Sony Pictures Classics Presents
Filmmakers
Director/Writer/Editor
Executive Producer
Producer
Screenplay
ZHANG YANG
SAM DUANN
PETER LOEHR
LIU FEN DUO
ZHANG YANG
HUO XIN
DIAO YI NAN
CAI XIANG JUN

Music
Cinematography
Art Director
Editor
Sound Editor
YE XIAO GANG
ZHANG JIAN
TIAN MENG
YANG HONG YU
LAI QI ZHEN

 

Zhang Yang (Director/Co-Writer) As a director, Yang was one of the pioneers in China's underground music video scene. "Shower" is Zang Yang's second feature.

His first film, "Spicy Love Soup," had box-office receipts placing it among the most successful nonpolitical films in the last two years. It swept all the domestic Chinese awards and was elected for competition at the 1998 Tokyo International Film Festival and was invited to the San Diego International Film Festival, Kerala Film Festival (India), Pan Asia Film Festival (London) and Far East Film Festival (Italy). It's soundtrack even sold 500,000 units in mainland China. The film was China's first sleeper hit and was the first independent Chinese film to achieve domestic box office success.

Peter Loehr (Producer) established Imar Film Co., Ltd. in 1997, the first legal, multifaceted independent film company in China. In conjunction with the Xin Film Studio, Imar produces, markets and distributes their own films. They have a unique relationship with Rock Records Taiwan, giving them access to the world's largest Mandarin music catalog for their soundtracks. They produce films exclusively for the Chinese urban youth audience - modern, urban films with an emphasis on the realities of the modern Chinese lifestyle - working exclusively with first time directors and young film crews.

Their first film was Yang's "Spicy Love Soup," and their second, "A Beautiful New World," is currently in release in China. It is among the three most successful films so far this year and soundtrack sales have surpassed those of "Spice Love Soup." Their upcoming film, "The End of the Line," is billed as China's first "road movie." Variety named Loehr one of "10 Producers to Watch" in 1999.

Liu Fen Dou, Zhang Yang, Hou Xin, Diao Yi Nan, Cai Xiang Jun (Screenwriters) After their screenwriting debut on "Spicy Love Soup," this young writing team wrote the screenplay for "A Beautiful New World," as well as a major Chinese TV series.

Zhang Jian (Cinematography) is an internationally acclaimed cinematographer, working on all of the early Zhang Yuan films, such as "Mama," "Son," "Beijing Bastards" and "East Palace, West Palace."

Yang Hong Yu (editor) One of China's youngest film editors, was also the editor of "Spicy Love Soup," "A Beautiful New World" and "The Making of Steel."

Lai Qi Zhan (Sound) The godfather of Chinese sound recording, Lai Qi Zhan has done sound for more than 20 feature films, including "Temptress Moon" and "The Opium War."

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