For information on the film director 何平 from Taiwan, see Ho Ping

Ho Ping

Ho Ping Ho Ping Ho Ping (何平, pinyin: Hé Píng, born in 1958 in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China is a film director. He graduated from Chemical Engineering of Tunghai University. Because of his interest in art and painting, he studied film making in the US after graduated. In 1987, he got MFA...

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He Ping (born 1957 in Shanxi

Shanxi

' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....

, China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

) is a Chinese

Chinese people

The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....

 film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, whose main filmography consists of a hybrid genre of Western

Western (genre)

The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...

-wuxia

Wuxia

Wuxia is a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of literature, its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms like Chinese opera, manhua , films, television series, and video games...

 movies. He made three movies along this genre - Swordsmen in Double Flag Town

Swordsmen in Double Flag Town

Swordsmen in Double Flag Town or The Swordman in Double Flag Town is a 1991 Mandarin-language film directed by Chinese director He Ping, starring Gao Wei and Zhang Manna. It is a hybrid sort of Western and wuxia film which was acted by a cast of largely unknowns...

(1991), Sun Valley

Sun Valley (film)

Sun Valley is a 1996 Chinese film directed by He Ping. Along with his film, Swordsmen in Double Flag Town, Sun Valley is considered one of He Ping's "Chinese westerns." The film stars Zhang Fengyi as The Avenger, a mysterious hero who arrives at the eponymous valley to await his enemies.Sun Valley...

(1995) and Warriors of Heaven and Earth

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

Warriors of Heaven and Earth is a 2003 Chinese action adventure film directed by He Ping. The film's notable cinematography captures a wide range of landscapes across China's Xinjiang province...

(2004).

He is an ethnic Manchu

Manchu

The Manchu people or Man are an ethnic minority of China who originated in Manchuria . During their rise in the 17th century, with the help of the Ming dynasty rebels , they came to power in China and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, which...

 whose ancestors were members of the Blue Banners

Eight Banners

The Eight Banners were administrative divisions into which all Manchu families were placed. They provided the basic framework for the Manchu military organization...

. His mother was the female lead in Communist China's first feature film Bridge

Bridge (1949 film)

Bridge is a 1949 Chinese war film made shortly after the Communist revolution in China; as such, it is considered the first film completed after the founding of the People's Republic of China...

(1949).

Directorial career

He Ping began his directorial career in the 1980s, directing stage productions and documentary films. By the late 1980s, He transferred to the Xi'an Film Studio, where he began directing fiction films, including We Are the World and a film based on the story of the Manchurian-Japanese princess, Kawashima Yoshiko

Kawashima Yoshiko

was a Manchu princess brought up in Japan, who served as a spy in the service of the Japanese Kwantung Army and Manchukuo. Originally named Aisin Gioro Xianyu with the courtesy name Dongzhen , her Chinese name was Jin Bihui . She is sometimes known in fiction by the pseudonym as the "Eastern Mata...

. With the 1990s, He directed two major Chinese Westerns, Swordsmen in Double Flag Town

Swordsmen in Double Flag Town

Swordsmen in Double Flag Town or The Swordman in Double Flag Town is a 1991 Mandarin-language film directed by Chinese director He Ping, starring Gao Wei and Zhang Manna. It is a hybrid sort of Western and wuxia film which was acted by a cast of largely unknowns...

and Sun Valley

Sun Valley (film)

Sun Valley is a 1996 Chinese film directed by He Ping. Along with his film, Swordsmen in Double Flag Town, Sun Valley is considered one of He Ping's "Chinese westerns." The film stars Zhang Fengyi as The Avenger, a mysterious hero who arrives at the eponymous valley to await his enemies.Sun Valley...

, and the historical drama Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker

Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker

Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker is a 1994 film directed by He Ping, starring Ning Jing, Wu Gang, Zhao Xiaorui, Gao Yang, Xu Zhengyun and Zhao Liang.- Plot :A young woman inherits her father's fireworks factory, as he had no son...

. Swordsmen in Double Flag Town went on to win the Grand Prize at the 3rd Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival

Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival

The , also sometimes called YIFFF, is held in a resort-like environment in the small town of Yūbari on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaidō. From 1990 to 1999, the festival was known as the Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival.-History:...

 in February 1992.

In the 2000s, He struck success with his 2004 adventure film Warriors of Heaven and Earth

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

Warriors of Heaven and Earth is a 2003 Chinese action adventure film directed by He Ping. The film's notable cinematography captures a wide range of landscapes across China's Xinjiang province...

, starring Jiang Wen

Jiang Wen

Jiang Wen is a Chinese film actor and director. As a director, he is sometimes grouped with the "sixth generation" that emerged in the 1990s. Jiang is also well known internationally as an actor, having starred with Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's debut film Red Sorghum...

. Hi Ping's followed this with another historical action film, Wheat

Wheat (film)

Wheat is a 2009 Chinese historical drama film directed by He Ping, starring Fan Bingbing, Wang Jue, Du Jiayi, Wang Xueqi and Wang Zhiwen. The film tells the story of women left behind when their husbands went to war....

, starring Fan Bingbing, which was released in 2009.

Filmography

Film

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
1988	We Are the World	我们是世界
1989	Kawashima Yoshiko	川岛芳子
1991	Swordsmen in Double Flag Town Swordsmen in Double Flag Town Swordsmen in Double Flag Town or The Swordman in Double Flag Town is a 1991 Mandarin-language film directed by Chinese director He Ping, starring Gao Wei and Zhang Manna. It is a hybrid sort of Western and wuxia film which was acted by a cast of largely unknowns...	双旗镇刀客	Japan Yobari International Film Festival Best and Fantasy Adventure Film Awards. Berlin International Film Festival Young Director. Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Mandarin Slice 10. Shanghai Critic-named China's Top Photographer Award.
1994	Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker is a 1994 film directed by He Ping, starring Ning Jing, Wu Gang, Zhao Xiaorui, Gao Yang, Xu Zhengyun and Zhao Liang.- Plot :A young woman inherits her father's fireworks factory, as he had no son...	炮打双灯	Hawaii International Film Festival Best Film Awards. China Golden Rooster Best Director Award. Best Hepaipian (合拍片） Awards, Best Art Design Awards. Taiwan Critics Award.
1995	Sun Valley Sun Valley (film) Sun Valley is a 1996 Chinese film directed by He Ping. Along with his film, Swordsmen in Double Flag Town, Sun Valley is considered one of He Ping's "Chinese westerns." The film stars Zhang Fengyi as The Avenger, a mysterious hero who arrives at the eponymous valley to await his enemies.Sun Valley...	日光峡谷
2004	Warriors of Heaven and Earth Warriors of Heaven and Earth Warriors of Heaven and Earth is a 2003 Chinese action adventure film directed by He Ping. The film's notable cinematography captures a wide range of landscapes across China's Xinjiang province...	天地英雄
2009	Wheat Wheat (film) Wheat is a 2009 Chinese historical drama film directed by He Ping, starring Fan Bingbing, Wang Jue, Du Jiayi, Wang Xueqi and Wang Zhiwen. The film tells the story of women left behind when their husbands went to war....	麦田
2011	The Founding of a Party The Founding of a Party The Founding of a Party, alternatively titled in English Beginning of the Great Revival for its international release, is a Chinese film released in 2011 to mark the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China...	建党伟业

External links

• He Ping at the Chinese Movie Database