Known as Ah-tang within his circle of friends, Cheng Wen-tang took a winding career path to become a director. Although he majored in a field related to film, it wasn't until he was 40 that he directed for the first time, with Lanyang River Youth. Today he is one of Taiwan's most prolific directors of films and TV dramas.
被圈內人暱稱為「阿堂」的鄭文堂，電影路走來十分曲折，他是科班出身，卻曾多次脫離電影圈，一直遲至 40 歲才首次以導演身份執導電視劇《蘭陽溪少年》，如今卻是台灣最多產的影視創作者。