Fen Tian
Writing
Biography
Jennifer Ten (January 1939 - March 2018) was a Chinese director, screenwriter and producer. She was born in the Province of Qingdao, Shandong, China. In 1962, she graduated from the drama department of Lanzhou Institute of Arts. She successively served as a member of the Henan Provincial Drama Troupe, an actor of the Guangxi Drama Troupe, a trainee of the Beijing Film Academy, and a creator of the Guangxi Cultural Bureau and a playwright of the China Youth Art Theatre. During several years she worked in the creation of scripts for different drama plays in China, some of were turn into films. In 2011 she directed her first feature film "Love on a Leash" for the Chinese-American company Fenix Pictures, an straight to DVD fantasy movie that through the years became some sort of cult classic. Two years later in her own homeland she wrote and directed another film called "Forbidden Kiss" a period romance drama about the cultural clash between West and Asian culture.
Known For
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
The Joy Luck Club
The story of Barry Minkow, a young and charismatic figure in business who reaches CEO status by lying and scheming his way to the top.
Con Man
A dog who strives to become a man seeks a woman who will love him enough for the transformation to take place.
Love on a Leash
To protect his fortune, billionaire Zhixiong Lin gives his daughter Lindan a crystal necklace with a hidden USB drive with all of his overseas banking info. After a criminal syndicate manufactures a car crash that kills Lindan and sees the USB go missing, the investigation is further complicated by the emergence of a woman identical to Lindan.
The Twins' Code
A young American architect comes to work to China on his thesis and accidentally poisoned himself while taking a hike on the mountain. However, he is miraculously saved and returned to the village by an unknown person. When he awakes, he doesn't know what happened or who saved him. This turn into a obsession to find his savior
Forbidden Kiss
The story of a group of unemployed young people headed by Qiu Hua and the creation of woolen sweaters to overcome their difficulties