Xiao Jiang (Chinese: 小江; pinyin: Xiǎo Jiāng) (born 1972) is the stage name of female Chinese film director Jia Yan,[1]. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Chinese-language cinema has three distinct historical threads Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of China, and Cinema of Taiwan. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Jia graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1995. Beijing Film Academy ( abbreviated BFA is a Coeducational state-run higher education institution in Beijing, China. [2] Jia Yan worked primarily in television, directing three tv movies before joining the China Film Group as a screenwriter. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic China Film Group Corporation ( abbreviated as CFGC, is the largest and most influential state-run film Enterprise in China. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made [2] In 2004, under the name of Xiao Jiang, she wrote and directed her debut film, Electric Shadows. The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place Electric Shadows is a 2004 Chinese film directed by Xiao Jiang.