Biography
Feng Xiaogang is a Chinese filmmaker and actor. After making his directorial debut with the romance film Lost My Love (1994), Feng had three film projects in succession disrupted by Chinese censorship, prompting him to pivot toward comedy. He rose to fame through his collaboration with actor Ge You and played a pivotal role in shaping the Chinese New Year film genre with popular comedies such as The Dream Factory (1997), Be There or Be Square (1998), Sorry Baby (1999), Big Shot's Funeral (2001), and the film series If You Are the One (2008–2023). From the 2000s onward, Feng diversified by directing dramas and epics such as Cell Phone (2003), A World Without Thieves (2004), The Banquet (2006), Assembly (2007), Aftershock (2010), Back to 1942 (2012), I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016), for which he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director, Youth (2017), and We Girls (2025).
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Awards & recognition
- Golden Horse Award — Best Director · 2016
- Golden Horse Award — Best Leading Actor · 2015
- Shanghai International Film Festival · 2011
- China Film Director's Guild Award — Best Director
- Golden Rooster Award — Best Director
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- Hundred Flowers Awards
Filmography16 titles
Let the Bullets Fly
Kung Fu Hustle
Youth
A World Without Thieves
The Dream Factory
I Know Who You Are
Ash Is Purest White
Love for Life
I Am Not Madame Bovary
Mr. Six
Back to 1942
True Legend
The Banquet
Only You
Only Cloud Knows
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