Kong Sheng Mainland China male director and cameraman

Kong Sheng, born in March 1960 in Shandong Province, is a male director and cameraman from mainland China. He is a member of the China Television Artists Association and the Shandong Television Artists Association. [127]
In 1990, Kong Sheng worked as a photography assistant in the historical biographical drama Confucius . [133]In 1991, he began to take on the role of chief cameraman. In 1994, he won the Shandong Province Outstanding Camera Award for his biographical drama "Kong Fansen". In 1996, his first TV series as an independent director, "Policeman Cheng Guangquan", won the Shandong Province Outstanding Director Award, the Central Propaganda Department's "Five One Project" Award, the Feitian Award Second Prize, and the Ministry of Public Security's "Cultural Masterpiece Project" Award. [88], and then shifted his focus to directing. In 1998, Kong Sheng won the China TV Drama Feitian Award for Outstanding Photography for the TV series " Holy Fire on the Sea ". [120][133]In the same year, he won the China TV Golden Eagle Award for Best Editing for his work on Daughter of Alishan. [89]In 2004, he filmed the Beijing opera " Nine Zhang Nine Floors in the Front Gate ", which attracted the attention of the industry. [90][153]In 2008, he won the Golden Eagle Award for Best TV Series, Best Screenwriter, and Best Cinematography for his TV series Crossing the Guandong . [91]Since 2011, Kong Sheng's directorial creation has been on a fast track. A large number of high-quality works have been born one after another, including "Windmill", "Parents' Love", "A Family in Wenzhou", "The Battle of Changsha", "All Quiet in Peking", "Nirvana in Fire", "Ode to Joy", etc., including period dramas, industry dramas, urban dramas, anti-Japanese war dramas, and costume dramas, which have established Kong Sheng's status as a "god" in the industry. [154]In 2015, he directed the female workplace inspirational drama Ode to Joy . [92]In the same year, he won the Outstanding Director Award at the 30th Feitian Awards for TV Dramas. [93]In 2019, he won the Best Director Award at the 25th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award for his role in A Flowing River . [94]In the same year, he won the Best Director Award at the 30th China TV Golden Eagle Awards for his role in A Flowing River. [95]On October 18, 2020, Kong Sheng served as an expert on the Climbing Project of the New Art Organization and New Art Group Working Committee of the China Television Association. [96]In July 2022, he served as co-president of the Australian TV Drama Directors Association!