Lu Chuan

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu.

Lu Chuan
Chinese name	陸川 (Traditional)
Chinese name	陆川 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Lù Chuān (Mandarin)
Born	1971 Xinjiang, China
Years active	2000s-present
Awards Golden Horse Awards Best Picture: 2004 Kekexili: Mountain Patrol Golden Rooster Awards Best Picture: 2004 Kekexili: Mountain Patrol

Lu Chuan (born 1971) is a Chinese filmmaker and screenwriter. He is the son of the novelist, Lu Tianming.^[1]

Education

Educated at the People's Liberation Army International Relations University in Nanjing, Lu spent two years serving in the Army as a secretary to a general.^[1] After his time in the army, Lu attended the Beijing Film Academy for a masters degree in directing.^[2] While there, he studied the works of his favorite directors including Ingmar Bergman, Jim Jarmusch, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. His dissertation was on the American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.^[1]

Directorial career

Hailed as a major new voice in Chinese cinema,^[2] Lu's first two films were small-budget productions which garnered both Chinese and international acclaim: 2002's The Missing Gun and 2004's Kekexili: Mountain Patrol. Kekexili won a Golden Rooster and a Golden Horse best picture award and Special Jury Prize at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival.

Lu's third film, the war drama City of Life and Death, was released in April 2009 to both critical and commercial success. At the same time, however, the film's sympathetic portrayal of a Japanese soldier has aroused controversy. Lu Chuan won Achievement in Directing for the film at 3rd Asia Pacific Screen Awards and Best Director Award at 4th Asian Film Awards. The film won Best Film and Best Cinematography Awards at 57th San Sebastian Film Festival.

Lu is currently (2011) working on an historical epic The Last Supper. This film will tell the story of two warring generals (Liu Bang and Xiang Yu) fighting for control of China at the end of the Qin Dynasty. It also centers on the legendary “Feast at Hong Gate” (206 B.C.) where Xiang Yu invited his long-time mentor Liu Bang to a banquet with the intention of assassinating him. “Feast at Hong Gate” (鸿门宴) gradually became a Chinese expression for an invitation to a meal that has sinister implications.

Lu was the general art director of the 12th Special Olympics Summer Games in Shanghai 2007 and directed the short film for the opening ceremony.

Lu directed the short film about volunteers: Together We Can Make It Better for the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou.

His short film The Road to Our Beautiful Life for the China Pavilion, Shanghai Expo 2010 has been very positively received.

In 2010, he became the first Asian director to work with Volkswagen to direct their globally broadcast commercial for Touareg.

Filmography

Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Awards
2002	The Missing Gun	寻枪	Annual Best Script, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, 2001; Best Maiden Work Award, 9th College Student Film Festival of China; Official selection for “Upstream” section of Venice International Film Festival
2004	Kekexili: Mountain Patrol	可可西里	Golden Horse for Best Film, Special Jury Prize at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival , Best Feature Film Golden Rooster Awards, Best Asian Film at the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards, Rajatha Chakoram for Best Director, Audience Prize, FIPRESCI Critics Prize, International Film Festival of Kerala, 2005, Best Feature Film at Banff Mountain Film Festival, 2005
2009	City of Life and Death	南京！南京！	Best film, San Sebastian Festival, 2009 , Achievement in Directing, 3rd Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Best Director Award, 4th Asian Film Awards

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Wong, Edward (2009-05-23). "Showing the Glimmer of Humanity Amid the Atrocities of War". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/23/world/asia/23luchuan.html?pagewanted=2&hp. Retrieved 2009-05-23. 
2. ^ ^{a b} APA Staff (2005-04-28). "Locked and Loaded: the Imperturbable Lu Chuan". Asia Pacific Arts. http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=23490. Retrieved 2009-01-21. 

External links

• Lu Chuan at the Internet Movie Database
• Lu Chuan at AllRovi
• Lu Chuan at the Chinese Movie Database

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Name	Lu, Chuan
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Date of birth	1970
Place of birth	Xinjiang, China
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