Born in Yan'an in 1965, Wang Quan'an studied at the Beijing Film Academy and made The Story of Ermei (2004) before Tuya's Marriage (2006), a quiet drama about a Mongolian herder woman who must find a new husband to keep looking after her disabled husband, which won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 2007. Apart Together (2010), about a couple separated by the civil war and reunited in Shanghai after decades, won the best screenplay prize in Berlin. He is a major figure of contemporary Chinese cinema.
Filmography
- Tuya's Marriage (2006)
- Apart Together (2010)