Gong Li

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Biography

The youngest of five children, Gong Li was born in Shenyang province on December 31, 1965. She grew up in Jinan, where her parents both worked as college professors (IMDB).

Filmography

Year Movie
Red Sorghum 1987
Xi tai hou 1989
Hoi sam gui miu ba 1989
Daihao meizhoubao 1989
Qin yong 1990
Ju Dou 1990
God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai 1991
Raise the Red Lantern 1991
The Story of Qiu Ju 1992
Meng xing shi fen 1992
Farewell My Concubine 1993
Flirting Scholar 1993
Xin tian long ba bu zhi tian shan tong lao 1994
Hua hun 1994
To Live 1994
Xi chu bawang 1994
Shanghai Triad 1995
Temptress Moon 1996
Chinese Box 1997
Jing Ke ci Qin Wang 1998
Breaking the Silence 2000
Zhou Yu de huo che 2002
2046 2004
The Hand 2004
Eros 2004
Memoirs of a Geisha 2005
Miami Vice 2006
Curse of the Golden Flower 2006
Hannibal Rising 2007
Shanghai 2010
What Women Want 2011

("Gong Li")

Awards

References

"Biography." Admiring Gong Li. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2012.

"Gong Li." The Internet Movie Database. Internet Movie Database Ltd. 20 Feb. 2012.

Hu, Brian. "An Accent on Acting: An Interview with Gong Li." Asia Pacific Arts. UCLA Asia Institute, 20 Dec. 2006. Web. 22 Feb. 2012.

Kuhn, Sarah. "Gong Li: In Full Bloom." Backstage: The Actor's Resource. Backstage.com, 04 01 2007. Web. 20 Feb. 2012.

Murray, Rebecca. "Gong Li Talks About "Memoirs of a Geisha"." About.com Hollywood Movies. About.com, Inc., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2012.

Schwartz, Missy, and Michelle Kung. "The Women of Geisha." Entertainment Weekly.com. 09 Dec. 2005. Web. 20 Feb. 2012.

Gong Li Video Clips

Note: I did not produce these youtube videos and do not the videos themselves or the images, film clips, or music contained within them. They are simply video clips of Gong Li that I used in my presentation. They are not being used for profit and are for educational use only.

Click here to view Gong Li's Memoirs of a Geisha fight scene.

Click here to view Gong Li's interview discussing, among other things, her movie Curse of the Golden Flower.

Click here to view Gong Li's interview discussing, among other things, her career, roles, and views of Mainland/Hollywood film industries.

Click here to view the video I used as background while giving my presentation. It features film clips of many of Gong Li's movies, set to music.


NOTE

ATTENTION: THIS IS AN EXTREMELY ROUGH DRAFT THAT I AM CURRENTLY (AS IN RIGHT THIS SECOND) WORKING ON. ALSO, THIS IS NOT A MIDTERM (AS I AM DOING A FILM PROJECT, THUS DO NOT NEED TO DO A MIDTERM PAPER), JUST MY ORAL REPORT.