In 1985, he directed his first feature film "The Black Cannon Incident", which won many awards such as the Huabiao Award, the Golden Rooster Award, and the Hong Kong Golden Statue Award; his directorial and supervisory works have broken the box office records of Chinese films many times, and he has also won awards in various domestic film awards and international film festivals; in 2021, "1921" won the Best Screenplay Award in the 34th Chinese Golden Rooster Film Awards.