Biography

Wen Jiang was born on January 5, 1963 in Tangshan, China. He is an actor and director, known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Let the Bullets Fly (2010) and Devils on the Doorstep (2000). He has been married to Yun Zhou since 2005. They have two children. He was previously married to Sandrine Chenivisse.

In Chinese, Wen means "civil" and his brother's name Wu means the opposite - "martial", reflecting their parents' wish to achieve a perfect balance in the family a la "yin" and "yang".

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003

Graduated in 1984 from Beijing's Central Academy of Drama, China's most important acting school.

A film that doesn't get distributed is like a child that never gets married. Maybe she's having a secret affair with the audiences, but officially she still lives at home.

I never control a film. The film controls me.

The big studio films of today are very glamorous but they seem so artificial; they have no smell.