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Tang Wei was born on 7 October 1979 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for Lust, Caution (2007), Decision to Leave (2022) and Blackhat (2015). She has been married to Kim Tae-yong since 12 July 2014. They have one child.- Actress
- Producer
- Music Department
Zhou Xun is an internationally acclaimed Chinese actress and singer.
She caught international attention through her roles in Lou Ye's Suzhou River in 2000 and Dai Sijie's film adaption of the book of same name Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress in 2002. In 2003, she starred in the television remake of Jinyong's novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes as "Huang Rong" with actor Li Yapeng. Zhou then successfully entered the Hong Kong film market in Peter Chan's Perhaps Love in 2005. This role gained her the Best Actress award in the Hong Kong Film Awards. Aside from acting, she has also released solo albums in 2003 titled "Summer" and in 2005 "Come Across", and sang for "Baober In Love," "Xin Bian Guo Le Xi San Meng You Xian Jing," and "Perhaps Love" motion picture soundtracks.- Yitian Hu was born on 26 December 1993 in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. He is an actor, known for Go Go Squid! (2019), A Love So Beautiful (2017) and Handsome Siblings (2020).
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- Writer
- Director
Jiao Xu was born on 5 August 1997 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress and writer, known for CJ7 (2008), The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010) and Starry Starry Night (2011).- Vicky Yu was born on 20 December 1990 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for The Great Wall (2016), Who Sleeps My Bro (2016) and The Honey Enemy (2015).
- Anyu Wang was born on 3 February 1998 in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China. He is an actor, known for Falling Into You (2022), Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty (2019) and Ode to Joy (2016).
- Producer
Qi Lin was born in 1981 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. Qi was a producer, known for Ferrari (2023), 3 Body Problem (2024) and Three-Body (2023). Qi died on 25 December 2020 in Shanghai, China.- Director
- Writer
- Music Department
Chang Cheh was the leading Martial Arts director in Hong Kong in the 1970s, now with close to 100 films to his name. His has influenced other directors such as John Woo and Liu Chiau Liang, and made famous such Hong Kong stars as Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Fu Sheng and Lung Ti. Chang has declared that he will stop working after he has made his 101st film. During the 1970s, Chang was the most prolific of the directors for the now legendary Shaw Brothers Studios, and most revered works include Dynasty of Blood (1973) (aka Blood Brothers) and the awesome film which is Five Deadly Venoms (1978) (aka Five Venoms).- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Yun Lin was born on 16 April 1996 in Huzhou, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for The Mermaid (2016), Bu wan me shou hai ren (2023) and A Dream of Splendor (2022).- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Feihong Yu is a young Chinese actress, best known to Americans for her highlight role in "The Joy Luck Club" as "Ying Ying", the young mother who drowns her baby after being betrayed by her husband. She was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The daughter of nuclear engineers, Faye was trained from age six in Chinese Classical Dance. She enrolled in the Beijing Film Academy Acting Department in 1989. While on vacation in Shanghai from the Academy she was introduced to Wayne Wang and "The Joy Luck Club" production staff, who were on a location scout. Although they had not intended to cast anyone from mainland China, they were impressed by her talent, experience, and fresh good looks and gave her the role of the most tragic character in the film. The production brought her to the U.S. for the first time, because the role, although set in China, was shot in entirely in San Francisco. After "The Joy Luck Club" Faye appeared in the Hong Kong film "Tian Di" with star Andy Lau. She returned to Beijing at the invitation of her school to become an Assistant Professor. She moved to Los Angeles in late 1994 to establish herself for work in English language Motion Pictures and Television.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Cheney Chen was born on 28 June 1990 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. He is an actor, known for The Great Wall (2016), Tiny Times 3.0 (2014) and Rush to the Dead Summer (2017).- Ruonan Zhang was born on 14 November 1996 in Yueqing City, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. She is an actress, known for Be Yourself (2021), A Date with the Future (2023) and The End of Endless Love (2020).
- Ziqi Wang was born on 25 February 1996 in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. He is an actor, known for Bright Eyes in the Dark (2023), The Love You Give Me (2023) and Winter and Lion (2023).
- Saifei He was born on 13 January 1964 in Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for Raise the Red Lantern (1991), Off the Stage (2022) and Lust, Caution (2007).
- Michelle Ye or Ye Xuan (born February 14, 1980) is a Chinese actress and producer. In 1999, she won the Miss Chinese International competition. Ye then signed a contract with TVB from 1999 to 2005. After she left TVB, She signed with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited to pursue a movie career.
Ye is fluent in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin. She immigrated to the United States at age 10. She attended John Dewey High School where she won first place at the International Science and Engineering Fair in the Botany sector (1998). She was a scholarship student at Wellesley College, but left before graduating to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
In July 1999, Ye accepted a contract offered by TVB after winning the Miss Chinese International Pageant. She had a number of leading roles in dramas such as, Eternal Happiness, Triumph in the Skies, and Lost in the Chamber of Love. Ye has worked as a host and MC.
In 2004, she was TVB's on-site reporter at the Olympic Games in Athens. Additionally, she was the MC for a special mid-autumn evening broadcast on CCTV.
She left TVB in June 2005 and moved on to Rich & Famous one month after to get more exposure in the movie industry. Ye also starred in a few series with ATV, China Productions, and I-Cable.
Ye published an autobiography titled Shang Shan Ruo Shui - Xuan Gong Lue in July 2006.
Apart from her acting career, she is currently owner and chairman of a production company (Michelle Ye Studios-Zhejiang Bohai Television Ltd), owner of a sushi restaurant and Vice President of the Hengdian Film Association. - Dong Han was born on 11 November 1980 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. He is an actor, known for Sound of the Desert (2014), Swordsman (2013) and A Chinese Tall Story (2005).
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- Production Manager
Run Run Shaw was born in Shanghai, China on October 4, 1907. He went into the filming industry with his brother, Runme Shaw, and established the Shaw Organization in 1926 and the Shaw Studios (formerly South Seas Film studio) in 1930. In 1967, Shaw established the famous Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) station in Hong Kong, and it grew into a multi-billion dollar TV empire. TVB set the stage for numerous television sitcoms, drama series, documentaries and singing performances, as well as "Enjoy Yourself Tonight," a variety show similar to "Saturday Night Live."
Shaw owns many businesses throughout the world, including Macy's and Canada's Shaw Tower at Cathedral Place. Throughout the years, Shaw has donated billions of dollars to charities, schools and hospitals. As a result, many Hong Kong buildings were named after him.
Shaw himself has also made regular appearances in TV shows and programs from TVB, including their Chinese New Year celebration programs. During these programs, Shaw would often lead an "awakening" ceremony that precedes the famous Chinese Lion Dance. Shaw has continued to lead this tradition throughout the years.- Xiwen Cao was born on 16 November 1983 in Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for San ba xian (2016), Our Glamorous Time (2018) and Lost (2012).
- Actress
Karena Ng was born on 27 October 1993 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for Ip Man 3 (2015), Happy Magic (2011) and Sunshine of My Life (2021). She has been married to BoXiong Shi since 16 December 2023.- Actor
- Producer
- Executive
Jack Ma is a Chinese business executive and the owner of Alibaba Group, which bought the company ChinaVision Media in 2014 (now known as Alibaba Media). It is ranked the largest Chinese film company by worth. The company have invested in a number of Chinese films and also bigger blockbusters like Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation, Star Trek Beyond and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.- Jiaqi Li was born on 28 August 1997 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for Meteor Garden (2018), 99 Fen Nu Peng You (2020) and Wait, My Youth (2019).
- Dan Zhu was born on 4 August 1981 in Dongyang, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for Love in OB & GYNS (2014), Brotherhood of Blades (2014) and Yong bu tuo xie (2022). She has been married to Yiwei Zhou since 1 January 2017. They have two children.
- Yiran Wang was born on 21 February 1994 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. He is an actor, known for Dragon Blade (2015), Ji Gong Subdues Demons (2020) and Shi er fu de (2023).
- Li-Jen Ho was born in 1911 in Zhejiang, China. He was an actor, known for Enter the Dragon (1973), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) and Vengeance! (1970). He died on 18 April 1978 in Hong Kong.
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Bing Shao was born on 15 February 1968 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. He is an actor, known for Ying jia (1995), Rhapsody of Spring (1998) and The Myth (2005).- Actor
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- Additional Crew
Chunhua Ji was born on 20 July 1961 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. He was an actor, known for Seven Swordsmen (2005), The New Legend of Shaolin (1994) and Fist from Shaolin (1993). He died on 11 July 2018 in Hangzhou, China.- Actress
- Producer
- Casting Director
Yun Zhou was born on 17 December 1978 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress and producer, known for The Assassin (2015), Hidden Man (2018) and Jin hun feng yu qing (2011). She has been married to Wen Jiang since 2005. They have one child.- Writer
- Director
- Additional Crew
Louis Cha was born on 10 March 1924 in Haining, Zhejiang Province, China. He was a writer and director, known for Wong lao hu qiang qin (1960), Sakra (2023) and The Romance of the Condor Heroes (2014). He was married to Lin Leyi, Zhu Mei and Du Zhifen. He died on 30 October 2018 in Hong Kong, China(undisclosed).- Producer
Biao grew up in a humble farming village in China and managed to get to University in the UK. He was introduced to the world of media and determined to be involved in the industry and through the help of a BAFTA member of many years, and he is now developing a number of film projects.
Coming from a very different world he is hoping that by sharing his stories of growing up and the film desires he has will help him and his fellow colleagues in the film industry find success in the wonderful and so important world of film.
Biao wants to be able to mix with others like him who are determined to find success in films and tell the world important stories that help and hopefully inspire also, by mixing with others attempting the same difficult path and by giving advice and most importantly getting advice hopefully one day achieving that goal.
Due to Biao's extensive knowledge and connections with the Chinese film & television industries he is also well placed to advise the company on current and future film projects being developed with a number of Chinese entertainment entities.
Biao is a director of Stagescreen Productions (Films) Limited. Stagescreen Productions is an independent film, television & stage production company with offices in London & Los Angeles.
During the Covid-19 lock-down in 2020, Biao decided to write his memoirs. These have now been published as Journey To The West: A Long March from Eastern Dream to Western Reality, which tells the story of his experience of growing up in a poor farming rural village in China and the path to establishing himself in the UK. He hopes his story will inspire other people to create ambitious goals and find ways to bring them to reality.
Biao Wang's memoir 'Journey To The West' is a fascinating account of the passage of a poor boy from a small, impoverished rural Chinese village to a brilliant, international commercial career and will read as a truly inspiring example of what can be achieved from the least promising background through determination and imagination.
A potted history of modern China leads seamlessly into the story of a young man who, with a combination of remarkable foresight, dedication and courage, has built several successful businesses and established himself at a remarkably young age as a leader in international commercial co-operation.
Here is somebody who has grasped life eagerly, and what his buoyant tale demonstrates is the importance of seeing opportunity and unhesitatingly pursuing it; the story bursts with energy and practical wisdom without any sense of self-importance, whilst taking us stage by stage through Biao's interesting life. From his relatively carefree, if impoverished, childhood in a small village, he takes us, unhurriedly through his education and early struggles, to his great leap forward when he bravely sets out for the unknown world of England, determined to immerse himself in its culture rather than retreating into the comfortable familiarity of his compatriots, seizing opportunities as they arise, always aware of his place in the wider scheme of things.
The narrative offers an intriguing picture of life in contemporary China, and on the way explains much about the Chinese character and attitudes. His insights into what makes for success are almost incidental as we follow his journey from grinding poverty to commercial achievement. Those from similar backgrounds in any part of the world can take courage from this eloquent account of the power of determination; readers anywhere can share in his infectious enthusiasm for life and all the opportunities it offers.
"Journey To The West" is also a timely reminder, at a time when the emerging power of China is seen as a threat to the West, that we are all one species, with the same needs and desires, as through his storytelling Biao Wang gives China and the Chinese a human face.
"Journey To The West" is a cultural bridge as well as a thoroughly enjoyable and absorbing read.
As Biao Wang most eloquently says "having travelled the world and witnessed many inequalities and the problems such different starting blocks can bring, if I've learned anything, it is that success is always possible, whatever your situation and however your life begins."
So, fasten your seat belts and take note as you travel from one extraordinary chapter to another - it should be an inspiration to us all.- Actor
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yueh Sun was born on 26 October 1930 in Yuyao, Zhejiang, China. He was an actor and assistant director, known for City on Fire (1987), Storm Over the Yangtse River (1969) and Old Mao's Second Spring (1984). He was married to You Jingying. He died on 1 May 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan.- Marijam Agischewa was born on 22 December 1958 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for Familie Neumann (1984), In aller Freundschaft (1998) and Derrick (1974). She has been married to Georg Alexander since 1995. She was previously married to Wolfgang Häntsch.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Script and Continuity Department
Kuo-Chu Chang was born on 17 October 1948 in Yuyao, Zhejiang, Republic of China. He is an actor, known for A Brighter Summer Day (1991), The Hospital (2006) and An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty (1984).- Actress
Ke Hu was born on 1 December 1975 in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for Trident (2020), Journey to the West (2011) and Fu hun (2010). She has been married to Yi Sha since 20 February 2011. They have two children.- Sui He is best known for her work as a Victoria's Secret and Shiseido fashion model. She appeared in five Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2011 through 2015. Sui He has been a face of Shiseido since 2012. She has appeared on the cover or has been featured in many international fashion magazines including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Allure, Harper's Bazaar, Glass, V and W among others. Sui He has consistently been listed on top model lists at model.com since her breakthrough in 2011. She was born on September 23, 1989 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. She was discovered when she won a local model contest at the age seventeen and signed with an agency soon after.
- Yilun Sheng was born on 23 September 1992 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. He is an actor, known for God of Lost Fantasy (2019), Kun Lun Gui (2020) and The Princess and the Werewolf (2023).
- Zuxin Ye was born on 8 July 1984 in Quzhou, Zhejiang, China. He is an actor, known for Heroes of Sui and Tang (2012), Age of Legends (2018) and Startling by Each Step (2011).
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jin Xie was born on 21 November 1923 in Zhejiang, China. He was a director and writer, known for Hibiscus Town (1987), Legend of Tianyun Mountain (1980) and Two Stage Sisters (1964). He died on 18 October 2008 in Shangyu, Zhejiang Province, China.- Jieqiong Zhou was born on 16 December 1998 in Taizhou, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for Miss Truth (2020), Yang guang jie mei tao (2021) and Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Love in Pavilion.
- Di Yao was born on 17 March 1982 in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for A Dream in Red Mansions (2010), Sword Dynasty (2019) and Departed Heroes (2011).
- Xiangyu Dai was born on 27 December 1984 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. He is an actor, known for Lost in the Pacific (2016), Ye ban shu tou (2014) and The Ultimate Winner (2011). He has been married to Zihan Chen since 18 May 2016.
- Sophie Zhang was born on 18 June 1997 in Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, China. She is an actress, known for Gou shi san (2013), Princess Silver (2019) and Hot-Blooded Youth (2019).
- Zijun Mao was born on 31 December 1986 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. He is an actor, known for Beauty Hao Lan (2019), The Glory of Tang Dynasty (2017) and The Journey of Flower (2024).
- Writer
- Actor
Yu Hua was born on 3 April 1960 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. He is a writer and actor, known for Seventeen Years (1999), Only the River Flows (2023) and To Live (1994).- Jiaqi Xu was born on 27 August 1995 in Linhai City, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China. She is an actress, known for Girls Generation (2016), Why Me, Sweetie? (2003) and Wo ai miao xing ren (2021).
- Actress
Qing He was born on 13 January 1964 in Quzhou, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for The Singer (1997), San guo yan yi (1995) and Journey to the West (1986). She was previously married to Yajun Xu.- Producer
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- Director
Runme Shaw was born in 1901 in Zhenhai, Zhejiang, China. He was a producer and director, known for Vengeance! (1970), Have Sword, Will Travel (1969) and Bai she zhuan (1926). He died on 2 March 1985 in Singapore.- Pei-Pei Shu was born on 28 January 1947 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for Ai qing da pai mai (1971), The Imperial Swordsman (1972) and Ru xia (1967).
- Long Zheng was born in Quzhou, Zhejiang, China. He is known for Beauty Hao Lan (2019), Destined to Love You (2015) and Story of Yanxi Palace (2018).
- Kai-Li Mi was born on 9 January 1971 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for Nie Xiaoqian (2016), Tianliang yihou bu fenshou (2006) and See You In Time (2017).
- Si-si Chen was born on 14 June 1983 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. She is an actress, known for Empresses in the Palace (2011), Love Like the Galaxy (2022) and Empresses in the Palace (2015).