Age, Biography and Wiki
Sherwood Hu was born on 1967 in Shanghai, China, is a Chinese American theatre and film director. Discover Sherwood Hu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?
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Shanghai, China |
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China
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Sherwood Hu Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Hu Weimin Gu Menghua |
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Sherwood Hu Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Sherwood Hu worth at the age of 57 years old? Sherwood Hu’s income source is mostly from being a successful Film director. He is from China. We have estimated Sherwood Hu's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Sherwood Xuehua Hu (born 1967), is a Chinese American theatre director and film director.
Hu was born in Shanghai in 1967, to Hu Weimin (1932–1989), a theatre director, and Gu Menghua.
His sister Hu Xuelian is a producer.
Born and raised in Shanghai in a creative and artistic family, Hu relocated to the US where he earned a master's degree in theater and film production from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a Ph.D. in directing from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
He also studied under Joseph Papp at New York's Public Theater, and began his professional career directing theatre, including productions of Rashomon, Constant Prince, and The Chairman's Wife.
He also acted in the lead role of Song Liling in several productions of David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly.
Hu created The Legend of Prince Lanling, a lavish stage production set in ancient China; this received an honorable mention from the Kennedy Arts Center.
He later adapted this into his first feature film, the epic Warrior Lanling, which was launched at the 1995 Telluride Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival, Hawaii International Film Festival and others.
In 1998, Francis Ford Coppola and Wayne Wang were executive producers of his second feature, one of the first co-productions between American and Chinese filmmakers.
Tashima also starred in his next film, On The Roof (2002), a small indie digital video ensemble piece filmed in Pasadena, California.
In 2003, Hu returned to China to direct a 40-episode television series, Purple Jade for China Central Television, and a 30-episode TV series "The War of Peking".
Hu also has continued with theatre work, including stage productions of A.R. Gurney's Sylvia, Jean-Paul Sartre's Dirty Hands and a modern ballet, Shakespeare and His Women, for the 8th Shanghai International Arts Festival (2006), and a stage production of Prince of the Himalayas (2007) for the 9th Shanghai International Arts Festival.
Production of “Mulan”, which is adapted as a shadow puppetry show, received rave reviews and theater awards, including the “Golden Clown Award” of the 5th International Theater Festival in Russia.
His theater production “Farewell My Concubine” was in New York Met Life, sold out completely, and received raving reviews.
Recently, he directed a new Beijing opera, “New Dragon Inn,” which is based on a film of the same name; when the production opened at the Shanghai Grand Theater it was called “an instant classic”.
He returned to epic costume period film work with Prince of the Himalayas (2007), his own adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, set in ancient Tibet, performed entirely in the Tibetan language.
The film received numerous awards including best picture, best director, and best actor at several international film festivals.
Hu has also been a host on the Shanghai TV station Art and Culture channel of its film critique program, Hu on Silver Screen, since 2009.
He was also the artistic director of the 2010 World Expo's Shanghai Pavilion.
His new book《Notions of Directing》has been published by Chinese Film Press.
Hu is an active member of APSA.
Hu founded the Film and Television School at Shanghai Theater Academy in 2012, and served as its dean and professor supervising graduate students.
He also established the MIA Center (Media Image Art), contributing his time to study VR／AR technology film mixed with theater, computer arts, digital science, and high-tech engineering.
He is also a tenured professor at USC-ICCI, Shanghai Jiaotong University.
He received a “Golden Crane Award” for Excellent Contribution in Film at the 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival, and was awarded best director at the 51st Houston International Film Festival in 2018.
His innovative music production "Music of Life" was successfully performed at Carnegie Hall in October 2019.
Between his film and theatre projects, Hu is also a guest professor at the Shanghai Drama Academy where he supervises and mentors graduate students.
He has been honored with the title of "Eastern Scholar" as a distinguished professor.
