CYCLE: DIRECTOR
From 21.09. To 26.09.2009.
Program of contemporary Chinese films
Ning Hao
Peking, Shanxi, China

Hao (born in 1977) is a Chinese director and screenwriter. He studied set design at the Taiyuan Film School, and then transferred to the Art department of the Peking University. He finally graduated from the Photography Department of the Peking Film Academy in 2003. During his studies he made the film Thursday, Wednesday (2001), and after graduation his debut feature film Xianghu (Incense, 2003). He wrote the screenplays for and directed the comedies Lü cao di (Mongolian Ping Pong, 2005), Fengkuang de shitou (Crazy Stone, 2006), Fengkuang de saiche (Silver Medalist, 2009) and the short film In the Soul Ultimate Nation (2007).