Chen Kuofu
Biography
Chen Kuofu is a Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer. His film The Personals was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Born in 1958 Chen worked as a film critic before debuting as a director in 1989 with School Girl. In the 1990s, he continued to explore the world through a female perspective with Treasure Island, The Peony Pavilion and anti-romantic comedy The Personals. The latter, in which a single woman searches for Mr. Right on a series of blind dates, screened in Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar and was distributed in Asia, Europe and North America. In 2000 Chen became the head of the production unit of the Asian branch of Columbia Pictures. Here he accumulated experience in international film making and connections to young Chinese directors such as Feng Xiaogang. With these he would later join Huayi Brothers Media Corporation and continue his works in China. In 2001 Chen began to concentrate on feature film production beginning with Su Chao-Bin's youth comedy Better Than Sex through his company Nan Fang Film Productions. The following year, he directed and produced the supernatural thriller Double Vision.
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Movies (38)
Mumu
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
The Chronicles of Libidoists
Executive Producer (Production)
2024
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Executive Producer (Production)
2021
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
Producer (Production)
2018
Hanson and the Beast
Producer (Production)
2017
Yi Ge Cheng Ren Dian Ying Gong Zuo Zhe De Zi Bai
as Producer Chen Kuofu
2016
Chongqing Hot Pot
Producer (Production)
2016
Mojin: The Lost Legend
Producer (Production)
2015
The Ark Of Mr. Chow
Producer (Production)
2015
Aberdeen
Producer (Production)
2014
Who Is Undercover
Producer (Production)
2014
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
Writer (Writing)
2013
Back to 1942
Executive Producer (Production)
2012
Tai Chi Hero
Story (Writing)
2012
Tai Chi Zero
Story (Writing)
2012
Painted Skin: The Resurrection
Producer (Production)
2012
10 Plus 10
Director (Directing)
2011
Starry Starry Night
Producer (Production)
2011
If You Are the One 2
Producer (Production)
2010
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Writer (Writing)
2010
Aftershock
Producer (Production)
2010
The Message
Director (Directing)
2009
If You Are the One
Producer (Production)
2008
Forever Enthralled
Screenplay (Writing)
2008
What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?!
Executive Producer (Production)
2008
A World Without Thieves
Producer (Production)
2004
Mountain Patrol
Producer (Production)
2004
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Executive Producer (Production)
2003
Double Vision
Producer (Production)
2002
B.T.S. (Better Than Sex)
Producer (Production)
2002
Big Shot's Funeral
Producer (Production)
2001
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1999
The Personals
Director (Directing)
1998
The Peony Pavilion
Director (Directing)
1995
Treasure Island
Director (Directing)
1993
School Girl
Director (Directing)
1989
All for Tomorrow
Director (Directing)
1988
Adult Game
Director (Directing)
1986
