Tian Yuan

Tian Yuan (; born 30 March 1985) is a Chinese singer-songwriter, actress, novelist and photographer. Born in Wuhan, China, she majored in English at Beijing Language and Culture University, and graduated in 2007.

Music career At age of only 16, she joined local band Hopscotch as vocal and lyricist. The band was signed under to major label Modern Sky in 2002, and released their first English-language album that year, titled A Wishful Way. The album was influenced by trip hop and indie rock, and well received by some critics and general public in China due to its fresh sound. Tian Yuan's singing career paused temporarily when a contract dispute occurred between her and Modern Sky. Tian Yuan is now recording her first solo album under a new label, Dong Music. Her 11-song solo album Tian Yuan was released in 2010.

Writing career In 2002, Tian released her English-language novel, Zebra Woods, which received some international acclaim, and wrote a collection of short stories while touring for A Wishful Way, which was later published in China. In May 2007, Tian Yuan released her second novel Double Mono, a novel about love, youth and self-discovery.

Acting career Tian's acting debut was in the 2004 Hong Kong film Butterfly, which she starred as a lesbian singer, alongside Josie Ho. Her performance won an award as the Best New Performer at the 24th Hong Kong Film Award and Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Awards.

Filmography

Films Year Title Director Additional information 2004 Butterfly Yan Yan Mak Won Best New Performer at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards Nominated for Best New Performer at the 42nd Golden Horse Awards In competition of 2004 Venice Film Festival 2005 The Curse of Lola (Li Hong) In competition of 2005 Tokyo International Film Festival 2006 August Story Yan Yan Mak Won Best Feature Film of 2006 Tainan Film Festival In competition of 2006 Tokyo International Film Festival In competition of 2006 International Film Festival Rotterdam 2006 Luxury Car Wang Chao Won Un Certain Regard of 2006 Cannes Film Festival 2006 Young and Clueless (Tang Danian) In competition of 2006 Tokyo International Film Festival. 2007 In Love We Trust Wang Xiaoshuai Won Best Screenplay of 2008 Berlin International Film Festival Cameo 2007 Fury or Love (Xin Jubai) In competition of 2007 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2007 Shanghai Trance David Verbeek In competition of 2008 International Film Festival Rotterdam In competition of 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival 2007 With You Forever (An Zhanjun) 2008 Happy Funeral Wong Chun-chun The sequel of Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat 2008 Gao Xing Liu Xiaoguang 2010 Who Killed Paul the Octopus? 2012 Tokyo Newcomer 2012 First Time 2013 Bends 2014 One Day as co-director 2014 The Golden Era 2014 Who Is Undercover 2016 Spicy Hot in Love 2016 Brothers 2019 Pegasus 2019 A Sweet Life

Short films 2014 Freeze Frame Anthony Fabian With Freddie Fox (as Chen Fei and Jack MacMurray) 2006 Han Yan 2006 Our Ten Years Jia Zhangke Short film of Southern Metropolis Daily 2007 Jia Zhangke Commercial film of Olay 2007 Li Guang

Music video appearances Year Title Director Additional information 2005 I See You Yan Yan Mak Hidden in Butterfly's DVD 2005 (Promise) (Chen Jiawei), (Dan Xiaofan) 2006 So Poetic Yan Yan Mak 2007