Kang Jianning

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Place of Birth Heibei, China

Also Known As Wu Gong

Kang Jianning

Biography

Chinese film and television director born in 1954, in Hebei province. In the mid-1970s, Kang graduated from the Beijing Institute of Physical Education and worked as a teacher in the university's physical education department for nearly ten years. In the mid-1980s, he joined the TV station at the institute and started shooting TV feature films and documentaries. Kang is the current deputy director of Ningxia TV Station. An important representative of Chinese documentaries, Kang is one of the most prestigious directors in China whose worked in the medium; his 1990 film "Sand and Sea" won the Asian Glory Union Award, while 1997's "Yin Yang" has been hailed as a profound documentary reflecting on themes of rural life in China.

Known For

Director

2005
Shanxi Businessmen

as Director

2003
Life

as Director

2002
Sweat

as Director

2002
Rhyme of Tang

as Director

1998
1997
Yin Yang

as Director

1995
Life

as Director

1994
Nature

as Director

1993
Lugu Lake

as Director

1992
Snowland

as Director

1991
1991
Sand and Sea

as Director

1987
1986
Long Yellow River

as Director

1985