Zhou Xiaowen

Zhou Xiaowen was born in Beijing in 1954. According to the University of Wooster, he graduated in 1975 from the cinematography department of the Beijing Film Institute. Counted among the Fifth Generation, he co-directed two films in 1987, with Shi Chengfeng and Guo Fangfang, and became known through successful crime films. Several of his films were blocked by the censors, and he remained little known outside China until the mid-nineties. His films focus on ordinary people rather than on grand history.

In the catalogue 1

• CinemaThe Emperor's Shadow秦頌Zhou Xiaowen · 1996Cinema