Zheng Xiaolong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zheng.

Zheng Xiaolong (Chinese: 郑晓龙; born November 30, 1953) is a Chinese TV and film director and screenwriter.^[1]

Zheng Xiaolong
Born	(1952-11-30) November 30, 1952 (age 72) Beijing, China
Alma mater	Peking University
Occupation(s)	Director, screenwriter
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Wang Xiaoping ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄭曉龍
Simplified Chinese	郑晓龙
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng Xiǎolóng

Biography

Zheng was born in 1952. His father was a soldier.^[2] He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1970 and worked as a publicity officer.^[2] After retiring from the military, he became a journalist for Beijing People's Broadcasting Station.^[2] In 1978, he enrolled at the branch campus of Peking University, and after graduating in 1982, he started working at Beijing Television Studio.^[2]

Personal life

In April 1985, the 3rd National Short Story Award Ceremony was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu, where Zheng and Wang Xiaoping (王小平) met during the conference.^[2] In 1990, Wang pursued advanced studies in the United States, two years later, Zheng married her in America, and she gave birth to a son.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Stories from the Editorial Board (1991)—China's first sitcom
• A Native of Beijing in New York (1992)—first Chinese TV series shot in the US, see Beijinger in New York^[3]
• The Gua Sha Treatment (2001)
• Golden Marriage (2008)
• Chuncao (2008)
• I'm a Boss (2009)
• Empresses in the Palace (2011)
• Red Sorghum (2014)
• The Legend of Mi Yue (2015)
• The Curse of Turandot (2021)

Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Notes
2000	Year After Year	Chunyan Awards, Best Director	Won
2008	Golden Marriage	Shanghai Television Festival, Magnolia Award for Best Director	Won
2009		Flying Apsaras Awards, Outstanding Director	Won
2010		Chunyan Awards, Best Director	Won
2012	Empresses in the Palace	Macau International Television Festival, Best Director	Won
		Shanghai Television Festival, Magnolia Award for Best Director	Won
2013		Chunyan Awards, Best Director	Won
2014		Asia Rainbow TV Awards, Best Director	Won
	Red Sorghum	Shanghai Television Festival, Magnolia Award for Best Director	Nominated
2015		Huading Awards, Best Director	Won
2016	The Legend of Mi Yue, Red Sorghum	China TV Golden Eagle Award, Best Director	Won