Sheng Zhimin

Last updated
Sheng Zhimin
Sheng Zhimin01.jpg
Director Sheng Zhimin (left) at a film festival in Vesoul
Born1969 (age 55–56)
Beijing, China
Occupation(s) Film director, Screenwriter, Line producer
Awards NETPAC Award (Locarno)
2006 Bliss
Shanghai New Talent Best Picture
2007 Bliss

Sheng Zhimin (born 1969) is a Chinese filmmaker from Beijing. Unlike other directors to emerge in recent years, Sheng has had no formal training. He instead began his career as a line producer, screenwriter, and assistant director for other filmmakers like Jia Zhangke, Fruit Chan and Zhang Yang. [1] In these positions, Sheng worked on the films Spicy Love Soup , Durian Durian , Public Toilet , and Platform . [1]

Contents

Bliss

Sheng's first, and so far only directorial effort was 2006's Bliss , a family drama set in the central Chinese city of Chongqing.

Bliss premiered at the 2006 Locarno International Film Festival where it won the NETPAC award, [2] and had its North American premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. [3] It also screened at the 2007 Shanghai International Film Festival, where it picked up a best picture prize for the New Talent side-competition. [4]

Influences

Sheng lists Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull and Edward Yang's Yi Yi as important influences in his directorial style. [1] He also considers Jia Zhangke, Fruit Chan, and Yasujirō Ozu among his favorite filmmakers. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Toronto '06 Discovery Interview: Sheng Zhimin". indieWire. 2006-09-08. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  2. ↑ "OFFICIAL AWARDS OF THE 59th LOCARNO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL" (PDF). Locarno International Film Festival. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  3. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (2006-06-28). "'Babel,' 'Wind' top slots for Toronto fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 22, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  4. ↑ Jones, Arthur (2007-07-24). "'Plan' wins top prize at Shanghai". Variety. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.