Lu Yang

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Lu.

Lu Yang
Born	1979 (age 44–45)[1] Beijing, China
Alma mater	Beijing Film Academy
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2005 - present
Agent(s)	Beijing Ziyou Kujing Film Co., Ltd.
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	路陽
Simplified Chinese	路阳
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lù Yáng

Lu Yang (Chinese: 路阳; born 1979) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter best known for his works My Spectacular Theatre, Brotherhood of Blades and Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield.^[2]

Early life and education

A native of Beijing, Lu Yang graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, where he majored in directing at the Director Department. He once worked in Phoenix Television.^[1]

Career

He made his directorial debut Suzhou Bridge in 2005. That same year, he also directed Happy Life.

In 2010, he wrote and directed My Spectacular Theatre, which earned his Best Director of the Debut Award at the 28th Golden Rooster Awards and won the Audience Award at the 15th Busan International Film Festival.^[3][4]

In 2014, he wrote and directed the historical action movie Brotherhood of Blades, for which he received Young Director of the Year Award at the China Film Director Association and Best Director of the Debut Award at the 16th Huading Awards, and was nominated for Best Director of the Debut, Best Director, and Best Film Awards at the 15th Chinese Film Media Awards. It starred Chang Chen, Liu Shishi, Wang Qianyuan. It was also produced by Terence Chang, Wang Donghui and Ling Hong.^[5] At the same year, he also directed Ex Fighting, starring Lian Kai, Xiong Naijin, Zhu Dan and Ma Yuan. The film was released on October 14, 2014.

In 2017, he wrote and directed Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield, a sequel to Brotherhood of Blades. It starred Chang Chen, Yang Mi and Zhang Yi, and it was produced by Ning Hao and Wang Yibing.^[6] The film was released in China on July 19, 2017, and has grossed CN¥131 million in China.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	English Title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
2005	Suzhou Bridge	《苏州桥》	Director	Short film
	Happy Life	《幸福生活》	Director	Short film
2006	Coming Home	《回家》	Director	Short film
	No Way Out	《黑白对抗》	Director	TV film
	Grey, White and Black	《灰白黑》	Director
2009		《遍路》	Director	Documentary
	Colored Youth	《着色的青春》	Director
2010	My Spectacular Theatre	《盲人电影院》	Director/ screenwriter
2011	Confession	《告白》	Director/ screenwriter	Short film
2014	Ex Fighting	《房车奇遇》	Director/ screenwriter
	Brotherhood of Blades	《绣春刀》	Director/ screenwriter
2017	Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield	《绣春刀：修罗战场》	Director
2020	The Sacrifice	《金刚川》	Director
2021	A Writer's Odyssey		Director

TV series

Year	English Title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
2008		《天堑·1949》	Director/ screenwriter
2022	The Wind Blows from Longxi	《风起陇西》	Director

Film and TV Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Award	Result	Notes
2011	My Spectacular Theatre	Best Director of the Debut Award	28th Golden Rooster Awards	Won
2015	Brotherhood of Blades	Young Director of the Year Award	China Film Director Association	Won
		Young Screenwriter of the Year Award	China Film Director Association	Nominated
		Best Director of the Debut Award	15th Chinese Film Media Awards	Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
		Best Film		Nominated
		Best Director	16th Huading Awards	Won

References

1. 《绣春刀》导演路阳：为拍电影从北影辞职. sina (in Chinese). 2014-08-25. 35岁，毕业7年，拍过3部电影，1部上映，票房8300万。
2. Dai Minjie (戴敏洁) (2022). 路阳，总得对抗点什么 [Lu Yang, I have to confront something]. Nothing but Storytelling (in Chinese). 400. Beijing: People's Publishing House: 107–113. ISSN 1001-6635.
3. 图文：金鸡奖-路阳凭《盲人电影院》获最佳导演处女作. sina (in Chinese). 2011-10-22.
4. 釜山电影节闭幕 华语片《盲人电影院》获观众奖. 1905 (in Chinese). 2010-10-15.
5. Elley, Derek (22 September 2014). "Brotherhood of Blades". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
6. 宁浩不当老师做陪练 路阳对绣春刀2有信心. sina (in Chinese). 2016-09-06.
7. 绣春刀·修罗战场（2017）. Cbooo (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 July 2017.

External links

• Lu Yang at IMDb
• Lu Yang Douban (in Chinese)