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Wei Shujun
Wei Shujun ( zh, c=魏书钧, p=Wèi Shūjūn, born 5 February 1991) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor based in Beijing. He is best known for his feature films ''Only the River Flows'' (2023) and ''Striding Into the Wind'' (2020). His short film ''On the Border'' (2018) won the Short Film Palme d'Or, Mention Spéciale at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Early life and education Wei was born in Beijing on 5 February 1980. He started his career in film at the age of fourteen, as a child actor. Wei is a fan of hip-hop and considered a career as a professional musician when he was in his twenties. Wei went on to study sound recording at the Communication University of China. At university he watched lots of movies and became more and more interested in making films. Career Wei directed his first film ''Duck Neck'' (浮世千) in 2016. Two years later Wei followed it up with a short film, 2018's ''On the Border'' (延边少年), which was awarded the Short Film Palm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as China's List of cities in China by population, second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is located in North China, Northern China, and is governed as a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality under the direct administration of the Government of the People's Republic of China, State Council with List of administrative divisions of Beijing, 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji, Jing-Jin-Ji cluster. Beijing is a global city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
