Cai Shangjun | |
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| Born | 1967 |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter |
| Awards | FIPRESCI Prize (Pusan) 2007 The Red Awn Golden Alexander 2007 The Red Awn |
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| Chinese | 蔡尚君 | ||||||||||||||
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Cai Shangjun[1] (Chinese: 蔡尚君; pinyin: Cài Shàngjūn) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter. Cai graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1992. Since then, his major work has been that of a professional screenwriter. Cai was part of the team, along with Zhang Yang, Diao Yi'nan, and Liu Fendou, that co-wrote the screenplays for two of Zhang's films: Spicy Love Soup (1997) and Shower (1999). Cai also cowrote a script for Zhang's Sunflower (2005).
In 2007, Cai directed his first film, The Red Awn, which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2007 Pusan International Film Festival.[2]
In 2011, Cai won the Silver Lion for the Best Director at the 68th Venice International Film Festival with the film People Mountain People Sea.[3]
- ^ Several websites use an incorrect pinyin romanization of Cai's given name: "Xiangjun."
- ^ Elley, Derek (12 October 2007). "Art films win at Pusan Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
- ^ "Russian film "Faust" takes top prize in Venice". Reuters. 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2011.