Written by Melissa Ko, October 26, 2017
The Chinese WeChat social media account, Yiqipaidianying, which focuses on film industry news, recently published a list of the top 100 filmmakers in China, based on the total box office takings of their films released since 2005, the average scores of their top five films from major film rating websites, and the media coverage the filmmakers and their films received.
The top five ranked filmmakers on the list are 1. Stephen Chow, 2. Tsui Hark, 3. Ang Lee, 4. Jiang Wen and 5. Feng Xiaogang. Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige are ranked No 6 and No 7, respectively, while Wu Jing, the director of Wolf Warrior 2, is ranked No 10…
