Profile of Kaige Chen on Famous Like Me

Chen Kaige (Simplified Chinese: 陈凯歌; Traditional Chinese: 陳凱歌; pinyin: Chén Kǎigē; Wade-Giles: Ch'en K'ai-ko) (born August 12, 1952) is a famous Chinese film director.

He was born in Beijing, and grew up with fellow Fifth-Generation alumni Tian Zhuangzhuang as a childhood friend. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling. His famed Farewell My Concubine (1993), nominated for two Academy Awards and winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival, follows two Beijing opera stars through decades of change in China during the twentieth century. Equally famous is his The Emperor and the Assassin (1999) , an epic involving the legendary King of Qin and the reluctant assassin who aims to kill him. But Kaige doesn't limit himself to epics. His more recent Together (2002) is an intimate film about a young violinist and his doting father.

Kaige has also acted in several films, including Bertolucci's The Last Emperor (1987) and The Emperor and the Assassin.

Today he stands with Zhang Yimou and Tian Zhuangzhuang as the best known of the so-called Fifth-Generation filmmakers, or the Beijing Film Academy's graduating class of 1982.

Filmography

• Yellow Earth (黃土地, 1984)
• The Big Parade (大阅兵, 1986)
• King of Children (孩子王, 1987)
• played brief role as Imperial Guard Chief in US film The Last Emperor
• Life on a String (é‚Šèµ°é‚Šå”±, 1991)
• Farewell, My Concubine (霸王别姬, 1992)
• Temptress Moon (風月, 1996)
• The Emperor and the Assassin (荊柯刺秦王, 1999)
• Killing Me Softly (2002)
• Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) (segment "100 Flowers Hidden Deep") (Short)
• Together (和你在一起, 2003)
• The Promise (无极, 2005)

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