Zhao Ning Yu
- Name: Zhao Ning Yu
- Native name: 赵宁宇
- Also Known as: Zhao Ningyu, Alan Zhao, 趙寧宇
- Nationality: Chinese
- Gender: Male
- Born: November 11, 1971
- Age: 54
Graduated from Beijing Film Academy with a master's degree in directing and the Central Academy of Drama with a doctorate in directing, he became a director at the age of 26. He is also the Doctor of Literature of the directing department of Central Academy of Drama. Besides teaching and directing, he has also played important roles in many film and TV dramas, and portrayed characters with different personalities in different eras.
Zhao won the Special Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 2013 TV Drama Award Festival.
His work "1921" won the16th China Changchun Film Festival Golden Deer Award and the 34th China Film Golden Rooster Award for Best Screenplay in December 2021. A year later, it won the Golden Lihua Award for the Best Chinese Screenplay at the First Aollywood Five Continents Film Festival.
In August 2022, his screenplay "Dreams and Glory" won the Jinxuan Award for "Top Ten Screenwriters" Award at the 2nd Aollywood International TV Festival.
(Source: Chinese = Baidu.baike; Douban || Translation = kisskh) Edit Biography
Screenwriter
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
| 1921 | 7.1 |
| Dreams and Glory | 7.8 |
| The Sacrifice | 7.0 |
| Towards The River Glorious | 6.0 |
| The Founding of an Army | 7.3 |
| The Warriors | 8.0 |
| Orphan of Zhao | 7.3 |
Director
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
| The Brave You | 0.0 |
| Shu Guang | 0.0 |
| Lie Yan | 9.0 |
Producer
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
| The Blood Hound | 7.1 |
| Love in the 1980s | 7.2 |
Production Designer
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
| Bloody Nameless River | 7.0 |
Drama
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
|
Something Just Like This
Chinese Drama, 2020, 47 eps
Chen JIang Tao
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
|
Flesh And Spirit
Chinese Drama, 2018, 42 eps
Jiang Wen Ming
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Nan Shao Lin Dang Wo Ying Hao
Chinese Drama, 2013, 48 eps
Mr. Storyteller
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
A Race-Course
Chinese Drama, 2012, 33 eps
Yuan Ke Ding
(Support Role)
|
6.7
|
|
Memoirs of Madam Jin
Chinese Drama, 2009, 36 eps
Jiang Ni [Bailemen Tai Pan]
(Support Role)
|
7.1
|
|
Iron Road
Chinese Drama, 2009, 2 eps
Lei Mo
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
|
Moment in Peking
Chinese Drama, 2005, 44 eps
Niu Tong Yi
(Support Role)
|
6.7
|
Movie
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
|
Chinese Doctors
Chinese Movie, 2021,
Zhuan Jia Zu
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
|
The Land of Millet
Chinese Movie, 2021,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Towards The River Glorious
Chinese Movie, 2019,
[Commander]
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
|
Chairman Mao 1949
Chinese Movie, 2019,
Ye Fei
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
|
The Founding of an Army
Chinese Movie, 2017,
Yun Dai Ying
(Support Role)
|
7.3
|
|
40000 Kilometers
Chinese Movie, 2017,
He Zhi Feng
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Where Are All the Time
Chinese Movie, 2015,
[Landlord]
(Guest Role)
|
6.9
|
|
Beijing Flickers
Chinese Movie, 2013,
[Police]
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
|
Inseparable
Hong Kong Movie, 2012,
[Psychologist]
(Support Role)
|
7.1
|
|
Beginning of the Great Revival
Chinese Movie, 2011,
Liang Shu Ming
(Support Role)
|
6.8
|
|
The Founding of a Republic
Chinese Movie, 2009,
Liu Ya Lou [Communist party]
(Guest Role)
|
6.8
|
|
Contract About Interchange Status
Chinese Movie, 2009,
Boss Wen
(Support Role)
|
5.9
|
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