Tan Jiaming

Tan Jiaming

Patrick Tam, born in Hong Kong, China in 1948, is a director, screenwriter, editor and art director of Chinese film and television. He has been an associate professor of City University of Hong Kong since 2000.

In 1980, he directed the first film "sword". In 1982, the director's film "fire youth" was regarded as the representative work of the new wave of Hong Kong film. In 1991, he won the best editing award of the 28th Golden Horse Award for Taiwan film for his film a Fei Zheng Zhuan. In 1994, he won the best editing award of the 31st Golden Horse Award for Taiwan film for his film dongxie Xidu. In 2006, he directed the film "father and son", which won the best film award of the 43rd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award; the next year, he won the best artistic contribution award of the 19th Tokyo International Film Festival, the best director award and best screenwriter award of the 26th Hong Kong Film Golden Award, and was shortlisted for the best editing of the 1st Asian Film Award.

Tan Jiaming is one of the representatives of the new wave movement of Hong Kong film. His films are highly stylized and famous for their sharp images.

Early experience

Born in Hong Kong, China in 1948, Tan Jiaming graduated from Hua Ren college in middle school. When he was young, he began to write film reviews and published them in Chinese students weekly edited by Rocca. He joined TVB in 1967, first as a field director, and later as the location director of double star and 73. After being appreciated by Gan Guoliang, the manager of TVB program department at that time, he got a lot of drama creation opportunities.

In 1973, he began to film the series. His main works include Qun Xing Pu, Qiqu Lu, CID, Beidou Xing, and seven women. Qun Xing Pu won the third place in the New York TV Festival and won the first prize in the international competition for Hong Kong TV programs. He began to work as a director in 1975 and went to San Francisco to learn editing in the same year. He left wireless in 1977 and worked as a location director at Jiayi TV.

Acting experience

In 1980, the director's first work "famous sword" was regarded as one of the symbolic works of the rise of the new wave of Hong Kong film. In 1981, he directed the film "love to kill" starring Lin Qingxia. In 1983, he directed "youth in flames", starring Zhang Guorong and Xia Wenxi. This film is an important work of the new wave of Hong Kong film. In 1984, he made the film "Snow", and the box office income was not ideal. Later, he directed the films such as "the final victory" (1987), "snow is burning" (1988), "killer butterfly dream" (1989).

In 1990, he went to Taiwan as an advertising director. In 1996, he transferred to Malaysia HVD production company as a screenwriter. In 2000, he was invited by the school of creative media, City University of Hong Kong to teach screenwriting and Hong Kong film production in Hong Kong. In 2006, he directed the film "father and son", starring Guo Fucheng and Yang Caini. The film won the best artistic contribution award of the 19th Tokyo International Film Festival, the best director award and best screenwriter award of the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards, and the best feature film award of the 43rd Taiwan Film Awards. On July 15, 2020, the directed band of seven was shortlisted for the "Cannes 2020" film list and the opening film of the 25th Pusan International Film Festival.

social activities

On April 15, 2007, "father and son" Director Tan Jiaming and producer Qiu likuan attended the 26th Hong Kong film awards dinner.

Main works

Directing works

Editing works

Film production

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Tan Jiaming is an important figure in the new wave movement of Hong Kong film in the 1980s. He directed such highly stylized films as famous sword and love to kill. From the famous sword, the final victory to the killer butterfly dream, there are some flaws in his works. However, in his 1989 shooting of the killer butterfly dream, the "shaking" scene of a hand-held camera by Zhong Zhentao to escape the pursuit is almost the rudiment of Lin Qingxia's shuttling through the Chongqing building in the later Chongqing forest, and he is a fan The editing of true story makes Wong Kar Wai's film a great leap forward from the green of Mongkok Carmen.

Tan Jiaming is a low-key photographer who is quite accomplished in screenwriting, directing, editing, art and music. At the same time, he is also a director who is good at exploring the temperament of stars. In his early works, we can see many familiar stars, such as Wang Zuxian and Liang Chaowei in killer butterfly dream, Zhong Chuhong in Xueer, and so on.