&varTextProWangBin=WANG Bin (Co-Writer) hails from Shandong Province. He left home at fifteen to join the army, after which he worked as a traveling book salesman, a literary researcher and a literary editor. In the 1980s, he began writing literature, and became one of China's first freethinking writers.

Wang met Director Zhang Yimou at a discussion group for Zhang's film, "Ju Dou," and a fruitful collaboration was born. Since "To Live," Wang Bin has acted as literary consultant on all of Zhang Yimou's films including last year's martial arts epic, HERO.

Outside his work with Zhang Yimou, Wang's other credits include Lu Yue's "Mr. Jiao," Wang Xiao Shuai's "Dreamland" (Meng Huan Tian Yuan) and Sun Zhou's "Breaking the Silence." He has worked on the TV series "Let Love Run "Til the End" (Zhang Ai Qing Jin Cheng Dao Dai) and "The Friends" (Peng You).



Filmography
HERO (2003)
Dreamland (Meng Huan Tian Yuan) (2000)
Breaking the Silence (1999)
Mr. Zhao (1998)


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