Chen Kuo-fu (born 13 May 1958) is a Taiwanese
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, pr ...
,
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
and
producer. His film ''
The Personals'' was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
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The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
1999 Cannes Film Festival
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The festi ...
.
Biography
Born in 1958 Chen worked as a film critic before debuting as a director in 1989 with ''School Girl''. In the 1990s, he continued to explore the female perspective with ''Treasure Island'', ''The Peony Pavilion'' (inspired by
traditional drama of the same name) and anti-romantic comedy ''
The Personals''. The latter, in which a single woman searches for Mr. Right on a series of blind dates, screened in Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar and was distributed in Asia, Europe and North America.
In 2000 Chen became the head of the production unit of the Asian branch of
Columbia Pictures
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. Here he accumulated experience in international film making and connections to young Chinese directors such as
Feng Xiaogang
Feng Xiaogang (; born 18 March 1958 in Beijing) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and politician. He is well known in China as a highly successful commercial filmmaker whose comedy films do consistently well at the box of ...
. With these he would later join
Huayi Brothers Media Corporation and continue his works in China.
[Teng Sue-feng. Translated by David Smith]
"Chen Kuo-fu--Back With a "Message"
''Taiwan Panorama''. December 2009.
In 2001 Chen began to concentrate on feature film production beginning with Su Chao-Bin's youth comedy ''Better Than Sex'' through his company Nan Fang Film Productions. The following year, he directed and produced the supernatural thriller ''
Double Vision''. The film was distributed internationally by co-producer Columbia Pictures.
In 2009 Chen served as an executive producer of China's then highest grossing domestic film of all time, Feng Xiaogang's romantic drama ''
If You Are the One''.
Filmography
* ''School Girl'' (1989)
* ''Treasure Island'' (1993)
* ''The Peony Pavilion'' (1996) ()
* ''
The Personals'' (1998)
* ''
Double Vision'' (2002)
* ''
The Message'' (2009 - co-dir: Gao Qunshu
* ''
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame'' (2010 - writer only)
* ''
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon'' (2013 - writer and producer only)
* ''
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings'' (2018 - producer only)
* ''
The Yinyang Master'' (2021)
References
External links
*
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1958 births
Living people
Taiwanese film directors
Taiwanese screenwriters
Taiwanese film producers
Asian film producers