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Feng Xiaogang

Director

Feng Xiaogang

Born March 18, 1958 in Beijing, China23 films

Feng Xiaogang is a Chinese film director. He is famous in China as being perhaps the most successful "commercialized" filmmaker whose comedy films do consistently well in the box office, although Feng has attempted to break out from that mold by making drama or period drama films recently.

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Youth posterFirst watchYouth20177.3A group of performing art troupe members each face their own trials and tribulations in Chengdu; from escaping a family scandal to dealing with unrequited love, each experiences rejection…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Aftershock poster7.2Aftershock2010A World Without Thieves poster7.3A World Without Thieves2004Assembly poster6.9Assembly2007If You Are the One poster6.8If You Are the One2008I Am Not Madame Bovary poster6.8I Am Not Madame Bovary2016Back to 1942 poster6.7Back to 19422012The Dream Factory poster7.1The Dream Factory1997The Banquet poster6.1The Banquet2006

Filmography

23 films as director
  1. TBACell Phone 2Director
  2. 2026I Know Who You AreDirector
  3. 2025We GirlsDirector
  4. 2023If You Are the One 3Director
  5. 2019Only Cloud KnowsDirector
  6. 2017YouthDirector
  7. 2016I Am Not Madame BovaryDirector
  8. 2013Personal TailorDirector
  9. 2012Back to 1942Director
  10. 2010If You Are the One 2Director
  11. 2010AftershockDirector
  12. 2008If You Are the OneDirector
  13. 2007AssemblyDirector
  14. 2006The BanquetDirector
  15. 2004A World Without ThievesDirector
  16. 2003Cell PhoneDirector
  17. 2001Big Shot's FuneralDirector
  18. 2000A SighDirector
  19. 1999Sorry BabyDirector
  20. 1998Be There or Be SquareDirector
  21. 1997The Dream FactoryDirector
  22. 1994Gone Forever with My LoveDirector
  23. 1990Bloody HiltonDirector