Lu Chuan

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Lu Chuan, born in Kuitun city, Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Autonomous Region on February 8, 1971, is a native of Nantong, Jiangsu Province. He is a Chinese director, screenwriter and producer. He graduated from the director department of Nanjing Academy of international relations and Beijing Film Academy.

In 1999, Lu Chuan's 30 episode TV series "black hole" attracted attention. In 2002, his first film "looking for a gun", written and directed by him, made its debut in the Chinese film world. The script of the play won the top ten excellent Chinese script awards awarded by the information bureau of the Taiwan Executive Yuan that year and was selected into the competition unit of the Venice Film Festival. In 2004, his film "Kekexili" won the Huabiao award and other awards in China and the jury award of Tokyo International Film Festival in the world. In 2009, he wrote and directed the film Nanjing! Nanjing! 》He won the golden shell Award for best film at the 57th St. Sebastian International Film Festival, the best director award at the 3rd Asia Pacific Film Festival, and the best director award at the 4th Asian Film Awards. In 2012, the movie "the feast of the king" was released.

During the film creation period, Lu Chuan also undertook the social and cultural mission. In 2006, Lu Chuan was the artistic director of the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Special Olympics and created the opening film. In 2009, he was invited to become the director of image art of the National Pavilion of Shanghai World Expo, and participated in the design of the main exhibition content of the National Pavilion of Shanghai World Expo. In 2010, he directed the main exhibition film "journey" of the National Pavilion of the World Expo. In 2012, he directed a large-scale live performance "bird's nest · attraction", which was successfully performed in the National Stadium Bird's nest for three consecutive years. Due to his outstanding contribution in professional and social work, the all China Federation of trade unions awarded him the National May day labor medal in 2011.

On September 30, 2015, the movie nine story demon tower, directed by the screenwriter and director of the popular online novel ghost blowing the lamp, won 682 million box office, the best director and Golden Angel award of the year in 2015 Sino US film festival, and the best director and best film award in the 7th European Vientiane International Chinese Film Festival.

Character experience

On February 8, 1971, Lu Chuan was born in the 131 regiment of the seventh agricultural division in Kuitun, Xinjiang. He is the son of the writer Lu Tianming. When he was five years old, he moved to Beijing with his parents and grew up in Beijing.

He graduated from the Institute of international relations of the Nanjing People's Liberation Army in 1993 and served in the army for two years.

In 1995, he was admitted to the director department of Beijing Film Academy, and obtained a master's degree in 1998.

In 1999, Lu Chuan's 30 episode TV series "black hole" was broadcast nationwide.

In 2002, Lu Chuan wrote and directed his first film "looking for a gun". The script of the play won the top ten excellent Chinese script awards awarded by the information bureau of the Taiwan Executive Yuan. The film was selected into the competition unit of the Venice Film Festival

At the same time, Lu Chuan himself won dozens of awards such as the best first director of the University Film Festival.

In 2004, Lu Chuan wrote and directed the film "Kekexili", which won many government awards such as Huabiao award in China and the jury award of Tokyo International Film Festival in the world. With this film, Lu Chuan was selected as one of the top ten young directors in the world by the American magazine variety.

Lu Chuan was invited to the opening ceremony of the 2006 Shanghai Olympic Games.

On April 22, 2009, Lu Chuan wrote and directed his third film, Nanjing! Nanjing! 》The film has won more than ten international awards, including the golden shell Award for best film at the 57th St. Sebastian International Film Festival, the best director award at the 3rd Asia Pacific Film Festival and the best director award at the 4th Asian Film Festival. He won the best foreign language film award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association in the United States.

In 2009, Lu Chuan was invited to become the director of image art of the National Pavilion of Shanghai World Expo, and participated in the design of the main exhibition contents of the National Pavilion of Shanghai World Expo.

On May 1, 2010, the main exhibition film "journey" directed by Lu Chuan of the National Pavilion of the World Expo was officially released in the 49 meter film Gallery of the National Pavilion.

In September 2012, in cooperation with SASAC and the National Stadium, Lu Chuan successfully arranged and directed a large-scale live performance "bird's nest attraction" on the stage of the bird's nest. The live music performance gathered the participation of many stars including Tan Jing and Wu Kequn, and successfully performed in the bird's nest for three years. On September 8, Lu Chuan's fourth film "Wang's Feast" was held in the Toronto Film Festival The film was premiered in the mainland on November 29 and won five nominations at the 17th Asian Film Awards.

In 2014, he prepared and arranged a large-scale indoor show "Silk Road myth"; in the same year, Lu Chuan wrote and directed the film "nine story demon tower", starring Zhao Youting and Yao Chen. The film was released on September 30, 2015, with a box office performance of 682 million yuan. It won the best director and Golden Angel award of the year in 2015 Sino US film festival, and the best director and best film award in the 7th European Vientiane International Chinese Film Festival.

In 2016, Lu Chuan and Disney collaborated on his first natural film, we were born in China, which was released in China on August 12, 2016 and will be released in North America in April 2017.

In early 2016, New York filmmakers announced that river town, the best-selling book of American writer Peter Hessler, will be adapted into a film. Chinese director Lu Chuan will be appointed as the director and producer to create and shoot with the American production team. The film has now entered the preparatory stage.

On December 6, 2016, jointly sponsored by people's network, global times, global network and global time news client, the 2016 global fashion annual grand ceremony hosted by global network was held, and was awarded "fashion leader". In recognition of its own influence, to release public welfare and fashion cross-border forces to the whole society.

In June 2017, he served as the judge of aacta best Asian Film grand jury.

On January 16, 2021, Lu Chuan joined "I am actor 3" as "director Examiner".

Personal life

In March 2015, Lu Chuan and CCTV anchor Hu Die registered for marriage. Hu die was born in 1983, 12 years younger than Lu Chuan.

On April 11, 2015, Lu Chuan micro blog said that when I met my wife, it was the most difficult time for me. Inadvertently looking back will see her figure and her eyes. These warm memories are engraved in my heart. Marriage is mutual trust and commitment, and we are ready. Thank you all for your concern. Later, Hu butterfly forwarded the microblog and wrote: "fate is like this. Thank you for your blessing

On June 15, 2015, Hu Die and Lu Chuan held their wedding ceremony in Maui, Hawaii. The wedding was very low-key and private, and only their relatives and friends were invited. At 9:40 a.m. on October 22, Lu Chuan sent a microblog to report that Hu Die had successfully given birth to her son.

On November 24, 2020, Lu Chuan announced that the second child had a daughter.

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Award winning record

Character evaluation

Lu Chuan is a master narrator. Like Akira Kurosawa or Martin Scorsese, he is good at highlighting individual characters in chaotic scenes. Nanjing! Nanjing! 》Lu Chuan truly depicts the complexity and heroism of the war.

As a new generation of academic directors, Lu Chuan himself is quite concerned about the overall social environment. In addition, with the sense of being the master, he will autonomously issue the behavior of interfering in the cultural orientation of the society. At the beginning of "looking for a gun" because of many restrictions on funds and other aspects, it chose a personal way of description. But at the same time, it also shows the hesitation and uneasiness of the new generation of directors at the beginning of their creation. To "Kekexili" and "Nanjing! Nanjing! 》At this time, the film becomes more of a tool for the creator than a work (Zhu Ming's Lu Chuan film research).

Disputes

On January 7, 2016, Zhang Muye, the author of the novel "ghost blows the lamp", believed that the film "nine story demon tower" violated his copyright, and sued China Film Co., Ltd. and director Lu Chuan of "nine story demon tower" to the people's Court of Xicheng District, Beijing. Beijing Xicheng court announced that the case had been filed and accepted.

The plaintiff Zhang Muye (pseudonym "the world dominates singing") claimed that "the ghost blows the lamp" was his own literary work. China Film Corporation and Lu Chuan adapted and filmed the ancient city of ghost blowing lamp, which was shown in all major courtyards nationwide in the name of nine story demon tower in September 2015. The plot, character setting and story background of the film "nine story demon tower" are far from the original, which are beyond the scope of necessary changes permitted by law. The social evaluation is very low, which constitutes a distortion and tampering of the original, causing great mental harm to the plaintiff and infringing the integrity right of the original. Therefore, the court is requested to order the second defendant to stop the infringement immediately and make it public Make an apology, eliminate the impact, and compensate for the loss of 1 million yuan.

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