Cai Shangjun () is a Chinese film director and screenwriter. Cai graduated from the

Central Academy of Drama The Central Academy of Drama () is a national public drama school in Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education. The academy is part of the Double First-Class Construction. Information The sch ...

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 ''

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'' (1999). Cai also cowrote a script for Zhang's ''

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'' (2005). In 2007, Cai directed his first film, '' The Red Awn'', which won the

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Prize at the 2007 Pusan International Film Festival. In 2011, Cai won the

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for the Best Director at the

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with the film '' People Mountain People Sea''.

Filmography

As screenwriter

As director

References

External links

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