Zhou Xiaowen (; born 1954 in
Beijing
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) is a
Chinese filmmaker. He graduated from the Cinematography Department of the
Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Film Academy (BFA; ) is a coeducational state-run higher education institution in Beijing, China. The film school is the largest institution specializing in the tertiary education for film and television production in Asia. The academy ...
in 1975 and is part of the so-called
Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers.
[Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). "Fifth Generation" i]
''Encyclopedia of Chinese Film''
Taylor & Francis, p. 164. .
Zhou's thrillers received commercial success. Due to government censorship several of his films were prevented from being released. Very few people not in China knew about Zhou before the 1994 release of ''
Ermo''.
[Xiao and Zhang, p]
95
Selected filmography
References
* Xiao, Zhiwei and Yingjin Zhang. ''Encyclopedia of Chinese Film''.
Taylor & Francis
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, June 1, 2002. , 9780203195550.
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External links
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Zhou Xiaowenat the Chinese Movie Database
by Augusta Palmer, from IndieWire People
Film directors from Beijing
Beijing Film Academy alumni
1954 births
Living people
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20th-century Chinese male actors
Chinese male television actors