HUANG Ying is a national first-class director, holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Master’s of Arts in Theatre Directing Theory and Practice, and a Doctor’s Degree in Theatre, Film & TV Studies. He is an associate professor at the Department of Directing, Beijing Film Academy, member of the China Theatre Association, and distinguished expert at the Arts Council of Beijing Performance & Arts Group. He won “Outstanding Director Award” in the 2014 Performance Season for the National Art Troupes organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the PRC, and the China National Arts Fund’s Financial Aid for Young Artists in 2015. His work Jujube Tree won the “Five-One” Project Award by Publicity Department of the CPC and Award for Best Theatrical Works performed in the Performance Season for the National Art Troupes organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the PRC.

Director HUANG Ying has produced a grand total of 44 works, which have all enjoyed a remarkable reputation. His works have a solid foundation laid by the traditional Chinese art, as well as boasting a keen and broad international perspective. His works are divided into various styles from Jujube Tree, Stewed Pork Offal, Before the Horse! and Unfold the Year of 1990, modern dramas with contemporary Beijing characteristics, to The Taming of the Shrew, Miss Julie and Macbeth, produced by internationally-acclaimed design and expression means based on classic literary masterpieces of the world; from the physical theatre To Be Continued to the Broadway-style musical Bravo! Salted Fish. Great Life; from Cooking a Dream and Journey to the West, produced as a modest spur to inspire the creation of more new-style theatrical works of China, to When Love Blossoms, Dream Walker, Singles Villa and Dim Sum, multimedia works created in an attempt to combine live shooting with live action … His representative works, include Cooking a Dream, Macbeth, To Be Continued and Break Gold. He have toured numerous nations and regions for many times, such as France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. Meanwhile, on behalf of Chinese theatrical circles, he has paid many academic visits to foreign countries for theatre development seminars and other international exchange activities. He has also received high recognition from foreign theatre masters and experts.

HUANG Ying has carried off the following Awards and honors in recent years: The 32^nd Tian Han Theatre Award (for drama script) won by the Stewed Pork Offal in 2018, the China National Arts Fund’s Financial Aid for Young Artists in 2015, “Outstanding Director Award” in the 2014 Performance Season for National Art Troupes organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the PRC, Excellent Creation Award at the Toga Asia Directors’ Day by the Japan Performing Arts Fund in 2013, Best Director Award and Best Script Award at the National Theatre Culture Awards in 2011, etc. HUANG Ying was named China’s Rising Artist of the Year by The Beijing News in 2009.

As a playwright, ZHANG Chi’s representative works include the drama Half of My Lifetime, short films Let Us Start Anew and Stone Drum, etc. As a director, his representative works include the dramas Half of My Lifetime, Blessing and Longevity, Crossroads, Bell and Drum Towers, etc. He has served as a director in many column plays, MVs, TVCs, and advertising programmes. He has also played a part in the dramas Chinese Class and Half of My Lifetime.