What does Fan Xiu Ming do for a living?

Fan Xiu Ming, born on November 28, 1955 in Hong Kong, China, alias Siu Fan, is a famous film and television director, graduated from Minnan Normal University.

Many TV dramas directed by Fan are household names. His major works include the 83 version of "The Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes", "The Story of Qianlong", the 97 version of "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", "The Divine Eagles", "The Chrysanthemum Terrace", "The Famous Flower Drums" and other classic TV dramas, which have made him familiar to a wider mainland audience.

In July 2018, he directed the 70-episode TV series The Legend of Wu Zixu.

Chinese name: Fan Xiuming

Foreign name: XiumingFan

Alias: Xiao Fan

Nationality: Chinese

Ethnicity: Han Chinese

Constellation: Scorpio

Blood type: A

Height: 172 cm

Weight: 95 kg

Birthplace: Hong Kong, China

Date of Birth: November 28, 1955

Occupation: Director

Graduate School: Minnan Normal University

Representative Works: 83 version of the "Legend of the Eagle-Shooting Heroes", "Playing the Qianlong", 97 version of the "Eight Dragons", "Divine Eagles", "The Chrysanthemum Terrace", "The Famous Drums of Flowers"

Major Achievements: "The Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes", "The Eight Pieces of the Dragon", "The Divine Eagles' Couple", "The Chrysanthemum Terrace", "Famous Flower Drums"

The Son of Han 3, "Famous Flower Drums", "Red Poppies", "Foolish King Trespassing in the World"

Spouse: JIA Honglin

Shooting of Film and Television Drama: More than 81 films and television dramas

Original Employment Company: Hong Kong Wireless Television (HKTVB)

Personal life

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Fan Xiu Ming, who has settled down in Beijing, used to work for Hong Kong's TVB and knows the operation of Hong Kong TV dramas like the back of his hand.

Fan has done a lot of preparation for filming in the mainland. He said: "I often watch mainland TV dramas, and I find that mainland dramas are very slow-paced and delicately filmed, which is their greatest strength. Whereas Hong Kong dramas are fast paced, if a story is told slowly, the audience will stop watching TV and go out to pick up girls, but this is also a disadvantage of Hong Kong dramas, many stories jump over before they get to the right place."

In order to change the habits he picked up directing TV dramas in Hong Kong, Fan Hsiu-ming took the best of both worlds. "I think since I came to the mainland to develop, I have to integrate into the mainland culture and feel the mentality of the mainland people."

Fan said, "I've seen a lot of mainland TV dramas, and there are so many of them that are well shot, very sensual and flavorful, maybe the use of camera is not that flexible, but in terms of story, in terms of a lot of sets and props are done very well, which I admire, and those TV dramas in RTHK can't do that."

He believes that by combining the filming techniques of the mainland and Hong Kong, and maintaining the style of mainland dramas as a whole, a film or television production can make the audience feel a sense of intimacy.

Acting experience

After Hong Kong's handover in 1997, he joined a mainland film company. After that, he filmed the famous movie and television works such as "The Long Wind Dart Board", "The History of Wulin", "Meteor Butterfly Sword", and so on.

In 2003, Fan Xiu-ming also filmed TV series such as "Son of the Han Dynasty 3", "Famous Flower Drums", "Red Poppy" and "Foolish King Trespassing" in Hengdian Film and TV City.

Fan shot more than 80 films and TV dramas, "The Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes", Huang Rihua version of "Dragon 8", Louis Koo version of "Divine Eagle Warrior Couple", Zheng Shaoqiu version of the "Legend of the Handsome" and "Ma Yongzhen" and many other classic TV dramas and household names, and "wuxia film Titan" as. He is also known as the "leading martial arts film director". His major works in the movie industry include "First Brother", "Rising Again", "Young Master of the Sword", "The Swallow Pirate", and "The Chrysanthemum Terrace".

In 2014, the magical romance movie "Chrysanthemum Terrace" directed by director Fan Xiuming held its premiere conference in Beijing, starring Xia Yiyao, Huang Hai and Su___, etc. The conference not only announced that the movie was scheduled to be released on Valentine's Day, but also released the movie's theme trailer for the first time.

Fan Xiuming has shot more than 80 movies and TV dramas, and has become a household name for directing many classic TV dramas such as the 83rd edition of "Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes", the Huang Rihua edition of "The Eight Dragons", the Koo Tien Le edition of "Divine Eagle Warriors", the Zheng Shaoqiu edition of "Legend of the Handsome", and the "Ma Yongzhen", etc, and has been known as the "Tai Dou of Wuxia Films". He is also known as the "leading martial arts filmmaker". His major works in the movie industry include "First Brother", "Rising Again", "Young Master of the Sword", "The Swallow Thief", and "The Chrysanthemum Terrace".

Major works

1983 "The Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes", "The Divine Eagles"

1987 "First Brother" 1989 "Rising Again"

1990 "Joking about Qianlong"

1992 "Joking about Cixi"

1995 "The Legend of Xiangshuai"

1996 The Divine Eagles

1997 "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", "Bodyguard", "Ma Yongzhen", "Outer History of Wulin", "Meteor Butterfly Sword"

1988 "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom"

2000 "Swallow Thief"

2002 "Young Master of the Sword"

2003 "Son of Heaven in the Han Dynasty 3", "Li Wei Dangguan 2", "Thousands of Years of Wind and Flow of a Pile of Vinegar"

"The World's Famous Flower Drums"

"Red Poppies"

"The Foolish King Breaks Into the World".

2007 "The Sage King of Kai Zhang"

2018 "The Legend of Wu Zixu"

Character Evaluation

Fan Xiu Ming's fame doesn't seem to be big compared to many big-name directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, etc., but when it comes to the TV dramas that he has directed, he's a household name, and the most famous one is the 83rd version of "The Legend of the Shooting Eagles and the Heroes" filmed by HKTVB

Latest news

Director Fan Xiuming is not as famous as today's breakout stars, but when it comes to his TV dramas, I'm sure you've all seen them, such as the 83rd version of "Legend of the Eagle Eagles and Heroes" by Hong Kong's TVB, plus the Huang Rihua version of "The Eight Parts of the Sky Dragon" and the Koo Tien Lok version of "Divine Eagle Warrior Couple," which gradually laid down his status as the titan in the martial arts genre. . Speaking of the classic 83rd version of "Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes," director Fan Xiuming told reporters, "I'll make this movie again in the next two or three years!"

After Hong Kong's handover in 1997, Fan Xiu-ming joined a mainland film and television company and made famous film and television productions such as Bodyguard, Ma Yongzhen, The History of Wulin, and others. In 2003, Fan went on to make TV series such as "The Son of Han 3", "Li Wei Dang Guan 2", "A Thousand Years of Vinegar", "The World's Famous Flower Drums", and "The Foolish King Breaks Into the World" in Hengdian Film and Television City.

In 2002, the CCTV version of "Legend of the Eagle Eagles and Heroes" suffered a disastrous "Waterloo", and the audience was very dissatisfied. At that time, many people also interviewed Fan Xiuming, Fan Xiuming responded: "I will remake this classic martial arts drama". However, 5 years have passed by, and the remake that Fan Xiu Ming said he would do hasn't moved yet. However, Fan Xiuming solemnly told reporters at a press conference in recent days, "In the next two or three years, I'll make this movie again!" Fan Xiu Ming said, "The 83 version of the 'Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes' is really too classic, as a director, he must be able to precipitate something new that can surpass the classic to be able to do so." In this interview, Fan Xiu Ming believes that the most important thing for a remake is to have the right script; secondly, Fan Xiu Ming says it is to have the right actors. He has always believed that there are indeed no suitable actors on the mainland to play Guo Jing and Huang Rong, but will keep searching for them.

On January 20, 2016, the world premiere of the youth movie "Little Principal", which was produced by Fan Xiuming as chief producer, written and directed by Tian Ganglei, and led by famous actors Wang Jianxin and Yuan Rui_, was held at the National Institute of Education Administration.