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Zhou Bing, the award-winning director and producer of hundreds of documentaries, is one of a handful of Chinese independent filmmakers whose work has resonance overseas. The Forbidden City – perhaps his best known documentary – has been broadcast on the National Geographic channel in 169 countries.
In 1997, as an ambitious 29-year-old Zhou Bing was diligently aspiring to establish himself as a documentarian, he stumbled upon the opportunity to direct a biographical documentary, Mei Lanfang 1930.
Mei Lanfang （1894-1961）, China’s best-known Peking opera artist, was the first performer to take the art form overseas, with his 1930 visit to the US making a particularly lasting impression - the extravagant costumes and choreography, as well as Mei’s personal charisma in his preferred female or dan roles, winning over many American audiences.
After agreeing to direct Mei Lanfang 1930, Zhou Bing decided to try something new - incorporating elements of“docu-fiction,” or in his own words, “representation of reality,” into the process.
“Inspired by stage effects of Peking opera performance, I found a suitable way to ‘cast’ certain ‘roles’ so as to re-enact certain events naturalistically,” Zhou Bing told NewsChina during an interview in late March, 2015. “This technique, though widely practiced in Western countries, was pioneering in China.”
According to Zhou, the documentary was a runaway success, and it propelled him to nationwide fame as a documentary director. In 2005, Zhou shot another ten-episode longform documentary chronicling Mei Lanfang’s life story. “The second time I encountered Mei, I drew more inspiration from him. Mei, as a reform-minded Peking opera performer, introduced a lot of new elements to the art form. So did I, in pursuing innovation in my field,” added Zhou. “Each time I studied Mei, I felt that it took my spirit and esthetic sense to new levels.”
This year, Zhou and his team members are preparing to shoot a new three-part documentary on Mei Lanfang. In late March, Zhou Bing sat down with NewsChina in his studio in eastern Beijing, to discuss his latest attempt to explore the curious world of Mei Lanfang.
NewsChina： Explain the different concepts of your two previous documentaries on Mei Lanfang.
Zhou Bing： Mei Lanfang 1930, which was finished in 1997, was a short documentary assignment from my previous employer [State broadcaster] CCTV, and was purely based on Mei’s tour to the US. At the time, when I was in my twenties, I wasn’t particularly interested in Peking opera, and had no sense of the significance of his 1930 visit to the US. Looking back now, his initiative in promoting Peking opera worldwide, particularly during that unique era, was significant even to present-day cultural exchange. After the May Fourth Movement in 1919, society was calling for elimination of traditional Chinese culture, including Peking opera. But Mei’s devotion to Peking opera was not shaken by this movement – on the contrary, he spent eight years preparing for his US tour. His significance as a cultural ambassador was historically incomparable.
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