{{Short description|Chinese film director and screenwriter}} {{infobox person | name = Wang Chao | image = Wangchao cannes.jpg | alt = | caption = Wang Chao in Cannes Film Festival 2014 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|01|21}} | birth_place = Nanjing, Jiangsu | occupation = Film director | awards = '''FIPRESCI Prize''' (Chicago)<br />2001 ''Orphan of Anyang'' <br />'''Entrevues Grand Prix'''<br />2001 ''Orphan of Anyang''<br />'''Kerala Golden Crow Pheasant'''<br />2002 ''Orphan of Anyang''<br />'''Golden Montgolfiere'''<br>2004 ''Day and Night''<br />'''Prix Un Certain Regard'''<br />2006 ''Luxury Car''<br />'''Jury Prize for Best Screenplay'''<br />2022 ''A Woman'' | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | p = Wáng Chāo }} }} {{family name hatnote|Wang|lang=Chinese}}
'''Wang Chao''' ({{zh|c=王超}}; born January 21, 1964, in Nanjing) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered part of the loosely defined "sixth generation."<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2002/06/28/bfsfs28.xml | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20021017092323/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2002/06/28/bfsfs28.xml | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2002-10-17 | title = In the Realm of Censors | accessdate = 2008-09-04|date= 2006-02-28 | newspaper = The Daily Telegraph | location=London | first=S F | last=Said}}</ref> Wang began his career serving as an assistant director to the fifth generation auteur, Chen Kaige,<ref>{{cite magazine | title = Five Questions for Wang Chao, director of ''Luxury Car''| author = ''that's Beijing'' staff| magazine = that's Beijing | url = http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/film/173304.htm | date= 2006-06-30 | accessdate=2008-08-02}}</ref> working with the elder director on epics like ''Farewell My Concubine'' and ''The Emperor and the Assassin''. At the same time, he began to write fiction including several short stories and novellas, one of which would later go on to serve as the basis of Wang's directorial debut, ''The Orphan of Anyang''.
With ''Orphan'', Wang Chao would begin what was the first film of a trilogy of films based on modern life in China. He completed the trilogy with 2004's ''Day and Night'' and 2006's ''Luxury Car''.
His 2014 film ''Fantasia'' was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="Cannes2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/60533.html |title=2014 Official Selection |accessdate=13 May 2014 |work=Cannes}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" !align="left" valign="top" width="40"|Year !align="left" valign="top"|English Title !align="left" valign="top"|Chinese Title !align="left" valign="top"|Notes |- |align="left" valign="top"|2001 |align="left" valign="top"|''The Orphan of Anyang'' |align="left" valign="top"|安阳的孤儿 |align="left" valign="top"|Winner of the '''Golden Crow Pheasant''' at the 2002 International Film Festival of Kerala |- |align="left" valign="top"|2004 |align="left" valign="top"|''Day and Night'' |align="left" valign="top"|日日夜夜 |align="left" valign="top"|Winner of the '''Golden Montgolfiere''' at the 2004 Three Continents Festival |- |align="left" valign="top"|2006 |align="left" valign="top"|''Luxury Car'' |align="left" valign="top"|江城夏日 |align="left" valign="top"|Winner of the '''Prix un certain regard''' at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4351016/year/2006.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Luxury Car |accessdate=2009-12-15|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | title = Cannes hops to 'Barley'| author = McCarthy, Todd| magazine = Variety | url = https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2006&content=jump&jump=story&dept=cannes&nav=NCannes&articleid=VR1117944247 | date= 2006-05-28 | accessdate=2008-08-02}}</ref> |- |align="left" valign="top"|2009 |align="left" valign="top"|''Memory of Love'' |align="left" valign="top"|重来 |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="left" valign="top"|2014 |align="left" valign="top"|''Fantasia'' |align="left" valign="top"|幻想曲 |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="left" valign="top"|2018 |align="left" valign="top"|''Looking for Rohmer'' |align="left" valign="top"|寻找罗麦 |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="left" valign="top"|2022 |align="left" valign="top"|''A Woman'' |align="left" valign="top"|孔秀 |align="left" valign="top"|Winner of the '''Jury Prize for Best Screenplay''' at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival<ref name="San-Sebastián">{{cite web |url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2022/sections_and_films/official_selection/7/703912/in|title=San Sebastian Film Festival :: Kong Xiu|accessdate=2022-11-09|work=San Sebastián International Film Festival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109102109/https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2022/sections_and_films/official_selection/7/703912/in|archive-date=2022-11-09|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/au/award-edition-movie.php?edition-id=ss_2022&movie-id=390093|title=70th San Sebastian Film Festival 2022 - Kong Xiu (A Woman) - FilmAffinity|accessdate=2022-11-09|work=FilmAffinity|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109102504/https://www.filmaffinity.com/au/award-edition-movie.php?edition-id=ss_2022&movie-id=390093|archive-date=2022-11-09|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0910852}} * [http://www.dianying.com/en/person/WangChao Wang Chao] at the Chinese Movie Database
{{Wang Chao}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Chao}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:Artists from Nanjing Category:Film directors from Jiangsu Category:Screenwriters from Jiangsu Category:Beijing Film Academy alumni Category:Writers from Nanjing