Lu Xuechang

Lu Xuechang

Lu Xuechang (June 25, 1964 February 20, 2014), born in Beijing, is a film director and screenwriter in mainland China, and graduated from the director department of Beijing Film Academy.

In 1995, he began his career as a director by writing and directing his first work growing up, which won the nomination of sina tide award at the 3rd Pusan International Film Festival. In 1999, he wrote and directed the suspense drama "very summer", which was shortlisted in many international film festivals and won many awards. Lu Xuechang won the special award for best director of the 9th Golden Rooster Award and the best director award of the 7th Beijing University Student Film Festival.

In 2002, he wrote and directed the comedy "Kara is a dog", which was shortlisted in Berlin International Film Festival and Hong Kong International Film Festival, and won the best film of the 10th Beijing University Film Festival. In 2004, the digital film rental, which was edited and directed by myself, won the best picture of the 3rd Tokyo skipcity International Digital Film Festival. In 2007, he directed the love film "two people's room". In the following years, due to physical reasons, no work came out. On February 20, 2014, Lu Xuechang died of illness at the age of 49.

Early experience

On June 25, 1964, Lu Xuechang was born in Beijing. As one of the first batch of newborns after the hunger era, he grew up during the cultural revolution and matured in the era of reform and opening up. He was fond of painting when he was a child. Later, he entered the high school attached to the Central Academy of fine arts, specializing in painting. In 1985, he was admitted to the director department of Beijing Film Academy. He was in the same class with Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou ye and Zhang Yuan. After graduating in 1989, he and his classmates looked for opportunities to express their ideas. In 1990, Lu Xuechang entered the Director Office of Beijing Film Studio. When his classmates were busy breaking through the "sixth generation", Lu Xuechang was busy fighting kidney disease.

Acting experience

In 1995, Lu Xuechang wrote and directed his first film growing up, which officially opened his career as a director. After several revisions, the film was released in 1997. Since then, it has been nominated for the sina tide award at the 3rd Pusan International Film Festival. In 1999, he wrote and directed the suspense drama "very summer", which truly depicts a kind-hearted young man's state of mind in the face of right and wrong. After its release, the film has been shortlisted in the 2nd Italian Udine Far East Film Festival, the 53rd International Film Festival of Locarno. Lu Xuechang won the best director special award in the 9th China Golden Rooster Award and the 7th Beijing Film Festival Best director award of Beijing University Film Festival. In 2000, he signed a contract with Huayi Brothers Taihe Film and television Investment Co., Ltd. and established Lu Xuechang film studio. In 2002, he wrote and directed the comedy "Kara is a dog", which was shortlisted in many film festivals such as Berlin International Film Festival and Hong Kong International Film Festival, and won the best film of the 10th Beijing University Film Festival and the best film of the Chinese Film Media Award. In 2004, he wrote and directed the digital film lease, which won the best digital film of the 13th Beijing University Film Festival and the best film of the 3rd Tokyo skipcity International Digital Film Festival. In 2007, she directed the love film "two people's room" starring Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan, which tells the marriage story of a couple who have been married for more than 20 years. In the following years, due to physical reasons, no works of Lu Xuechang were published.

Personal life

Emotional marriage

In 1988, Lu Xuechang fell in love with Ma Xiaoqing. At that time, Lu Xuechang's kidney disease was very serious, and Ma Xiaoqing took care of him for a long time. In 1999, Lu Xuechang and his wife Li Jiaxuan met for filming "very summer". After their marriage, their lives were very sweet.

He died of illness

on February 20, 2014, Lu Xuechang died of illness at the age of 49.

Main works

Directing works

Screenwriter's works

Planning works

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Although Lu Xuechang's films have unique personality and temperament, they are simple and unadorned. In fact, his first long film "growing up" is a juvenile growth history, which spans more than 20 years. Lu Xuechang tries to show his generation's thinking and love for life, and the simple painting contains thinking about life and caring for humanity. Despite his brilliant and influential works, Lu Xuechang is extremely low-key. Many ordinary audiences think he is an "underground director". (Tencent Entertainment review) in his career of more than 20 years, Lu Xuechang has left few works, but they all maintain a unique perspective and personality. He focuses on human dignity and spiritual salvation in the era of money worship. His works are good at cold and profound humanistic care, focusing on the survival plight of the marginal vulnerable groups, uncovering the spiritual and human pain, He inherits the realism tradition of left-wing films and echoes with Italian Neo realism films. He tries to express their thinking and love for life, their thinking about life and their concern for humanity with simple pictures. The study of painting major and the training of comic drawing also make Lu Xuechang's films always have the temperament of classical oil painting. (Sohu Entertainment review)

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