Liu Yonghong () is a Chinese
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...
, based in
Beijing
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. His work was recognized at the 23rd
Manaki Brothers International Film Camera Festival, for his work as director of photography on ''
Seafood
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'' (2001). As well as at the
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
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, for his work as director of photography on ''
Blind Shaft'' (2003).
Biography
Liu Yonghong, was born in 1970 in Luoyang City, Henan Province. He grew up in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution and during the Reform and Opening Up movement. At 21 Liu went to study architecture at Yangzhou University. After working as an architect for six years he was awarded a place to study Cinematography at the Beijing Film Academy. Liu graduated in 2000 with a master's degree in Cinematography and Film Theory. He attended the Central Academy of Drama and Television Arts from 2001 to 2004 and was awarded a Doctorate in Drama and Operatic Studies.
Career
Liu's first work as a cinematographer was on the film There’s a Strong Wind in Beijing, directed by AnQi Ju. The film was featured in the Forum section of the Berlinale Film Festival in 2000. His next film ''
Seafood
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'' with director Zhu Wen was also screened at the Berlinale Film Festival in 2002 and won awards in France, Venice, Singapore and Japan. Liu won the ADF Cinematographer Award for Blind Shaft in 2003. Blind Shaft in total won 12 awards and was nominated for six. ''
Grain in Ear
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'' won the ACID award at Cannes in 2005. Grain in Ear was described as "exquisitely photographed" particularly Liu's use "multiple passages (doorways, windows, TV screens) within what might seem like a simple, enclosed mise en scene."
Filmography
As cinematographer
As director
* ''One Day'' (2014)
References
External links
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Liu Yonghongat the Chinese Movie Database
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Beijing Film Academy alumni
Chinese cinematographers
Artists from Luoyang
1970 births
Living people
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