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Tian Zhuangzhuang

Chinese filmmaker

1.76body-of-work score · ranked #572 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
April 23, 1952 · Beijing
Nationality
People's Republic of China
Work
film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer
Movement
fifth generation Chinese cinema
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Tian Zhuangzhuang
Flickr_-_Sasoriza_-_The_Warrior_and_the_Wolf,_by_Tian_Zhuang-zhuang.jpg: Bryan Chan from Toronto, Canada / *derivative work: RepliCarter (talk) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    The Blue Kite蓝风筝

    1993 · China / Hong Kong, China · drama

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1994 #1 · Ebert's annual top 10 1994 #7 · Kehr's annual top 10 1994 #null

    1.065 citations
  2. 2
    Springtime in a Small Town小城之春

    2002 · China · romance, drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 2004 #6 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2004 #7 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.463 citations
  3. 3
    The Horse Thief盗马贼

    1986 · China · drama

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1987 #12 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.252 citations

Complete filmography

All 11 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.