Music • 1988 graduated from
Beijing No.4 High School • 1988 entered Department of Electronic Engineering,
Tsinghua University, majoring in
Radar • Was the main judge for more than 10 talent shows, such as ''China's Got Talent'' • Was the chair of Alibaba Music Group from July 2015 • During August 2016, as the host of the talk show, Xiaosong accused a Canadian government-backed tourism organization of trying to censor Xiaosong Pedia. •
Xiaosong Pedia ended in December 2016. The show received more than 900m views during its two-and-a-half-year run.
Morning Call: March 2012 - June 2014 • The show has accumulated viewership of over 850 million, highest in the world; one episode has over 40 million hits
Today in History: January 2013 - December 2013 • A daily talk show with the highest viewership on Dragon TV, the scripts have been published in China.
Film director • Serving as the Executive Producer for Netflix's science fiction series 3 Body Problem, which has been nominated for six Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series. • Wrote, composed and produced his fifth feature film
My Old Classmate, which obtained half of the national gross box office on its first day of release on Friday, April 25, 2014. The film topped the Chinese national box office for nine consecutive days and accumulated a box office of US$80 million. • Directed and composed the music for his fourth feature film
My Kingdom, produced by
Andre Morgan (the producer of
Million Dollar Baby,
The Warlords); Action Director was Sammo Hung; released in September 2011 in China, USA (AMC), Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc. The box office in China accumulated to US$10 million. The film was first runner-up on the box office chart for September 2011. • Directed and composed the music for his third feature and first American film
Fragile,
This Side Up, Keep Dry in 2006, produced by Alain Siritzky and Jean Chalopin. • Directed and composed the music for his second feature film
Rainbow in 2002, starring Chen Daoming and Li Xiaolu. • Directed and composed the music for his first feature film
Where Have All the Flowers Gone in 1999, starring Zhou Xun (Best Actress Award, the 15th Paris Film Festival) and Xia Yu (Best Actor, Venice Film Festival 1994).
Writer • Published
Face on the Wall in 2000 and sold over 180,000 copies • Published
Like a Song in 2009 and sold over 500,000 copies • Books to published in 2014 include two volumes of the scripts
Morning Call and six volumes of
Today in History Charity In 2015, Gao founded the nonprofit Zashuguan Library and has been its curator since then. The library has a collection of over 800,000 books and documents, the majority of which were published during the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Republic of China period. ==Personal life==