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

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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 '' Sunflower'' (2005). In 2007, Cai directed his first film, ''

The Red Awn ''The Red Awn'' () is a 2007 Chinese film directed Cai Shangjun. It premiered at the 2007 Pusan International Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. The film tells the story of a father and son in China's interior Gansu province. It won the ...

'', which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2007

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. 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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