Role Film director | Name Zhao Liang Occupation film director | |
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Movies Petition, Return to the Border, Together, Behemoth, Crime and Punishment Awards Venice Film Festival Green Drop Award Nominations Golden Lion, Grand Jury Prize, Special Jury Prize, Silver Lion for Best Director | ||
Alma mater Luxun Fine Art Academy Education Central Academy of Drama | ||
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Zhao Liang (simplified Chinese: 赵亮; traditional Chinese: 趙亮; pinyin: Zhào Liàng), born 1971) is a Chinese documentary film director. His early work was independent and was not approved for release by the Chinese government, but his works have since been released in China.
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Life and career
Zhao was born in Liaoning Province, and graduated from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in 1992. He supported himself as a photographer while working on his early documentaries. Zhao's 2009 documentary Petition: The Court of the Complainants premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and is about aspects of the legal system in China. The film was shot over twelve years and details the plight of Chinese citizens traveling to Beijing to file complaints with the central government about local officials. After debuting at Cannes the film was banned in China. His 2011 film Together is about discrimination against people with HIV and AIDS in China and was commissioned by the Ministry of Health.