Lu Yang (Chinese: 路阳; born 1979) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter best known for his works My Spectacular Theatre, Brotherhood of Blades and Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield.[2]
Lu Yang | |||||||
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| Born | 1979 (age 44–45)[1] | ||||||
| Alma mater | Beijing Film Academy | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter | ||||||
| Years active | 2005 - present | ||||||
| Agent(s) | Beijing Ziyou Kujing Film Co., Ltd. | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 路陽 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 路阳 | ||||||
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Early life and education
editA native of Beijing, Lu Yang graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, where he majored in directing at the Director Department. He once worked in Phoenix Television.[1]
Career
editHe made his directorial debut Suzhou Bridge in 2005. That same year, he also directed Happy Life.
In 2010, he wrote and directed My Spectacular Theatre, which earned his Best Director of the Debut Award at the 28th Golden Rooster Awards and won the Audience Award at the 15th Busan International Film Festival.[3][4]
In 2014, he wrote and directed the historical action movie Brotherhood of Blades, for which he received Young Director of the Year Award at the China Film Director Association and Best Director of the Debut Award at the 16th Huading Awards, and was nominated for Best Director of the Debut, Best Director, and Best Film Awards at the 15th Chinese Film Media Awards. It starred Chang Chen, Liu Shishi, Wang Qianyuan. It was also produced by Terence Chang, Wang Donghui and Ling Hong.[5] At the same year, he also directed Ex Fighting, starring Lian Kai, Xiong Naijin, Zhu Dan and Ma Yuan. The film was released on October 14, 2014.
In 2017, he wrote and directed Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield, a sequel to Brotherhood of Blades. It starred Chang Chen, Yang Mi and Zhang Yi, and it was produced by Ning Hao and Wang Yibing.[6] The film was released in China on July 19, 2017, and has grossed CN¥131 million in China.[7]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | English Title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Suzhou Bridge | 《苏州桥》 | Director | Short film |
| Happy Life | 《幸福生活》 | Director | Short film | |
| 2006 | Coming Home | 《回家》 | Director | Short film |
| No Way Out | 《黑白对抗》 | Director | TV film | |
| Grey, White and Black | 《灰白黑》 | Director | ||
| 2009 | 《遍路》 | Director | Documentary | |
| Colored Youth | 《着色的青春》 | Director | ||
| 2010 | My Spectacular Theatre | 《盲人电影院》 | Director/ screenwriter | |
| 2011 | Confession | 《告白》 | Director/ screenwriter | Short film |
| 2014 | Ex Fighting | 《房车奇遇》 | Director/ screenwriter | |
| Brotherhood of Blades | 《绣春刀》 | Director/ screenwriter | ||
| 2017 | Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield | 《绣春刀：修罗战场》 | Director | |
| 2020 | The Sacrifice | 《金刚川》 | Director | |
| 2021 | A Writer's Odyssey | Director |
TV series
edit| Year | English Title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 《天堑·1949》 | Director/ screenwriter | ||
| 2022 | The Wind Blows from Longxi | 《风起陇西》 | Director |
Film and TV Awards
edit| Year | Nominated work | Category | Award | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | My Spectacular Theatre | Best Director of the Debut Award | 28th Golden Rooster Awards | Won | |
| 2015 | Brotherhood of Blades | Young Director of the Year Award | China Film Director Association | Won | |
| Young Screenwriter of the Year Award | China Film Director Association | Nominated | |||
| Best Director of the Debut Award | 15th Chinese Film Media Awards | Nominated | |||
| Best Director | Nominated | ||||
| Best Film | Nominated | ||||
| Best Director | 16th Huading Awards | Won |
References
edit- ^ a b 《绣春刀》导演路阳：为拍电影从北影辞职. sina (in Chinese). 2014-08-25.
35岁，毕业7年，拍过3部电影，1部上映，票房8300万。
- ^ Dai Minjie (戴敏洁) (2022). 路阳，总得对抗点什么 [Lu Yang, I have to confront something]. Nothing but Storytelling (in Chinese). 400. Beijing: People's Publishing House: 107–113. ISSN 1001-6635.
- ^ 图文：金鸡奖-路阳凭《盲人电影院》获最佳导演处女作. sina (in Chinese). 2011-10-22.
- ^ 釜山电影节闭幕 华语片《盲人电影院》获观众奖. 1905 (in Chinese). 2010-10-15.
- ^ Elley, Derek (22 September 2014). "Brotherhood of Blades". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ 宁浩不当老师做陪练 路阳对绣春刀2有信心. sina (in Chinese). 2016-09-06.
- ^ 绣春刀·修罗战场（2017）. Cbooo (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 July 2017.