---
name: "Wu Ershan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wuershan"
fi1m_id: "wuershan"
imdb_id: "nm4069612"
tmdb_id: 232685
wikidata_id: "Q9055115"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T16:49:40.587825+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Wu Ershan

## Identity

Wu Ershan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wuershan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wuershan
- **IMDb ID:** nm4069612
- **TMDB ID:** 232685
- **Wikidata ID:** Q9055115
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuershan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9055115, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4069612/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/232685

Director. Born 1 January 1972 in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1972, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
- **Also known as:** Wuershan, 烏爾善, 乌尔善, Wū Ěr Shàn, Wu Er Shan, 523, Уэршань, وورشان, Wu Ersan
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuershan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9055115, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4069612/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/232685

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms*](https://film.one/film/creation-of-the-gods-i-kingdom-of-storms.md) (65)

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## Biography

Wu Ershan (also credited as Wuershan or 乌尔善) is a Chinese film director of Mongol descent. Born on 10 June 1972 in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, he studied oil painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts before graduating from the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1998.

He began his career as a commercial and advertising director while also producing video art and installations. His feature debut *Soap Opera* (2004) won the FIPRESCI Award at the Busan International Film Festival. Later films include *The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman* (2011), for which he received the Best New Director prize at the Golden Horse Film Festival, *Painted Skin: The Resurrection* (2012) and *Mojin: The Lost Legend* (2015).

Wu Ershan directed and co-wrote *Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms* (2023), the first part of a mythological epic trilogy based on the novel *Investiture of the Gods*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, baike.baidu.com, globaltimes.cn, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms* (2023), Fi1m 65, Writer, Creative Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/creation-of-the-gods-i-kingdom-of-storms.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force* (2025), Director, Writer
- *Dear Audience* (2025), series, Actor
- *The Traveller* (2024), Director, Writer
- *The Road of Creation of the Gods* (2023), series, Actor
- *Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms* (2023), Director, Creative Producer, Writer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/creation-of-the-gods-i-kingdom-of-storms.md)
- *Mojin: The Lost Legend* (2015), Director
- *Painted Skin: The Resurrection* (2012), Director
- *The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman* (2011), Director, Writer
- *Soap Opera* (2004), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Open Fire* (2002), Director
- *Evolution Jazz* (1999), Director
- *Connection* (1997), Director
- *Link* (1997), Director
- *郑和下西洋1：沧海幽冥*, Director, Writer
- *Creation of the Gods III: Creation Under Heaven*, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director 2016: Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director (won), for *Mojin: The Lost Legend*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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