Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the China Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A film director whose Farewell My Concubine shared the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1993, the first Chinese-language film to win it.
Chen Kaige's Yellow Earth, released in 1984, is often seen as the film that launched the Fifth Generation of Chinese cinema. Farewell My Concubine, which follows two Peking opera performers through half a century of Chinese history, shared the Palme d'Or in 1993.
He has continued to direct historical and epic films.
He has continued to direct historical and epic films.
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