Zhong Zheng(II)
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Zheng Zhong is a native Beijinger whose career has put him on the
forefront of China's emerging international film culture. Fluent in
English, Zheng Zhong was involved in writing and performing live
theater in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago throughout most the 1990s
before returning to China to pen some of the most popular TV series in
Chinese history. Working alongside director Li Shaohong, Zheng Zhong
wrote such award-winning TV dramas as PALACE OF DESIRE (1999) and
ORANGES TURN RIPE (2001). In 2004, Zheng Zhong's script for BAOBER IN
LOVE starring Zhou Xun was awarded the "Youth Forum" award at the 2004
Berlin Film Festival. In 2009, working alongside a truly international
cast and crew, Zheng Zhong make his directorial debut with GASP-a
visually radical film starring Ge You and John Savage and one of the
top grossing Chinese films of 2009.