Every good film has a strong back of a good script.” There are lots of screenwriters in the world that are known for their work. Here, we have brought you the ten greatest Chinese screenwriters who are most prominent in their field.
1. Wang Shuo
Born: 23 August 1958 (age 63 years)
Movies: In the Heat of the Sun, The Troubleshooters, The dream Factory, Little Red Flowers, and many more.
Wang Shuo is a famous Chinese author and actor. He is a man with multi-talents and is also a director and cultural icon. As a novelist, he has written around 20 novels for television series and movies. The translated version of his work is available in many languages like Japanese, Spanish, French, English, Italian, Hindi, and many others. He is a celebrated author with vast cultural status in China.
2. Wong Kar-Wai
Born: 17 July 1958 (age 63 years)
Movies: Faa Yeung nin wa, My Blueberry Nights, The Grandmaster, and many more.
Wong Kar-wai is a well-known Hong Kong movie director, screenwriter, and producer. His films are known for nonlinear narratives, atmospheric music, bold and saturated colors to establish good cinematography.
3. Liu Heng
Born: May 1954 (age 67 years)
Movies: Black snow, Ju Dou, The story of Qiu Ju, and many more.
Liu Heng is a Chinese writer. He has an image of a realist writer. His novel Black Snow later appeared on the big screen as a feature film.
4. Zhang Yimou
Born: 2 April 1950 (age 71 years)
Movies: Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower, and many more.
Zhang Yimou is a well-known Chinese director, writer, and actor. Besides this, he is also a producer and former cinematographer. He is known to be the famous Chinese filmmaker of the Fifth Generation. He made his debut as a director with the 1987 movie Red Sorghum.
5. Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting
Born: 28 December 1955 (age 65 years)
Movies: Manhattan Midnight, The Medallion, Biu choh chat yat ching, and many more.
Alfred Cheung Kin-ting is a famous Chinese actor and writer. He is also a director and producer. He began to work as a scriptwriter from 1981 and brought out his notable works including, 'The Story of Woo Viet' and “Father & Son.” He contributed as a dual role of scriptwriter and director in the 1983 movie “Let's Make Laugh,” which made him, won the “Best Screenplay.”
6. Feng Xiaogang
Born: 18 March 1958 (age 63 years)
Movies: Mr. Six, A World Without Thieves, Assembly, and many more.
Feng Xiaogang is a famous Chinese director and screenwriter. The word multi-talented suits him best as he is also an actor and politician. He is well known successful commercial filmmaker in China for his comedy films success on box office, although Feng has now stepped out to seek other projects like TV drama and period drama films.
7. Ng See-Yuen
Born: 6 June 1944 (age 77 years)
Movies: Host for a Ghost, Drunken Master, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, and many more.
Ng See-yuen is a well-known Chinese director and owns his independent film companies in Hong Kong. He is a producer and screenwriter too. He has shown his contribution as a Screenwriter in many movies.
8. Jia Zhangke
Born: 24 May 1970 (age 51 years)
Movies: A Touch of Sin, Mountains May Depart, Still Life, and many more.
Jia Zhangke is a well-known Chinese director and screenwriter. He is a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" Chinese cinema movement also counted amongst Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Wang Quan'an, and Zhang Yuan.
9. Lou Ye
Born: 15 March 1965 (age 56 years)
Movies: Summer Palace, Spring Fever, Blind Massage, and many more.
Lou Ye is a well-known Chinese screenwriter-director counted amongst the "Sixth Generation" of Chinese cinema directors.
10. Li Pi-Hua
Born: 1959 (age 62 years)
Movies: Rouge, Farewell My Concubine, Green Snake, and many more.
Lillian Lee is a famous Hong Kong novelist and screenwriter. Lee's work shows a blend of traditional Chinese, everyday Hong Kong elements, and supernatural stuff within her narratives.
