Actors who don't want to be directors are not good actors, and now in the Chinese mainland market, more and more actors are on the road of directing. And many of these half-way directors have gone to success, even better than those professional directors, and more popular.
Not long ago, a movie directed by a famous actor was released in domestic cinemas. The famous actor is Wang Baoqiang, and the new movie directed by him is "In the Octagon".
"In the Octagon Cage" is an ambitious work by Wang Baoqiang, because he wants to prove himself through this film and prove that he is not only a good actor, but also a good director.
This film also does let the audience see Wang Baoqiang's strength as a director, the film received a box office of more than 400 million yuan during the screening period, and the daily box office results after its release have always ranked second.
Overall, "In the Octagon Cage" is indeed good, and the word of mouth and box office performance are also excellent. However, as a director, Wang Baoqiang is still not ranked in China.
In China, there are many excellent directors who have changed careers. Like Wu Jing, Xu Zheng, and Jia Ling, each of the films they directed has broken box office records in film history, and some have even changed the viewing concept of domestic audiences.
And if you want to rank them, the only one who can reach the first place is Chen Sicheng.
Chen Sicheng can be said to be the most dedicated person who has changed his career to become a director, and since he became a director, he has rarely appeared in film and television works. And he who concentrates on being a director has indeed created a lot of popular good works.
Like the "Detective Chinatown" series, the "Manslaughter" series, and "Disappearing Her", which is currently in theaters, are all works of Chen Sicheng. Among them, the "Detective Chinatown" series has formed the first domestic movie universe - "Tang Detective Universe", and the series also broke the highest box office record of a series of Chinese films.
In the future, "Detective Chinatown", "Manslaughter" and "Disappearing Her" may have sequels, and their sequels will also create very impressive box office results.
After Chen Sicheng, the director in second place is Ning Hao.
Ning Hao can be said to be a professional director, and "Crazy Stone" directed by him in his early years has achieved great success at the box office and word of mouth. In addition, the film also became a classic, ushering in the era of the "crazy" series.
In recent years, Ning Hao has not been idle, and each of the "Heart Flower", "Crazy Alien" and "Mr. Red Carpet" is a very successful work. In addition to the director, most of the films produced by Ning Hao are also very successful, especially "I Am Not the God of Medicine" released in 2018, which has become the best and highest-rated domestic film in China in the past ten years.
After Ning Hao, in third place is Wu Jing.
As a director, the film art component directed by Wu Jing is actually not very high, but the films directed by him have directly created an era in China, that is, the era of heavy industry films. A "Wolf Warrior 2" has changed the audience's viewing concept and changed the development direction of domestic films. How many years have passed, and there is still one record that has not been broken, that is, the record for the highest number of moviegoers in the global single market.
After Wu Jing, the fourth director is Xu Zheng.
Xu Zheng created the era of 1 billion box office of domestic films, making it possible for domestic films to defeat Hollywood blockbusters and become China's box office champions.
The director after Xu Zheng is Dapeng.
As a director, Dapeng has many representative works, and many of them have a high artistic component.
The director after Dapeng is Jia Ling.
Although the number of films directed by Jia Ling is very small, there is currently only one "Hello, Li Huanying", but through this film alone, she has made herself the world's highest-grossing female director. And as a director for the first time, she created a high box office of more than 5.4 billion yuan and received international attention, which was really unique before her.