Sima you

Sima you

Sam Voutas, born in Melbourne, Australia, is an Australian director, screenwriter and actor. He graduated from the Victoria Academy of art.

In 2006, Sima you directed the TV documentary Shanghai bride, thus starting his career as a professional director. In 2007, he directed the TV documentary "Wang Zi Cheng Long". In 2009, he took part in the war movie Nanjing. In 2010, the feature film "a dream of red lights" was released. It was rated as one of the "ten best films made in Beijing" by the British Film Academy and won the most popular audience award at the 2011 Singapore International Film Festival. In 2014, he took part in the science fiction movie "Mermaid Empire".

In 2017, he wrote and directed the comedy king of the capital, which won many important awards such as the best feature film of Los Angeles Chinese Film Festival and the best script of Tacoma Film Festival. Sima you won the best director award of Asia International feature film of Los Angeles Asia Pacific Film Festival. In 2019, his long script "escapeto Oz" was shortlisted for the 4th Macau International Film Festival and award ceremony.

Character experience

In 1986, he came to China with his parents who worked in the Australian Embassy in Beijing. In the late 1990s, Sima you came to China again to seek development. In 2006, he directed the TV documentary Shanghai bride, thus starting his career as a professional director. In 2007, he directed the TV documentary "Wang Zi Cheng Long". In 2009, he played American journalist Deding in the war movie Nanjing directed by Lu Chuan; in the same year, he played a mental patient in the comedy panting. in 2010, he wrote and directed his first feature film, a dream of red lights, which is the first comedy about adult products store in China. Later, besides being shortlisted in St. Paul International Film Festival and Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the film was rated as one of the "ten best films made in Beijing" by the British Film Academy, and also won the most popular award at Singapore International Film Festival in 2011 Awards. In 2014, he played papos in the science fiction movie Mermaid empire. In 2015, she took part in the love costume movie the lady of the dynasty. in 2017, he wrote and directed the comedy king of the capital, which discussed the relationship between father and son, morality, and the meaning of being an example for others. After that, in addition to being shortlisted in Stockholm International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Taiwan Golden Horse International Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival, he won the best feature film of Los Angeles Chinese Film Festival and the best performance film of Tacoma Film Festival With the film, Sima you won the best director award of Asia International feature film at Los Angeles Asia Pacific Film Festival. in 2018, the "king of the capital" directed by him was released on Netflix, a streaming video website. In 2019, his long script "escapeto Oz" was shortlisted for the 4th Macau International Film Festival and award ceremony.

Main works

Directing works

Screenwriter's works

Editing works

Take part in the film

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Sima you, who left his hometown to find a director's dream in China, is fluent in Chinese reading and writing. His self edited and self directed "king of Beijing" is full of Beijing flavor. After watching it, it's hard to imagine that it's a film made by a western director. The film fully demonstrates Sima you's respect for the film. He creates a wonderful story, just like a love letter written to the film. It seems like a comedy, but in fact it is full of little people feelings. Compared with cheese Ma you's maiden work red light dream, the king of Beijing is more mature, more organized, clearer and more beautiful. As a foreign director, Sima you came to shoot the Chinese people's affairs in the room. His angle is very curious, but his attitude is very sincere. (a comprehensive review of CNR, shayna Weingast, Yuxia, screendaily and CNews)

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