A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Chui Ho-Fung
Xu Hao-Feng
徐浩峰
徐皓峰
Birthplace:
Beijing - China
Xu Haofeng was born in Beijing and began to learn Xingyiquan, one of the major “internal” styles of Chinese martial arts, in 1987. After studying fine arts for five years, he went to the Department of Film Directing in Beijing Film Academy and graduated in 1997. Unlike his peers who were eager to make waves in the newly discovered film market, Xu returned home and studied Taoism and the history of martial arts from two eighty-year-old masters for eight years. In 2006, his publication "Shiqu de wulin" (In Search of the Lost Martial Arts World) aroused nationwide attention. He continued to write novels and non-fiction about the ecology of the martial arts sphere in the Republic of China. In 2011, his first film "The Sword Identity" had its world premiere at the 68th Venice Film Festival and this marked the reincarnation of the Chinese martial arts film. One year later, his sophomore film "Judge Archer" premiered at the 7th Rome Film Festival. Xu insists in presenting unusual values in traditional Chinese culture in an age celebrating outrageous slapstick comedies and restless performing monkeys, and he investigates whether people could live in an alternative way, other than following the conventional circle of life.
Director:
2012 The Sword Identity
2015 The Final Master
2016 Judge Archer
2017 The Hidden Sword
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Editor:
2012 The Sword Identity
2015 The Final Master
2016 Judge Archer
2017 The Hidden Sword
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Novel:
2012 The Sword Identity
2015 The Final Master
2016 Judge Archer
2017 The Hidden Sword
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Screenplay:
2012 The Sword Identity
2013 The Grandmaster
2015 The Final Master
2016 Judge Archer
2017 The Hidden Sword
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???? The Weary Poet
Story:
2012 The Sword Identity
2013 The Grandmaster
2015 Monk Comes Down the Mountain
2015 The Final Master
2016 Judge Archer
2017 The Hidden Sword
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???? Decent Things
???? The Weary Poet
Writer:
2012 The Sword Identity
2013 The Grandmaster
2015 Monk Comes Down the Mountain
2015 The Final Master
2016 Judge Archer
2017 The Hidden Sword
2024 100 Yards
???? Decent Things
???? The Weary Poet
Writer:
2014 The Great Protector
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