Wang Zichuan

Biography

Wang Zichuan is a Chinese film and theater director, screenwriter, and actor, born on December 13, 1985 in Beijing, China. He grew up in the Fengtai District of Beijing and began his artistic career after learning acting on the advice of his mother's friend, then enrolled in the Shanghai Theatre Academy's acting department. After graduating, he founded the "Xizi" cooperative theater troupe, serving as president, director, and screenwriter, and spent many years performing and creating theater in Shanghai. In 2012, he wrote, directed, and starred in the play "Extremely Suspenseful," which premiered in Shanghai and won the "Most Creative Play" award at the Young Creative Theater Festival that year, with over 500 performances over a decade. In 2017, he received the Emerging Director of the Year award at the One Theater Awards. Wang Zichuan gradually transitioned into filmmaking in 2018 and participated in several films as an actor. In 2023, his directorial debut film "Zhu Tong Lost His Superpowers in Third Grade" was screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival and the FIRST International Film Festival, winning Best Director and Best Artistic Exploration awards at FIRST, while lead actor Yue Hao won Best Actor in the Asian New Talent category at the Shanghai festival.