Chinese name 顧長衛 (traditional) Years active 1980s-present Origin China | Pinyin Chinese name 顾长卫 (simplified) Name Gu Changwei | |
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Awards Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematography Movies Love on the Cloud, Love for Life, Peacock, Farewell My Concubine, Red Sorghum Similar People Jiang Wenli, Chen Kaige, Zhang Jingchu, Chen He, Zhang Yimou | ||
HKIFF 2012 Beautiful 2012 Stage Appearance
2012台北電影節亞洲大觀《美好2012/我的路 許鞍華》My Way 預告 Trailer
Gu Changwei (born 12 December 1957) is a Chinese cinematographer and film director. Gu was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi in the People's Republic of China. Gu is considered one of the major Chinese cinematographers working today.
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Career
Gu Changwei began his cinematic career in the now legendary 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, today known as the Fifth Generation. Trained as a cinematographer, Gu was assigned to the Xi'an Film Studio after graduation where he served as a primary collaborator with classmates Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou on their early films, notably King of the Children (for Chen Kaige) and Red Sorghum (for Zhang Yimou), both in 1987. Since then, Gu has worked with both men on multiple occasions, including on Chen's magnum opus, 1993's Farewell My Concubine. Like fellow cinematographer Zhao Fei, Gu has had the opportunity to work with major American directors as well, notably with Robert Altman, on his film The Gingerbread Man (1997).
Directing
Beginning in 2005, Gu Changwei branched out into film direction with his debut Peacock, a three-hour-long epic about a small family in the 1970s and 1980s. The film was well received and won the Jury Grand Prix-Silver Bear at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival. His sophomore feature, And the Spring Comes, was released in 2007.
