Yu Liwei

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Acting experience

In 1996, Yu Li set up a Hutong production company with Jia Zhangke; in the same year, he received funding from the Belgian Film Bureau and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and directed the short film "beautiful soul"; in addition, he directed the documentary "neon goddesses". In 1998, he worked as a photographer for the plot film "a thousand words". With this film, he was shortlisted for the best Photography Award of the 36th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award.

In 1999, he directed his first feature film "heaven and earth", which was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 52nd Cannes International Film Festival. On September 4, 2000, the cinematographer's plot film platform was released. In 2001, he worked as a photographer for the plot film public places. In 2003, he wrote and directed the plot film "the end of the world tomorrow".

In April 2004, the cinematographer's plot film "the world" was released, starring Zhao Tao and Cheng Taishen; in the same year, he co directed the plot film "three people and three colors" with Feng Junhao and Shijing Conghu.

In 2006, he worked as a photographer for the plot film "Three Gorges good man", directed by Jia Zhangke. He won the best Photography Award of the 34th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for this film. On March 6, his plot film "aunt's Postmodern Life" was released, which was set in Shanghai's modern urban life. He was shortlisted for the best Photography Award of the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards for this film In the same year, he was the photographer and producer of the documentary East.

In 2007, he worked as a photographer for the comedy "falling leaves return to their roots", CO starring Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan; on February 6, his documentary "useless" was released in France. In 2008, he worked as a photographer for the plot film 24 cities, directed by Jia Zhangke and co starred by LV Liping, Chen Chong and Zhao Tao. He was shortlisted for the best Photography Award of the 3rd Asian Film Awards for this film.

On June 11, 2009, the plot film "Dangkou", which was edited and directed by him, was released in Hong Kong, China. The film, CO starring Mr. ogada and Mr. Huang Yi, was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 65th Venice International Film Festival. On July 2, 2010, the documentary "Legend of the sea" was released as a photographer. In the same year, he was the photographer of the horror film "Victoria one", which focuses on the Hong Kong property market.

In 2011, he worked as a photographer for the literary and artistic film peach sister, CO starring Ye Dexian and Liu Dehua. He was shortlisted for the best Photography Award of the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards for this film. In the same year, he worked as a photographer for the love film flower. In addition, he also worked as a photographer for the documentary language road.

In 2012, he was the photographer of the plot film "dear", which was edited and directed by Li xinman; in the same year, he was the judge of the film cornerstone unit and short film unit of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival. In 2013, he directed the love movie "Shanghai, I love you"; in the same year, he worked as a photographer for the plot movie "destiny", which was co starred by Jiang Wu, Wang Baoqiang and Zhao Tao. With this film, he was shortlisted for the best Photography Award of the 50th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award. In 2014, he worked as a photographer for the plot film forget to understand you, directed by Quan Ling.

On August 19, 2015, the cameraman's love movie "city in love" was released in mainland China; on October 30, the cameraman's plot movie "old friends in mountains and rivers" was released in mainland China, CO starring Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi and Liang Jingdong. With this film, he was shortlisted for the best Photography Award of the 52nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award.

On July 1, 2017, when will the bright moon be released in mainland China as a photographer, which is based on the true story of "Dongjiang column".

In March 2021, he served as the judge of the 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival "rookie Film Competition (Chinese)".

Main works

Screenwriter's works

Directing works

Photographic works

Supervised production

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Award winning record

Character evaluation

Different from Du Kefeng's signature hand camera, Yu Liwei's photography style tends to be more plain and unobtrusive. His grasp and understanding of the image in a full of deep meaning in the empty lens at a glance (Sina entertainment review).

Yu Liwei's image has a distinct realism temperament. He is committed to the practice and inheritance of "Documentary Aesthetics" proposed by Andre Bazin, and uses image processing techniques such as long lens, principle of static observation and depth of field lens to achieve the screen representation of objective real life. His image is an observation of the era of rapid change, a concern for ordinary people living in the era, and a respect and respect for ordinary life. In his lens, there is no fictional and idealized space-time. Everything is presented in the most natural and real way. There are details in the rough, moving in the static, and scattered but not empty. In the film, he plays the art of subtraction to the extreme, and interprets his sincerity and deep feelings for life with the simplest and perfect lens language (review of contemporary film).

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