Liu Jiang (; born 8 February 1969) is a Chinese television director, producer and screenwriter best known for his work Before Dawn, A Beautiful Daughter-in-Law Era and Let's Get Married.
Early life and education Liu was born on February 8, 1969, in Changdao County, Shandong, with his ancestral home in Ningxiang, Hunan. In 1976, The family moved back to their hometown Ningxiang, where he attended the Ningxiang No. 1 High School. In 1988 he was accepted to the Beijing Film Academy, majoring in acting. After graduation in 1992, he was assigned to the Oriental Song and Dance Company as a singer.
Career
In 2003, Liu made his directorial debut Iron Youth, a gangster television series starring Jiang Wu, Mei Ting, Pan Yueming, and Han Yuqin.
In 2005, he directed Ju Zhong Ju. The series stars Xu Qing, Yu Hewei, Yin Tao, and Bao Lei.
In 2007, he directed Snowwolf, a television series adaptation based on the novel of the same name by Quan Yongxian.
In 2008 Liu made his film debut Set Off, a comedy film starring Liu Hua, Fan Wei and Ju Wenpei. It won the Best Directorial Debut Award at the 16th Beijing College Student Film Festival. That same year, he directed Suiyue, which marked his second cooperation with Mei Ting and Yu Hewei. Liu was signed to direct the comedy television series Fathers and Mothers in the following year, it was broadcast in QTV-1 in May 2009.
Liu rose to fame after directing A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era (2010), which earned him an Outstanding Director Award at the 28th Flying Apsaras Awards. That same year, he also directed Before Dawn, for which he won the Most Popular Director Award at the 17th Shanghai Television Festival and was nominated for the Best Director Award.
In 2011, he directed Enemies Among Us, based on Mai Jia's novel of the same name.
In 2013, he was hired to direct Let's get married, for which he received three Best Director Awards at the 18th Chunyan Awards, the 20th Shanghai Television Festival, and the 27th Golden Eagle Awards, the China Television Artists Association’s equivalent to the Emmys. The drama stars Huang Haibo and Gao Yuanyuan and was one of the most watched ones in CCTV while it was aired in mainland China in that year.
In 2016, Liu was confirmed as director of Let's Fall in Love, a romantic comedy television series starring Zhang Jingchu, Zhang Xinyi, Qin Lan, Yuan Hong, and Ming Dao. It is the sequel to Let's get married.
In 2018, Liu directed the romance television series The Way We Were, it stars Tiffany Tang and Luo Jin, and aired on both Dragon Television and Beijing Television.
Personal life Liu began dating his alumna Wang Tong () in July 1993. They married in Beijing in 1997.
Filmography Film (As director) Year English title Chinese title Notes 2008 Set Off
Television (As director) Year English title Chinese title Notes 2003 Iron Youth 2005 Ju Zhong Ju 2007 Snowwolf 2008 Suiyue 2009 Fathers and Mothers 2010 Before Dawn A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era 2011 Enemies Among Us 2012 Shiyan Jinsheng 2013 Three Gallants in Troubled Times Let's get married 2016 Let's Fall in Love The Battle at the Dawn 2017 The Way We Were 2018 The Legendary Tavern 2021 Dreams and Glory 2023 Warm and Sweet
Television (As screenwriter) Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1999 2003 Iron Youth 2005 Criminal Suspect 2015 Let's get married
Film (As producer) Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 2015 Detective Chinatown
Television (As producer) Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 2015 Let's get married
Film and TV Awards Year Nominated work Award Category Result Notes 2011 Before Dawn 17th Shanghai Television Festival Best Director Most Popular Director Award A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era 28th Flying Apsaras Awards Outstanding Director Award 2013Shiyan Jinsheng26th Golden Eagle AwardsBest Director 2014 Let's get married 20th Shanghai Television Festival Best Director 27th Golden Eagle Awards 2015 18th Chunyan Awards 201510th National TV Production Top Ten Award 2018The Way We Were24th Huading AwardsBest Director201912th National TV Production Top Ten AwardBest Director2020The Legendary Tavern26th Shanghai Television Festival Best Director 30th Golden Eagle AwardsBest Director32nd Flying Apsaras AwardsBest Director2021Dreams and Glory32nd Huading AwardsBest Director202218th Chinese American Film FestivalBest Director
References
External links
Liu Jiang on Douban Liu Jiang on Mtime