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Wuershan

Director and writer, also producer · Born January 1, 1972 (54) · Hohhot, Inner Mongolia

Wuershan (simplified Chinese: 乌尔善) was born on June 10, 1972 in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. He is an ethnic Mongolian. He currently lives and works in Beijing, China. At 16 years old, Wuershan enrolled into the High School affiliated to China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Then he was admitted into the Oil Painting Department of China Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1992, but he dropped out in the next year. In 1994, Wuershan studied Directing at Beijing Film Academy. After he graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 1998, Wuershan started his career as an advertising director. He then became one of top commercial directors in China. In the meantime, he also made video arts, installations and performing art as an avant-garde artist. In 2004, Wuershan directed, wrote and produced Soap Opera (2004), which won the FIPRESCI Award of Busan International Film Festival. The FIPRESCI Award was given by the International Federation of Film Critics from the entries in the New Currents section of the film festival. In 2011, Wuershan directed and wrote the avantgarde martial arts comedy The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman (2011). He won the Best New Director of the 48th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, and the film was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay of the film festival. In 2012, Wuershan directed the Chinese fantasy romantic film Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012). It renewed 12 records in Chinese film history with total box office gross of CNY 726 million in Mainland China. Painted Skin: The Resurrection received the nomination for Best Visual Effects of the 49th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, as well as the nomination for Best Film From Mainland and Taiwan of the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2015, Wuershan directed the fantasy adventure blockbuster Mojin: The Lost Legend (previously titled The Ghouls). It has grossed CNY $1.6 billion in mainland China till January 7, 2015, which broke various significant records and became the second highest-gro

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1972 (54)
From
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
Works as
Director and writer, also producer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 16% in 30 days

What are Wuershan's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
29%
Morality
21%
Power
19%
Bonds
12%
Society
10%
Survival
6%
Ideas
4%
Self-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 4

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Relentless: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their relentless movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 2

Full focus: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their full focus movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Thrilling
4
Manic
1
Absurd
1
Joyful
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Fun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Wuershan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Wuershan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

16 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force(2025)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Dear Audience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • The Traveller(2024)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Raising From Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 7 episodes · Creator · as Self

  • The Road of Creation of the Gods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms(2023)

    Director · Creative Producer · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Mojin: The Lost Legend(2015)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Painted Skin: The Resurrection(2012)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman(2010)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Soap Opera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Open Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Evolution Jazz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Connection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Link (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Creation of the Gods III: Creation Under Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • 郑和下西洋1：沧海幽冥 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 16 titles, 14 of them dated from 1997 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)

$373M worldwide

Highest rated

Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)

Midcredits 74th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 16: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting13 of 16: 7 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score45thWriting6 of 16: 0 only writing, 6 with another roleEditing1 of 16: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 16: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

16 titles, 6 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1990s3 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s6 · 2 acting · 4 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Wuershan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · director, writer

The Traveller (2024)

80th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, producer

Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)

Midcredits 74th · 64% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 64/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Wuershan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Wuershan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jianan Ran shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers