Sam Voutas is an Australian actor and independent filmmaker. He is
best known for writing and directing Red Light Revolution, China's
"first sex shop comedy" which was nominated for Best Unproduced
Screenplay at the 2008 Australian Inside Film Awards, showcased at The
Santa Barbara International Film Festival and won the audience award
at The Terracotta Far East Film Festival. Voutas played Durdin in Lu
Chuan's acclaimed City of Life and Death, a Chinese film about The
Rape of Nanjing. The film won Best Director (Lu Chuan) and Best
Cinematographer (Cao Yu) Awards at the 4th Asian Film Awards in 2010.
Voutas wrote and directed the documentary The Last Breadbox, featuring
Beijing taxi drivers in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games.Voutas
was born in Canberra, Australia and is of Greek ancestry. His mother
is from Melbourne and his father Anthony is from Kastania. While his
mother was an official in the Australian Public Service, the family
lived in China from 1986 to 1989. Voutas returned to China in 2005 and
speaks Mandarin fluently.He graduated from The Victorian College of
the Arts.
best known for writing and directing Red Light Revolution, China's
"first sex shop comedy" which was nominated for Best Unproduced
Screenplay at the 2008 Australian Inside Film Awards, showcased at The
Santa Barbara International Film Festival and won the audience award
at The Terracotta Far East Film Festival. Voutas played Durdin in Lu
Chuan's acclaimed City of Life and Death, a Chinese film about The
Rape of Nanjing. The film won Best Director (Lu Chuan) and Best
Cinematographer (Cao Yu) Awards at the 4th Asian Film Awards in 2010.
Voutas wrote and directed the documentary The Last Breadbox, featuring
Beijing taxi drivers in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games.Voutas
was born in Canberra, Australia and is of Greek ancestry. His mother
is from Melbourne and his father Anthony is from Kastania. While his
mother was an official in the Australian Public Service, the family
lived in China from 1986 to 1989. Voutas returned to China in 2005 and
speaks Mandarin fluently.He graduated from The Victorian College of
the Arts.
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