Cheng er

Cheng er

Cheng Er, born in August 1976, graduated from the director department of Beijing Film Academy in 1999. He is a male director, screenwriter and editor in mainland China.

In 1999, Cheng Er directed his graduation short film criminals, and acted as the screenwriter, director and editor of the film. In 2006, he directed the black thriller the third man. In 2013, he won the best new director award of the 13th Chinese Film Media Award and the outstanding young Drama Award of the 15th China Film Huabiao award. In 2014, he directed the suspense espionage film "the death of romantic". In April 2017, he won the director of the year award of the 8th China Film Directors Association.

In October 2019, Cheng er's new work "no romance" premiered in the trailer of the third Pingyao International Film Exhibition.

Character experience

In 1999, Cheng Er filmed the 35mm short film "criminals" and acted as the screenwriter, director and editor of the film. The film depicts the pressure of modern people and the inner conflict between good and evil with a seemingly plain but mysterious story. The film participated in the first independent film exhibition in 1999, the short film competition of Clement Ferrand International Film Festival in France in 2001, the short film competition of Busan International Film Festival in 2001, the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada in 2002, the Spanish international film festival in 2002 and the short film unit of New York University Film Festival in 2003. In 2006, Cheng Er directed the black thriller "the third man", which adopts the technique of suspense story and takes ordinary people's ordinary life as the background to reveal the complex inner state of modern urban people. In 2013, Cheng Er directed the criminal emotional film "the wind and cloud on the border", which won the best new director award of the 13th Chinese Film Media Award, the outstanding young Drama Award of the 15th China Film Huabiao award, and the best screenwriter award of the 20th Beijing University Students Film Festival. in October 2014, Cheng Er directed the suspense spy film "the death of romance" (formerly known as "floating life like a dream"), starring Zhang Ziyi and ge you. in December 2016, Cheng Er served as the first evaluation tutor of the second CFDG China Youth Film Director support program. in April 2017, he won the director of the year award of the 8th China Film Directors Association.

Main works

Directing works

Screenwriter's works

Award winning record

Character evaluation

When Cheng ER was a student, he came to the fore with a number of experimental short films. "The wind and cloud on the border" is only his second long film, but it has a breakthrough performance: the arrangement of chapters breaks the traditional narrative way, and he doesn't feel dull; after the improvement of traditional film elements, it turns into his own style, without a sense of stiffness. The treatment of human nature and the interpretation of violence are all very impressive. The film has a steady shot, well controlled actors and high degree of execution (Southern Metropolis Daily). Cheng er's "the history of the demise of romantic" is a film with excellent aesthetic feeling and ingenious narrative restraint. (Phoenix Finance Review)