Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s5.t3.15

v2.c11.s5.t3.15

in the Faculty of Cinematography, after he made a personal appeal to the Ministry of Culture where he showed them his portfolio of photographs. His classmates were Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Zhang Junzhao who along with him formed the core of the Fifth Generation of film makers of China and were integral to emergence of films as a major genre of art after the Cultural Revolution.