Li Yu (director)
Li Yu ( Chinese 李玉 , Pinyin Lǐ Yù ; born December 2, 1973 in Shandong ) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter .
biography
When she was sixteen she started working as a guest presenter for a local television station. After completing her studies in Chinese literature at the university, she went to Beijing , where she initially worked as a speaker in television productions and went to the state television broadcaster Chinese Central Television to produce contributions for the documentary series Life Space . Her independent documentary Jie Jie , made in 1996, which takes up the story of a pair of twins, was initially banned in China, but received international attention. Further directorial work in this area followed.
Her first feature film was Fish and Elephant , which, released in 2001, was the first Chinese film to be dedicated to a lesbian love. He focuses on two women who fall in love and struggle with the social unacceptance of homosexuality. The occupied exclusively with amateur movie was including in the program of the Berlin International Film Festival and the Film Festival of Venice to see and was accepted internationally well received by critics, the standard called "a quiet film that presents itself formally as a cutout in the unity of his paintings: as A look at a society in which a lot is not seen because it must not be seen. "
Hong yan was the title of her next feature film project, which was released in 2005. The drama, also known as Dam Street , focuses on an adolescent who, when her pregnancy comes to light, is expelled from school, shunned by society and put up for adoption. As an adult she is a singer and leads a friendship with a young boy. The script originally had a different plot, but had to be changed to avoid being censored. Hong yan , which was also favored by critics abroad, brought Li Yu the directing award at the Flanders International Film Festival and the CICAE award at the Venice Film Festival.
In the competition of the Berlinale 2007 her third feature film Ping guo or Lost was shown in Beijing , which thus had the chance to win the Golden Bear . The film is about a couple who move from the rural region of China to the capital Beijing, who find work there and earn enough money. The wife is raped by her employer at a party, the husband finds out and then blackmailed the employer. Although the script was accepted by the Chinese censors, the film itself was initially only released censored because it would show a negative image of the city of Beijing. The film was shown in its original uncut version at the Berlinale.
Filmography
- 1996: Jie jie
- 1997: Shou wang
- 1998: Guang rong yu meng xiang
- 2001: Fish and Elephant ( 今年 夏天 , jīn nián xià tián )
- 2005: Hong yan ( 紅顏 / 红颜 , hóng yán )
- 2007: Ping guo ( 苹果 , píng guǒ )
- 2010: Guan yin shan (Buddha Mountain)
Web links
- Li Yu in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual references and comments
- ↑ According to other sources in 1972.
- ^ The Global Film Initiative
- ↑ fsk cinema
- ↑ a b taz
- ↑ Time
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Li, Yu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | C = 李玉 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd December 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shandong |