Ning Hao

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ning.

Ning Hao (Chinese: 宁浩; born 9 September 1977) is a Chinese film director. Ning studied at the Taiyuan Film School, where he majored in scenic design. He later transferred to the Art Department of Peking University. Ning eventually graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 2003 with a degree from the Photography Department.^[1]

Ning Hao
Ning in 2023
Born	(1977-09-09) 9 September 1977 (age 47) Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
Occupation	Film director
Spouse	Xing Aina
Children	1 son (born 2009)
Awards	Huabiao Award for Outstanding New Director 2007 Crazy Stone
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	甯浩
Simplified Chinese	宁浩
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nìng Hào

Filmography

Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Notes
2001	Thursday, Wednesday	星期四，星期三
2003	Incense	香火	Graduation film for the Beijing Film Academy
2004	Mongolian Ping Pong	绿草地
2006	Crazy Stone	疯狂的石头
2009	Crazy Racer	疯狂的赛车	Also known as Silver Medalist
2012	Guns and Roses	黄金大劫案
2013	No Man's Land	无人区	Also known as Western Sunshine, filmed in 2010
2014	Breakup Buddies	心花路放
2019	Crazy Alien	疯狂的外星人
2019	My People, My Country	我和我的祖国	Co-director[2]
2024	The Movie Emperor	紅毯先生	[3]
2024	The Hutong Cowboy	爆款好人	Produced and Co-director[4]

Casting

Since his breakout in 2006, Ning frequently re-casts actors who he has worked with, especially Huang Bo and Xu Zheng (as well as himself in cameo roles):

Actor	Crazy Stone	Crazy Racer	Guns and Roses	No Man's Land	Breakup Buddies	Crazy Alien
himself	N	N	N	N	N
Huang Bo	N	N	N	N	N	N
Xu Zheng	N	N		N	N	N
Guo Tao	N		N		N
Yue Xiaojun	N		N		N
Wang Xun	N	N
Liu Gang	N	N
Liu Hua	N		N			N
Dong Lifan		N	N
Wang Shuangbao		N		N
Ba Duo		N		N
Tao Hong			N	N
Yang Xinming			N	N
Lei Jiayin			N		N	N
Shen Teng					N	N

Controversy

In March 2018, a video surfaced showing a dog being abused on the set of the Hao-directed movie Crazy Alien. In the video, the dog was shown being spun around in a cage and dumped into cold water.^[5] The video was taped by a member of the movie crew.^[6] A whistleblower claimed that between shots, the dog was worked into a frenzy so he would bark as loudly as possible, and that this had been done on several takes.^[7][8] The director did not give a statement, but Crazy Alien actor Matthew Morrison said he was heartbroken about the abuse.^[9]

Personal life

Ning Hao is married to Xing Aina, who is credited as a screenwriter in all his films since Guns and Roses and No Man's Land. They have a son together.^{[citation needed]}