How old is Wei Minzhi?

Wei Minzhi, born in Chicheng County, Hebei Province, 1985, is an actress and director in China. /kloc-At the age of 0/3, she became famous for her performance in Zhang Yimou's No Child Left Behind. In September 2004, she was admitted to Xiying Film and Television Media College of Xi International Studies University and became a student of the director department. Then I went to the United States for further study.

In 2004 and 2005, Wei Minzhi won the grand prize in the China Youth Composition Competition. Vice Chairman of China Young Writers Association, Chairman of Hebei Branch.

Chinese name: Wei Minzhi.

Nationality: China.

Ethnic group: Han nationality

Place of Birth: Chicheng County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province

Date of birth:1985 65438+1October 30th.

Occupation: actor, director, host

Graduate School: Brigham Young University, Hawaii

Representative works: No one can be less, the mother's wish.

Gender: Female

Height: 158cm

Personal experience

stage a play

The two short plays Fairy Tales in the Night have attracted much attention because of Wei Minzhi's participation. After starring in No Child Left Behind, Wei Minzhi, who walked out of Zhang Yimou's aura, gradually faded out of people's sight. She finished high school in Shijiazhuang elite middle school and was admitted to the director department of Xiying Film and Television Media College of Xi International Studies University in 2004.

Facing a large group of reporters, Wei Minzhi showed great grace and drew a blueprint for future directors. When the reporter talked to her alone, Wei Minzhi's mature behavior still could not conceal the unique simplicity of a girl of this age. She sighed lightly and said, "Being a director is really just an idea of mine. I'm not even sure if I really like this industry. Maybe I will get married early after graduating from college. "

Wei Minzhi behaves well in front of people, but it also makes people feel that she is out of proportion to her age. The reporter asked her if she felt this way. Wei Minzhi said, "Actually, I didn't show my true self. I am most comfortable with my classmates. I also asked my classmates what they thought of me. They said,' You are just a child!' "Director Zhang Yuzhong commented that she is a very practical and filial child. Wei Minzhi nodded gently:" I admit this. I hope my family can live a better life now. They are what I care about most. "

National college entrance examination

The film No Child Left Behind made Wei Minzhi famous overnight, and many art schools, including several in Beijing, wrote that they were willing to recruit Wei Minzhi. Many people care about Wei Minzhi after becoming famous: What's the next choice?

Wei Minzhi, who was in applause, was at a loss about the future. If Zhang Yimou "should continue studying", Wei Minzhi, who was only 14 years old, chose to go to the elite middle school in Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital, and started a new study.

When he first transferred to an elite middle school, Wei Minzhi was inevitably a little uncomfortable. Before that, she had been living in the countryside, and she spoke dialects. When she arrived in Shijiazhuang, her classmates had to communicate in Mandarin, which Wei Minzhi joked about. In a math class, the teacher asked a question. Wei Minzhi raised her hand very actively to ask for an answer, so the teacher ordered her to stand up. I didn't expect that she couldn't tell the answer clearly with her dialect of Mandarin, which made everyone laugh. Since then, she has strengthened her practice of Mandarin. In this brand-new environment, Wei Minzhi put all his thoughts on his studies, and later he was successfully admitted to elite middle schools and high schools.

In a blink of an eye, I entered the preparation stage of senior three. Wei Minzhi, 19, told her teacher that she wanted to be a director. She thinks that the top universities in China are Beijing Film Academy and Central Academy of Drama, and she wants to give it a try. Wei Minzhi's choice has a lot to do with her 13-year-old first exposure to movies. Those short months of shooting had a subtle influence on her. Because I feel that I am not beautiful enough, I feel that I am more suitable for the director department than the performance department. But her decision was opposed by her family and teachers.

Dad said to Wei Minzhi: You'd better not dream of being a director, go to a normal school honestly and teach like your sister in the future. Wei Minzhi kept begging: Dad, please let me try! Finally, dad was persuaded: well, you can spend a few dollars. My elder sister always thinks that Wei Minzhi is not suitable for art school, and she is too dull to perform. Teachers and classmates all think so. Everyone thinks: Although Wei Minzhi is in Nothing,

It may not be so successful, but that's because she is natural. She has no talent for acting.

Wei Minzhi still stubbornly decided to try it according to his own ideas.

In February, 2004, Wei Minzhi and other students who dreamed of becoming directors or stars participated in the first round of interviews for art majors in Beijing Film Academy. There are more than 800 applicants for the editing and directing major, and dozens of them were finally admitted. To Wei Minzhi's delight, she passed the initial test without much professional knowledge. But apart from 13-year-old starring in the film No Child Left Behind, Wei Minzhi doesn't have much film knowledge, and he is not sure whether he can pass the difficult art re-examination. A reporter who just graduated from the director department of Beijing Film Academy asked Wei Minzhi: What do you know? I said a lot of movie jargon, which made her shake her head again and again: I don't know, I don't know. The other party said, let me help you tutor for a while. So he lent Wei Minzhi some books about the basic knowledge of movies, and Wei Minzhi suddenly began to study.

Two days later, the nervous Wei Minzhi went to the second interview. To Wei Minzhi's regret, her name was not on the list of three tests. She did not expect that this attempt attracted a lot of media attention, and some reporters interviewed her one after another. Wei Minzhi ran out of the Film Academy without saying a word to the reporters who came to interview. An hour later, she and her sister set foot on the train back to Shijiazhuang.

What happened next was even more unexpected to her.

After returning to school, Wei Minzhi saw many reports and pictures about himself on the Internet, and felt that after he failed to apply for the Film Academy, it seemed that people all over the world were pointing the finger at him. Some public opinions on the Internet commented that Wei Minzhi became famous only by chance through a film, and he lacked artistic talent and was not suitable for taking the artistic road. It is natural that he failed in the film academy.

Wei Minzhi, 19 years old, was overwhelmed by all kinds of opinions from outside, the failure of the interview in the Film Academy, and the study pressure before the college entrance examination. That night, she didn't even attend the self-study class. She sat alone on the playground, thinking about her mood, and couldn't help running around on the playground. I don't know how many laps I have run, but I just want to vent my depression in the desperate running. At this time, Wei Minzhi, who was helpless, did not feel wronged, but felt that he had really done something wrong: he should not have taken the examination of Beiying, otherwise it would not have caused so many things.

Just when Wei Minzhi was frustrated because she didn't realize her dream, she couldn't help thinking of a conversation with Zhang Yimou after filming. In that conversation, Director Zhang encouraged her to go back to school and study hard. With everyone's help and encouragement, Wei Minzhi's heart gradually calmed down, and she knew what to do now: cheer up and study hard as soon as possible.

Wei Minzhi asked her father to buy her a flashlight. After turning off the lights at night, in order not to affect others, she read a book with a flashlight in the bed and didn't go to bed until her eyelids fought. Three months before college entrance examination, she used three flashlights.

Just as Wei Minzhi was bent on the college entrance examination, she saw the enrollment brochure of Xiying Film and Television Media College of Xi International Studies University (now Xi International Studies University). After a setback, do you still want to try? The enchanted Wei Minzhi hesitated again. At this point, her father encouraged her to say, either you try again or you won't regret it later. After listening to his father's words, Wei Minzhi thought: Only by giving himself one more choice will he not regret it in the future.

This exam, Wei Minzhi finally succeeded: she successfully passed the initial and second exams, which made her welcome the college entrance examination with a more relaxed and happy mood.

On June 7th, 2004, Wei Minzhi walked into the examination room, just like millions of candidates all over the country. After several days of exams, Wei Minzhi is not optimistic about his grades. She estimates that there are about 400 points, and even the mood of checking points is not very urgent. On the contrary, my sister brought good news: her college entrance examination score was much higher than expected: 460 points. This makes Wei Minzhi very happy: there is no need to make up lessons this year.

In September, 2004, Wei Minzhi successfully entered the door of Xiying Film and Television Media College of Xi International Studies University and became a student of the director department.

direct

Wei Minzhi, who studied as a director in Xiying Media College of Xi International Studies University for two years, officially became a director, and the TV series Mother's Wish, which was independently directed by her, officially stopped broadcasting on June 5438+1October 65438+July 2006.

June 5438+1October 65438+July, 2006, Wei Minzhi told reporters that the TV series "Mother's Wish" invested by a film and television company in Xi 'an revolved around the family chores between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. When the boss of the film and television company came to my director, I read the script and thought it was ok to change it, so I agreed. As for the reason why the film and television company asked her for a director, Wei Minzhi said that the other party didn't value her popularity, but because the college teacher strongly recommended her.

According to Wei Minzhi, the actors in the play are all non-professional actors selected by her personally, because it can better show the original form of life. Wei Minzhi admitted that his preference for non-professional actors was also influenced by the film No Child Left Behind directed by Zhang Yimou. Although Wei Minzhi consulted many teachers before filming, he couldn't get in touch with her Bole Zhang Yimou. I also hope to show this play to Zhang Yimou in the future and ask Zhang Yimou to direct her business.

It is reported that the director of the play is Wei Minzhi, and some TV stations have approached to buy the play and broadcast it.

host

Brigham Young University Choir from Hawaii brought a world folk song concert to Beijing audience in Zhongshan Concert Hall on the evening of May 6, 2007. Dr Duane Robert of Brigham Young University Choir told reporters that the host of the concert was Wei Minzhi. As a freshman in this school, she will be the live host in Chinese and fluent English.

Dr. Chen, a professor of Chinese in the choir, also gave a special introduction to the situation. "Brigham Young University and Xi 'an International Studies University have many years of inter-school exchanges and cooperation in exchanging students. The reason why Wei Minzhi can become a student in our school has to start from 2004. That year, I came into contact with Wei Minzhi, who was a freshman at Xi International Studies University. At that time, her English was poor and she didn't understand the simplest questions. However, I introduced her to our professor who teaches at Xi International Studies University. Wei Minzhi is very clever. After two years, her level has been fully able to cope with all the courses of Brigham Young University. She majored in media and television at Brigham Young University. In addition, students from Brigham Young University come from more than 70 countries around the world, of which about 50% are from poor areas. Wei Minzhi is very representative of this group, so we are very willing to recruit her to study at school. "

Dr. Chen also told reporters that she could not appear at the media meeting because she also served as the deputy director of the performance video of this tour. "Now she is filming a program with the choir at Badaling Great Wall." As for her hosting level and English level, "you can see a different Wei Minzhi at the concert tonight."

Main work

Personality assessment

It is said that the old bird can dig people, right-Zhang Ziyi is now in Hollywood, and there is a boyfriend of a major shareholder of time warner Inc. Company, who often haunts places where rich people live together, just like an "upper-class beauty" with an oriental face. According to the exclusive news of this newspaper, Wei Minzhi, the most rustic girl in the movie "No Child Left Behind", was mixed up in the United States!

How can Wei Minzhi go to America?

After the performance of No Child Left Behind, Wei Minzhi, who was rated as "unattractive and in poor shape" by Zhang Yimou, had to be admitted as the second best director of the Beijing Film Academy. As a result, Wei Minzhi, a village in Chicheng County, Zhangjiakou City, was eliminated in the interview and finally admitted to a film and television media college in Xi, becoming a director student.

Later, an American foreign doctor (Chinese name Chen Ergang) wanted to sponsor Xiao Wei to study in the United States, and personally came to China to meet Wei Minzhi. For studying abroad, Wei Minzhi's reason is: to study as a director (really persistent), and to film the lives of poor children after returning home. After two years of preparing for the exam, Wei Minzhi was admitted to Brigham Young University, majoring in media and television. More importantly, Xiao Wei won a full scholarship! You know, her sister Zhang Ziyi has been teased for her poor English for a long time, especially at an international film festival, she can only speak Ithink, like, Thankyou.

Media interview

Wei Minzhi: Without Zhang Yimou, she might raise pigs at home.

Wei Minzhi, who is looking for a woman, returned from studying in the United States and appeared in Shijiazhuang. At that time, she became famous for filming Zhang Yimou's film No Child Left Behind. This time, I returned to China to shoot the documentary "Miracle Daughter" to tell my growth story. Shijiazhuang was the first stop of her trip, and Wei Minzhi finished her studies in elite middle school.

"The title of the documentary we shot back to China this time is Daughter of Miracle, which will be broadcast on TV stations such as Salt Lake City TV Station and Hebei TV Station in the United States next winter. I work as a production assistant and actor in this film. " Wei Minzhi said that making this film by himself is a memory, gratitude and inspiration to more friends: as long as you are willing to work hard, miracles will happen in life.

Later, when interviewed by reporters, Wei Minzhi said, "I am really lucky to be filming with Uncle Zhang Yimou. The experience of filming No Child Left Behind changed the course of my life. I may have a chance to go to college and study abroad. Without this movie, I might raise pigs, get married, have children and be a housewife at home. "

Facing the problem that Wei Minzhi is the most native girl, Wei Minzhi said, "Actually, this is someone else's evaluation. Everyone has the right to evaluate anything. I don't think it matters, the soil is not soil, just be yourself. "

Personal glory

In 2004, he won the grand prize of China Youth Composition Competition.

In 2005, he won the special prize of China Youth Composition Competition.

Personal life

On August 19, 2006, Wei Minzhi also went to Brigham Young University for further study. Apart from her academic success, Wei Minzhi, who studied in the United States, met her lover. She met her present lover, a Chinese-American David (Chinese name Liu Jinhui), at a party. After two years of love, they entered the marriage hall hand in hand in July 2008.

Every Spring Festival, Wei Minzhi sends a card to Zhang Yimou. Zhang Yimou will also send back messages to encourage Wei Minzhi to study hard. Wei Minzhi plans to go back to China to make movies after school. His greatest dream is to be an assistant director for Zhang Yimou in order to repay his kindness 1 1 years ago. Wei Minzhi successfully completed his studies in the United States and became a director himself. Not only that, Wei Minzhi and David's baby was born and named Liu Qian. The baby looks very cute.