# Liu Jiang (director)

Liu Jiang (Chinese: 刘江; born 8 February 1969) is a Chinese television director, producer and screenwriter best known for his work Before Dawn, A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era and Let's get married.

## Early life and education

Liu was born on February 8, 1969, in Changdao County, Shandong, with his ancestral home in Ningxiang, Hunan. In 1976, The family moved back to their hometown Ningxiang, where he attended the Ningxiang No. 1 High School. In 1988 he was accepted to the Beijing Film Academy, majoring in acting. After graduation in 1992, he was assigned to the Oriental Song and Dance Company as a singer.

## Career

In 2003, Liu made his directorial debut Iron Youth, a gangster television series starring Jiang Wu, Mei Ting, Pan Yueming, and Han Yuqin.
In 2005, he directed Ju Zhong Ju. The series stars Xu Qing, Yu Hewei, Yin Tao, and Bao Lei.
In 2007, he directed Snowwolf, a television series adaptation based on the novel of the same name by Quan Yongxian.
In 2008 Liu made his film debut Set Off, a comedy film starring Liu Hua, Fan Wei and Ju Wenpei. It won the Best Directorial Debut Award at the 16th Beijing College Student Film Festival. That same year, he directed Suiyue, which marked his second cooperation with Mei Ting and Yu Hewei. Liu was signed to direct the comedy television series Fathers and Mothers in the following year, it was broadcast in QTV-1 in May 2009.
Liu rose to fame after directing A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era (2010), which earned him an Outstanding Director Award at the 28th Flying Apsaras Awards. That same year, he also directed Before Dawn, for which he won the Most Popular Director Award at the 17th Shanghai Television Festival and was nominated for the Best Director Award.
In 2011, he directed Enemies Among Us, based on Mai Jia's novel of the same name.
In 2013, he was hired to direct Let's get married, for which he received three Best Director Awards at the 18th Chunyan Awards, the 20th Shanghai Television Festival, and the 27th Golden Eagle Awards, the China Television Artists Association’s equivalent to the Emmys. The drama stars Huang Haibo and Gao Yuanyuan and was one of the most watched ones in CCTV while it was aired in mainland China in that year.
In 2016, Liu was confirmed as director of Let's Fall in Love, a romantic comedy television series starring Zhang Jingchu, Zhang Xinyi, Qin Lan, Yuan Hong, and Ming Dao. It is the sequel to Let's get married.
In 2018, Liu directed the romance television series The Way We Were, it stars Tiffany Tang and Luo Jin, and aired on both Dragon Television and Beijing Television.

## Personal life

Liu began dating his alumna Wang Tong (王彤) in July 1993. They married in Beijing in 1997.

## Filmography
### Film (As director)

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Notes |
| 2008 | Set Off | 即日启程 | |

### Television (As director)

| Year | English title | Chinese title |
| 2003 | Iron Youth | 铁血青春 |
| 2005 | Ju Zhong Ju | 局中局 |
| 2007 | Snowwolf | 雪狼 |
| 2008 | Suiyue | 岁月 |
| 2009 | Fathers and Mothers | 满堂爹娘 |
| 2010 | Before Dawn | 黎明之前 |
| 2010 | A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era | 媳妇的美好时代 |
| 2011 | Enemies Among Us | 风语 |
| 2012 | Shiyan Jinsheng | 誓言今生 |
| 2013 | Three Gallants in Troubled Times | 乱世三义 |
| 2013 | Let's get married | 咱们结婚吧 |
| 2016 | Let's Fall in Love | 咱们相爱吧 |
| 2016 | The Battle at the Dawn | 黎明决战 |
| 2017 | The Way We Were | 归去来 |
| 2018 | The Legendary Tavern | 老酒馆 |
| 2021 | Dreams and Glory | 光荣与梦想 |
| 2023 | Warm and Sweet | 温暖的，甜蜜的 |

### Television (As screenwriter)

| Year | English title | Chinese title |
| 1999 | — | 双全 |
| 2003 | Iron Youth | 铁血青春 |
| 2005 | Criminal Suspect | 犯罪嫌疑人 |
| 2015 | Let's get married | 咱们结婚吧 |

### Film (As producer)

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Detective Chinatown | 唐人街探案 | |

### Television (As producer)

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Let's get married | 咱们结婚吧 | |

## Film and TV Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2011 | Before Dawn | 17th Shanghai Television Festival | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2011 | Before Dawn | 17th Shanghai Television Festival | Most Popular Director Award | Won |
| 2011 | A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era | 28th Flying Apsaras Awards | Outstanding Director Award | Nominated |
| 2013 | Shiyan Jinsheng | 26th Golden Eagle Awards | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2014 | Let's get married | 20th Shanghai Television Festival | Best Director | Won |
| 2014 | Let's get married | 27th Golden Eagle Awards | Best Director | Won |
| 2015 | Let's get married | 18th Chunyan Awards | Best Director | Won |
| 2015 | Let's get married | 10th National TV Production Top Ten Award | Best Director | Won |
| 2018 | The Way We Were | 24th Huading Awards | Best Director | Won |
| 2019 | The Way We Were | 12th National TV Production Top Ten Award | Best Director | Won |
| 2020 | The Legendary Tavern | 26th Shanghai Television Festival | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2020 | The Legendary Tavern | 30th Golden Eagle Awards | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2020 | The Legendary Tavern | 32nd Flying Apsaras Awards | Best Director | Won |
| 2021 | Dreams and Glory | 32nd Huading Awards | Best Director | Won |
| 2022 | Dreams and Glory | 18th Chinese American Film Festival | Best Director | Won |