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Jiang Wen, born Jiang Xiaojun on January 5, 1963 in Tangshan, Hebei Province, spent his childhood moving between Tangshan, Guizhou and Hunan, before settling in Beijing's Neiwubu Street military compound in 1973, an environment that enriched his social experience. He was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama in 1980, and after graduating in 1984 joined the China Youth Art Theatre, starring in plays such as Family Matters and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. In 1986 he starred in Xie Jin's Hibiscus Town, and in 1987 in Zhang Yimou's Red Sorghum. In 1993 he starred in the TV series Beijingers in New York, which became one of the highest-rated Chinese TV dramas in history. In 1994 he wrote and directed his debut film In the Heat of the Sun, adapted from Wang Shuo's novel Wild Beasts, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival where lead actor Xia Yu won Best Actor. In 1998 he directed and starred in Devils on the Doorstep, which remains unreleased in mainland China due to sensitive themes. In 2007 he directed and starred in The Sun Also Rises, and in 2010 co-starred with Ge You and Chow Yun-fat in Let the Bullets Fly, which grossed nearly 700 million yuan, setting a domestic box office record at the time. He directed One Step Beyond in 2014 and Hidden Man in 2018. He was inducted into the Chinese Film Century Hall of Fame, received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France, served as Dean of the Academy of Film Arts at Macau University of Science and Technology, and was a member of the 8th, 9th and 10th National Committees of the CPPCC. His father Jiang Hongqi was a military man, his brother Jiang Wu is also an actress, his sister Jiang Huan is a writer, and his ex-wife Sandrine Chenivesse is a French sinologist.