Zhou Xiaowen (; born 1954 in
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
) is a
Chinese filmmaker. He graduated from the Cinematography Department of the
Beijing Film 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 outside 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.
Notes
External links
*
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