郑大圣

Dasheng Zheng

Film and theater director Zheng Dasheng was born into an acting and producing family in Shanghai, but grew up in Tianjin. He earned his undergraduate degree from Shanghai Drama Academy China before receiving his MFA in filmmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His film A Tao (2000) won a jury prize at the Shanghai International TV Festival. In 2005, Death of Wang Bo won a Golden Rooster at the Hundred Flowers Film Festival. He also filmed Harmonious China, a thematic movie that was shown inside the China Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo. His 2012 feature film Useless Man was an Official Selection of the 36th Montreal International Film Festival.