Zhang Lu (director)

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 장률
Hanja 張 律
Revised
Romanization 		Jang Ryul
McCune-
Reischauer 		Chang Ryul

Zhang Lu ( Chinese  張 律 , Pinyin Zhāng Lǜ ; born May 30, 1962 in Yanbian , Jilin , People's Republic of China ) is a Korean - Chinese film director , screenwriter and former writer. He is a third generation Korean born in Yanbian, China. Before moving to film, he was a novel and short story writer. He started out as a filmmaker at the beginning of the 21st century. His art house films tell the stories of the Korean Chinese.

Life

Zhang taught Chinese literature as a professor at Yanbian University . When he was 38 years old, he made a bet with a film director friend that anyone could make a film. With no technical experience, but with the support of friends like Lee Chang-dong , he made his first short film in 2001. The film made it into the short film competition at the Venice International Film Festival . That caused a sensation in the festival round. He continued to make films and received the ACID-CCAS Prix for Grain in Ear from the Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour la Diffusion . As part of the Jeonju Digital Project of the Jeonju International Film Festival , he created the medium-length documentary Over There . This was expanded to a feature film called Scenery and was shown at the Busan International Film Festival .

In 2016, Zhang directed the film drama A Quiet Dream with Han Ye-ri in a leading role. In the film, three men try to win their hearts, played by the directors Park Jung-bum , Yoon Jong-bin and Yang Ik-june .

Filmography

  • 2001: 11-se ( 11 세 )
  • 2003: Tang Poetry ( 당시 )
  • 2005: Grain in Ear ( 芒种 ; 망종 )
  • 2007: Desert Dream ( 경계 )
  • 2008: Chongqing
  • 2008: Iri
  • 2011: Dooman River ( 图 们 江 ; 두만강 Duman-gang )
  • 2013: Scenery (documentary)
  • 2014: Gyeongju ( 경주 )
  • 2015: Love and ... ( 필름 시대 사랑 )
  • 2016: A Quiet Dream ( 춘몽 Chunmong )
  • 2018: Ode to the Goose ( 군산: 거위 를 노래 하다 Gunsan: Geowi-reul Noraehada )
  • 2019: Fukuoka

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grain in Ear. In: Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour la Diffusion. Retrieved November 13, 2019 (French).
  2. ↑ ZHANG Lu. In: Korean Film Biz Zone. KOFIC, accessed on November 13, 2019 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Zhāng is the family name here, Lǜ is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Zhang, Lu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zhāng, Lǜ; 장률 (Korean); 張 律 (Chinese); Jang, Ryul (revised Romanization); Chang, Ryul (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Korean-Chinese film director
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Jilin , Yanbian , People's Republic of China