Doze Niu
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"Doze" Niu Chen-Zer is a Taiwanese
actor, film director, show host, screenwriter and producer. As a film director, he is best known for the Taiwanese film Monga
.
) when he was 17. The early success that he has had did not help him all that much as he grew older. At the age of 19, Doze could not find any roles in films and started squandering his time away. He started hanging out with the so called “corner brothers” and had improved his Taiwanese tremendously. By speaking fluent Hokkien
, he was able to get along with the islanders even though the origin of his family is Beijing
. Hardship was all too familiar to Niu as he had endured many difficulties and depression ever since he was young. At the age of 12, his dad was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
. This disease, the same disease that troubled Stephen Hawking, put Doze’s dad on the bed for a good 25 years. His dad had died when Niu is 36. During Doze’s school years, he was often bullied because of his celebrity status and because of his size. The bullying all stopped when Niu became friends with a notorious classmate nicknamed “teapot”. Similar to the plot of Monga, teapot’s dad was also the head of one of the gangsters. Eventually, Doze went to find his bullies with teapot and was surprised to see the bullies’ reaction. The bullies stood still in front of them and addressed Doze in a polite manner.
Doze is the founder of the production company Red Bean Production Co, which was created on August 2002.
Doze participated in all three movies that he directed but vowed to not appear in anymore movies so that he can focus entirely on directing the movie.
and has a cast of mainly young actors like Mark Chao
and Ethan Ruan
. Doze Niu also participated in the movie as the head of the gang from the mainlander. The movie became an instant success at the Taiwanese box office grossing more than 1.8 million$ in US. In terms of the money grossed, the movie is often compared to the movie Cape No. 7
released in 2008 which did well in the Taiwanese box office as well.
The film has been selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 83rd Academy Awards
.
Taiwanese people
Taiwanese people may refer to individuals who either claim or are imputed cultural identity focused on the island of Taiwan and/or Taiwan Area which have been governed by the Republic of China since 1945...
actor, film director, show host, screenwriter and producer. As a film director, he is best known for the Taiwanese film Monga
Monga (film)
Monga is a 2010 Taiwanese gangster film set in 1980s Taipei. The film stars Ethan Ruan from TV series Fated To Love You and Mark Chao, also features Ma Ju-Lung from Cape No.7 and Rhydian Vaughan from Winds of September...
.
Life and career
Doze started his career as an actor at the age of 9 and nominated his first Golden Horse Award for the best supporting actor in 1983 (Growing UpGrowing Up (1983 film)
Growing Up is a 1983 film by Taiwanese filmmaker Chen Kunhou.The screenplay was the first collaboration between Hou Hsiao-hsien and Chu T'ien-wen.The film made the young star, Doze Niu, "a pop icon and tagged him with a rebellious image."...
) when he was 17. The early success that he has had did not help him all that much as he grew older. At the age of 19, Doze could not find any roles in films and started squandering his time away. He started hanging out with the so called “corner brothers” and had improved his Taiwanese tremendously. By speaking fluent Hokkien
Hokkien
Hokkien is a Hokkien word corresponding to Standard Chinese "Fujian". It may refer to:* Hokkien dialect, a dialect of Min Nan Chinese spoken in Southern Fujian , Taiwan, South-east Asia, and elsewhere....
, he was able to get along with the islanders even though the origin of his family is Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
. Hardship was all too familiar to Niu as he had endured many difficulties and depression ever since he was young. At the age of 12, his dad was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a form of motor neuron disease caused by the degeneration of upper and lower neurons, located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord and the cortical neurons that provide their efferent input...
. This disease, the same disease that troubled Stephen Hawking, put Doze’s dad on the bed for a good 25 years. His dad had died when Niu is 36. During Doze’s school years, he was often bullied because of his celebrity status and because of his size. The bullying all stopped when Niu became friends with a notorious classmate nicknamed “teapot”. Similar to the plot of Monga, teapot’s dad was also the head of one of the gangsters. Eventually, Doze went to find his bullies with teapot and was surprised to see the bullies’ reaction. The bullies stood still in front of them and addressed Doze in a polite manner.
Doze is the founder of the production company Red Bean Production Co, which was created on August 2002.
Doze participated in all three movies that he directed but vowed to not appear in anymore movies so that he can focus entirely on directing the movie.
What On Earth Have I Done Wrong?!
“What on Earth Have I Done Wrong” is the first dramatic film that Niu directed. This movie has a unique cinematic style. The main actor in the movie is Doze Niu himself. Although the movie is not an auto biography, there are a lot of resemblance between him and the character. The character in the movie is also a director attempting to gather enough money to produce a mockumentory film. The film was initially about the politics in Taiwan; however, Niu took a completely different turn with the film and focused the film on the character. A lot of media commented that this film is a half-biography or a documentary. The film was nominated for the best picture award for Golden Horse Film Festival and it won the FIPRESCI Prize.Monga
Doze once again demonstrated his unique and artsy way of storytelling. Monga is a gangster movie that sets place at the Wanhua District of TaipeiTaipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
and has a cast of mainly young actors like Mark Chao
Mark Chao
Mark Chao was born on 25 September 1984. He is a Taiwanese-Canadian actor, singer and model. Who graduated from University of Victoria, Canada. His agency is Prajna Works -Television series:-Films:-MV:* Crying Out by CoLoR...
and Ethan Ruan
Ethan Ruan
Ethan Ruan was born on 8 November 1982. He is a Taiwanese actor and model. He is sometimes credited as Juan Ching-Tien or Ruan Jing-Tian. He rose to prominence in the Taiwanese drama Fated To Love You, and is the 2010 Best Leading Actor winner of the 47th Golden Horse Awards for his role in Monga...
. Doze Niu also participated in the movie as the head of the gang from the mainlander. The movie became an instant success at the Taiwanese box office grossing more than 1.8 million$ in US. In terms of the money grossed, the movie is often compared to the movie Cape No. 7
Cape No. 7
Cape No. 7 ) is a 2008 Taiwanese romance comedic music-drama film written and directed by Wei Te-Sheng, his first full-length motion picture. The film is in Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese with significant lines in Japanese. Before its commercial release, the film was world premiered on June 20,...
released in 2008 which did well in the Taiwanese box office as well.
The film has been selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 83rd Academy Awards
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
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Films
| Year | Title | Chinese Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Boys From Fengkuei The Boys From Fengkuei The Boys from Fengkuei is a 1983 film directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien.- Synposis :Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, Fengkuei, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for... |
風櫃來的人 |
| 1983 | Growing Up Growing Up (1983 film) Growing Up is a 1983 film by Taiwanese filmmaker Chen Kunhou.The screenplay was the first collaboration between Hou Hsiao-hsien and Chu T'ien-wen.The film made the young star, Doze Niu, "a pop icon and tagged him with a rebellious image."... |
小畢的故事 |
| 1985 | Tong Chee yi li nan | 唐朝綺麗男 |
| 1987 | The game they called sex | 黃色故事 |
| 1987 | Yes,Sir | 報告班長 |
| 1989 | Fang cao bi lian tian | 芳草碧連天 |
| 1989 | Banana paradise | 香蕉天堂 |
| 1996 | Fei tian | 飛天 |
| 1997 | Hak gam | 黑金 |
| 1997 | Rainy dog | 雨狗 |
| 1998 | The Personals The Personals (1998 Taiwanese film) The Personals is a 1998 Taiwanese drama film directed by Chen Kuo-Fu. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Rene Liu - Dr. Du Jia-zhen* Wu Bai* Chao-jung Chen* Bao-ming Gu* Chin Shih-chieh... |
徵婚啟事 |
| 1999 | March of Happiness March of Happiness March of Happiness is a 1999 Taiwanese film directed by Lin Cheng-sheng. It tells the story of a teenage romance set against the backdrop of the Japanese occupation and the 228 Incident... |
天馬茶房 |
| 1999 | A chance to die | 想死趁現在 |
| 1999 | Jingtian dongdi | 驚天動地 |
| 1999 | Hidden whisper | 小百無禁忌 |
| 2001 | Millennium Mambo Millennium Mambo Millennium Mambo directed by Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien, is a 2001 film.-Synopsis:The main character, Vicky, portrayed by actress Shu Qi narrates from 2011 about her life 10 years earlier. She describes her youth and story of her changing life at the beginning of the new Millennium. She... |
千禧曼波 |
| 2007 | What on Earth have I done wrong?! | 情非得已之生存之道 |
| 2010 | Monga Monga (film) Monga is a 2010 Taiwanese gangster film set in 1980s Taipei. The film stars Ethan Ruan from TV series Fated To Love You and Mark Chao, also features Ma Ju-Lung from Cape No.7 and Rhydian Vaughan from Winds of September... |
艋舺 |
TV Episodes
| Year | Title | Chinese Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | After the game | 遊戲之後 |
| 1989 | Awakening | 甦醒 |
| 1999 | Mulan | 花木蘭 |
| 2000 | Xiaoguang | 曉光 |
| 2001 | Story of a stone | 石頭的故事 |
| 2001 | Kiss of the toast | 吐司男之吻 |
| 2004 | Say Yes Enterprise | 求婚事務所 |
| 2007 | Wayward Kenting | 我在墾丁*天氣晴 |
| 2007 | My lucky star | 放羊的星星 |
Music video
Doze Niu directed music videos for Richie Ren Xian-QI’s “wu ni jiu wu wo” and Jasmine Leong’s “di san zhe”.Award and Nomination
- Growing UpGrowing Up (1983 film)Growing Up is a 1983 film by Taiwanese filmmaker Chen Kunhou.The screenplay was the first collaboration between Hou Hsiao-hsien and Chu T'ien-wen.The film made the young star, Doze Niu, "a pop icon and tagged him with a rebellious image."...
(小畢的故事) 1983 Golden Horse Film Festival best supporting actor nomination - 1984 China Art Film Performance Award Medal
- [After the game](遊戲之後) 1987 Golden Bell Award best actor nomination
- [Awakening](甦醒) 1989 Golden Bell Award best actor nomination
- [Banana Paradise](香蕉天堂) 1989 Golden Horse Film Festival best actor nomination
- [Fei Tian](飛天) 1996 Golden Horse Film Festival best supporting actor nomination
- [Xiaoguang](曉光) 2000 Golden Bell Award best actor nomination
- [What on Earth have I done wrong?!] (情非得已之生存之道) 2007 Golden Horse Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize
- [Wayward Kenting] (我在墾丁*天氣晴) 2008 Golden Bell Award drama director award nomination