Li Ruijun (, born 1983) is a Chinese

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

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Life and career

Born in Gansu province in 1983, Li Ruijun studied music and painting at the age of fourteen. In 2003, he graduated from the China National Ministry of Radio, Film, and Television. From 2003 to 2006, he worked as director for television stations and television program providers. He started work on his debut feature film, '' The Summer Solstice'', in 2006, writing the script as well as directing it, and finished the post-production in 2007. He has since made five more feature films as well as one short.

Filmography

* '' The Summer Solstice'' 夏至 (2007) –

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, actor,

editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organization, a ...

, production manager * '' The Old Donkey'' 老驢頭 (2010) – director, screenwriter, composer, editor * '' Fly with the Crane'' 告訴他們,我乘白鶴去了 (2012) – director, screenwriter * ''Present'' 禮物 (

short film A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...

, 2014) – director, screenwriter * ''One Day'' (segment: "Present") 有一天 (segment: "禮物") (2014) – director, screenwriter * '' River Road'' () (2015) – director, screenwriter, editor * '' Walking Past the Future'' (2017) – director, screenwriter * ''

Return to Dust Return to Dust may refer to: * ''Return to Dust'' (film), a 2022 Chinese film by Li Ruijun * '' Anodyne 2: Return to Dust'', a 2021 video game * ''Love Is Love/Return to Dust'', a 2012 album by Code Orange Kids See also * Dust to Dust (disambigua ...

'' (2022) – director, screenwriter, editor.

Awards

* 46th Brasilia Film Festival: Best Director – ''Fly with the Crane'' (2013) * 5th

China Film Director's Guild Awards China Film Director's Guild Awards () are presented by China Film Director's Guild annually to honor excellence in cinema of China. Major award winners Other awards Box Office Director of the Year Lifetime Achievement award Special Jury aw ...

: Best Young Director – ''Fly with the Crane'' (2014) * 67th

Valladolid International Film Festival The Valladolid International Film Festival, popularly known as Seminci (short for ; ), is a film festival held annually in Valladolid, Spain. First held in 1956 as ('Valladolid Religious Film Week'), the Seminci is one of the longest-standing fi ...

: Golden Spike – ''Return to Dust'' (2022)

References

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* * 1983 births Living people Film directors from Gansu Screenwriters from Gansu People from Zhangye {{Screen-writer-stub