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Lou Ye

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Lou Ye (March 15, 1965 -), Chinese independent film director, was born in Shanghai and native of Beijing.

Category
Film & TV
Nationality
People's Republic of China
Born
1965-01-01
Wikidata
Q423313
Occupations film directorscreenwriterfilm producermovie actor
Aliases Lou YeYe LouLou YeLou Ye

Lou Ye — biography

Lou Ye (March 15, 1965 -), Chinese independent film director, was born in Shanghai and native of Beijing. Lou Ye comes from a drama family. His father is Lou Jicheng, a well-known Chinese drama actor, and his mother also teaches drama at school. After graduating from vocational high school, he worked at Shanghai Art Film Studio, during which he participated in the animation production of films such as "The Golden Monkey Conquers the Demon". Graduated from the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy in 1989. In 2000, Lou Ye completed his third feature film "Suzhou River". The film won the Golden Tiger Award, the highest honor at the Rotterdam Film Festival. However, because he participated in a foreign film festival without passing the review, he was banned from being released in mainland China by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and was banned from making films for two years.

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