Huang Jianxin
Known for: Directing
Born: June 14, 1954
Place of birth: Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
Huang Jianxin is a Chinese filmmaker. He also writes film scripts under the pen name Huang Xin. He is normally considered part of the fifth generation of Chinese filmmakers, due to shared traits in his works, although he was not a strictly a member of the inaugural 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy. Huang was born in Xi'an, though his ancestral hometown was in Hebei. He joined the army at age 16, and enrolled in Northwest University in 1975. Huang entered Xi'an Film Studio after graduation, evolving from editor, script holder, assistant director to vice director. After training at Beijing Film Academy in 1983, he was elevated to director. He is now the manager of 4th production company of China Film Corporation. His 1997 film Surveillance was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Filmography
45 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
6.5
The Decisive Moment
2026
6.5
Mothertongue
2025
NR
Gloaming in Luomu
2025
7.2
Against All Odds
2025
NR
Football on the Roof
2024
6.2
The Volunteers: To the War
2023
5.0
Ocean Rescue
2023
NR
Changjin, Changjin
2022
6.3
The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge
2022
6.3
The Battle at Lake Changjin
2021
6.0
My Country, My Parents
2021
5.5
1921
2021
7.0
The Eleventh Chapter
2021
6.6
My People, My Country
2019
4.7
Mao Zedong 1949
2019
NR
Special Couple
2019
NR
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018
6.3
My Other Home
2017
5.2
The Founding of an Army
2017
7.0
Operation Mekong
2016
6.8
I Am Not Madame Bovary
2016
NR
Beautiful 2015
20156.0
Insomniac Diary
2015
6.6
The Taking of Tiger Mountain
2014
7.1
Dearest
2014
5.6
Iceman
2014
4.7
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
6.8
Bodyguards and Assassins
2009
5.3
The Founding of a Republic
2009
5.5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008
6.8
The Warlords
2007
7.3
Gimme Kudos
2005
5.1
Love Undercover 2: Love Mission
2003
NR
Swordsmen of the Passes-Uncle Donger
2003
7.1
The Marriage Certificate
2001
7.7
Xian's Finest
2000
9.0
Something About Secret
1999
6.8
Surveillance
1997
7.6
Signal Left, Turn Right
1996
8.3
Back to Back, Face to Face
1994
10.0
背靠背，脸对脸
1994
6.9
The Wooden Man's Bride
1994
8.1
Stand Straight, Don't Bend Over
1993
NR
New Chinese Cinema
1989
7.5
Samsara
1988
7.4
Dislocation
1986
7.6
The Black Cannon Incident
1985