Li Ruijun (Chinese: æ Žç ¿ç º; pinyin: LÇ Ruìjùn, born 1983) is a
Chinese film director and screenwriter. A rising star of China's
independent cinema, Li has made films, including The Old Donkey
(2010), Fly with the Crane (2012) and River Road (2014), which were
nominated or won awards at various film festivalsHis films tend to
focus on the relationship between human beings and the land, as well
as the rural attitude towards family, life and death in a fast
changing China, and are set mostly in his Gaotai hometown with close
friends and relatives acting in his films.Born in Gansu Province in
1983, Li Ruijun studied music and painting at the age of fourteen. In
2003, he graduated from the China National Ministry of Radio, Film and
Television. From 2003 to 2006, he worked as director for television
stations and television program providers.He started work on his debut
feature film The Summer Solstice (2007) in 2006, writing the script as
well as directing it, and finished the post-production in 2007.
Chinese film director and screenwriter. A rising star of China's
independent cinema, Li has made films, including The Old Donkey
(2010), Fly with the Crane (2012) and River Road (2014), which were
nominated or won awards at various film festivalsHis films tend to
focus on the relationship between human beings and the land, as well
as the rural attitude towards family, life and death in a fast
changing China, and are set mostly in his Gaotai hometown with close
friends and relatives acting in his films.Born in Gansu Province in
1983, Li Ruijun studied music and painting at the age of fourteen. In
2003, he graduated from the China National Ministry of Radio, Film and
Television. From 2003 to 2006, he worked as director for television
stations and television program providers.He started work on his debut
feature film The Summer Solstice (2007) in 2006, writing the script as
well as directing it, and finished the post-production in 2007.
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