Wang Quan'an () (b. 1965) is a Sixth Generation

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film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. Wang was born in

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. He graduated from the

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in 1991. He had a ten-year relationship with actress and muse

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, which ended in 2009.

Career

Unlike many of his contemporaries, who focus on urban life, Wang's films have often emphasized China's rural life, including ''

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'' and ''

Tuya's Marriage ''Tuya's Marriage'' is a 2006 Chinese film directed by Wang Quan'an. Storyline The film depicts life in Inner Mongolia, in a region where desertification is making life hard for sheep herders. It tells the story of Tuya and her husband, who agr ...

'' (2007). Wang's films have also often focused on female protagonists, including his first four films, who all starred actress

. Wang's 2009 film, ''

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'' took him to familiar territory, exploring working class female experiences in modern-day China. Wang's most recent film, '' Apart Together''—his first without Yu Nan in the starring role—follows an old

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soldier who returns to China from Taiwan after fifty years to find his first love. ''Apart Together'' opened the 2010

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. In 2011, Wang Quan'an and

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had a whirlwind romance, and they married on April 18 of that year. Zhang announced they were divorced on July 2, 2015. On 15 September 2014, Wang Quan'an and a woman were arrested in Beijing for prostitution.

Honors and awards

Since his debut film, ''Lunar Eclipse'', in 1999, Wang has achieved success on the international film festival circuit. Most notably, he was awarded the prestigious Golden Bear at the 2007

for his film, ''

''. The win was the third time a Chinese film had been awarded the Berlinale's top award, after Xie Fei's ''

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'' and

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's debut film, '' Red Sorghum''. He also won the Best Screenplay award for '' Apart Together'' at the

60th Berlin International Film Festival The 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2010, with Werner Herzog as President of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama ''Apart Together'', in comp ...

with co-writer Jin Na. The award was presented to him on stage by jury member and former partner

. In February 2017, Wang was a member of the jury for the

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Filmography

As director

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External links

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Wang Quan'an
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