channel of TV station, specializing in playing dull European films. In 1997, he was the assistant director of the plot film dark light, directed by Zhang Zuoji. In 2001, the crime thriller "beautiful time" was released as an assistant director. In the same year, he worked with Wu Zhaoying and Yang Yazhe as the screenwriter of the TV series "rebellious girl", and he was shortlisted for the 36th Taiwan Golden Bell Award for unit play.

In 2002, he was the assistant director of the plot film "give me a cat", starring Guan Ying and Zhang Yuchen. In 2003, he directed his first film "breathe hard", which won the 38th Taiwan TV Golden Bell Award drama unit award. With this film, he won the 38th Taiwan TV Golden Bell Award drama director (director) award.

In 2004, he directed the love drama "Love Contract" co starred by Lin Yichen and he Junxiang. With this drama, he was shortlisted for the director award of the 40th Taiwan Golden Bell Award. In 2005, he directed the movie "look at me again".

In 2010, he and Lin Zhiru co directed the emotional inspirational drama "the hand of the paper harrier", which tells the story of four teachers with their own characteristics who help the lost teenagers to find their dream sky with love. With this play, he was shortlisted for the 45th Golden Bell Award drama director award of Taiwan TV. In 2011, he directed the short story "seed" co starred by Sui Tang and Yang Youning.

In 2012, he directed the children's short film "substitute teacher"; in the same year, he directed the modern love drama "sweet secret" co starred by Sui Tang and Li lie, which was shortlisted for the 17th Pusan International Film Festival, and he was shortlisted for the best new director award of the 50th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award.

In 2015, he directed the TV drama "exit office", which was co starred by Wu kangren and Huang Peijia. In the same year, he directed the love drama "my 30 laws", which was co starred by Xiu Jiekai, Xia Yuqiao and Liu Pinyan. The drama takes the insurance brokerage industry as the story background, and tells the story of the bitterness and competition in the workplace, as well as the pressure in life and emotion.

In 2016, he co directed the love unit drama rolling stone love story with a number of directors, which is composed of 20 representative story units. In 2017, he directed the family drama "sweet and sour taste" co starred by he Yihang and Ke Shuqin, which tells the story of the ordinary life of the pan family with laughter and tears. He won the drama director award of the 52nd Golden Bell award of Taiwan TV.

In 2018, he and Chen Zhengdao co directed the love fantasy drama "jieai · the first love of a thousand year old", which was adapted from the novel "jieai · strange guests meet joys" written by Shi dingrou; in the same year, he directed the campus drama "hot blooded University" co starred by Jiang Xueming, Chen Haoyu and Zhao Yue; later, he directed the suspense drama "angry Bodhisattva" co starred by Wu kangren, Wu Jianhe, which was reformed Edited from the novel of the same name by Japanese writer Chen shunchen.

In 2019, he co directed the suspense drama skyscraper with Chen Zhengdao and Wu Zhongtian, which is adapted from Chen Xue's novel of the same name.

Main works

Director's work

Assistant director

Screenwriter's works

Take part in the film

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Xu Zhaoren's works often focus on social issues with special temperament. Although it is not high-yield, from the perspective of drama series, most of Xu Zhaoren's works are not small and fresh idol series. They pay more attention to the theme behind TV dramas, and the shooting style is also a stream of life, which is more like Japanese dramas. Self, not anxious, is Xu Zhaoren's most different temperament. Whether it's about social issues or love of the times, emotional delicacy runs through Xu Zhaoren's works. He is not willing to perceive the changes of the times. He thinks that no matter what drama of any era, emotion is the common ground, so it's the most important to grasp this. In his works, the Taiwanese flavor in Xu Zhaoren's works has never been reduced. Hakka dialect appears in sour and sweet taste and outbound office, and local flavor comes to his face. But the emotion is always delicate, from confession to love, and even the funeral industry's emotional expression of customers' families, are the highlights of the drama (surging news review).