Influential Chinese film Director of The Horse Thief, The Blue Kite, and The Warrior and the Wolf.
He worked as an assistant Cinematographer at the Beijing Agricultural Film Studio for three years.
His 1993 film The Blue Kite, which is critical of the Chinese government's Communist policies, led to the film being banned and him being blacklisted.
His father was the famous 1930s actor Tian Fang.
His historical epic The Warrior and the Wolf starred Maggie Q in the lead role.
