Born in Shanghai China, this controversial director has created quite a stir not only at home but also abroad.After studying at the Beijing Film Academy, Lou Ye worked as a television producer, assistant director and short film director. In 1998, he founded Dream Factory, one of China’s first independent production companies. Director Lou Ye has been banned from making films in China for five years for submitting the psychological-political drama Yihe yuan / Summer Palace for this year’s Cannes Film Festival without government approval. Summer Palace, the tale of a country girl who is exposed to subversive political ideas (i.e., democracy) at the university in Beijing, is set around the time of the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Further horrifying the Chinese government’s powers-that-be, Ye’s film also features explicit sex scenes. (In addition to learning about urban politics, the country girl also discovers the multifaceted pleasures of urban sex.)
filmography
Director:
颐和园 (2006)
… aka Summer Palace (International: English title)
… aka Une jeunesse chinoise (France)
紫蝴蝶 (2003)
… aka Purple Butterfly (International: English title)
苏州河 (2000)
… aka Suzhou River (Germany) (International: English title)
周末情人 (1995)
… aka Weekend Lover (Hong Kong: English title)
危情少女 (1994)
Writer:
颐和园 (2006)
… aka Summer Palace (International: English title)
… aka Une jeunesse chinoise (France)
紫蝴蝶 (2003)
… aka Purple Butterfly (International: English title)
苏州河 (2000)
… aka Suzhou River (Germany) (International: English title)
Producer:
Yihe yuan (2006) (producer)
… aka Summer Palace (International: English title)
… aka Une jeunesse chinoise (France)
Zi hudie (2003) (producer)
… aka Purple Butterfly (International: English title)
Editor:
Yihe yuan (2006)
… aka Summer Palace (International: English title)
… aka Une jeunesse chinoise (France)
Zi hudie (2003)
… aka Purple Butterfly (International: English title)