Gu Changwei, Movie director, Artist, Cinematographer

1957, born in Xi'an.

1982, graduated from the Department of Cinematography, Beijing Film Academy.

Currently works and lives in Beijing

 

As Director of Photography

2000  Devils on the Doorstep  Grand Prize of the jury at the 53rd Cannes International Film Festival

         Autumn in New York

1998  Gingerbread Man

         Hurlyburly

1996  In the Heat of the Sun  33rd Golden Horse Award for Best Cinematography

1993  Farewell My Concubine  Best Cinematography (nominated) and Best Foreign Film (nominated) at the 66th Academy Awards;

         Silver Frog Award at the 1st International Film

         Festival of the Art of Cinematography, CAMERIMAGE;

         Palme d'Or at the 46th Cannes Film Festival

1990  Ju Dou  Kodak Vision Award for Cinematography at the 8th
         Annual Hawaii International Film Festival

1988  King of the Children  8th Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematographer

         Red Sorghum  Golden Bear Award at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival

         8th Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematographer

As Movie Director

2014  Love on the Cloud

2012  Long Tou   Best Feature Film Director at the 3rd Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival

2011  Love for Life

2007  And the Spring Comes   Best Actress Award at the 2nd Rome Film Festival

2005  Peacock   Grand Prize of the jury at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival

 

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions:

2015  The Vision - Exhibition of Gu Changwei’s Contemporary Art Works, at National Art Museum of China, Beijing.

2014  i - Exhibition of Gu Changwei’s Contemporary Art Works, at Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai.

 

Group Exhibitions:

2016  Jimei · Arles International Photo Festival, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Xiamen

2016  3rd China Onscreen Biennial, Los Angeles, Washington DC, New York

2016  Family Tree --- Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Limburg ,Netherlands

2016  Uli sigg Collection, Chinese contemporary art, Palexpo Exhibition center, Geneva

2015  2nd Three Shadows Experimental Image Open Exhibition, at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing

2014  1st Three Shadows Experimental Image Open Exhibition, at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing

 

Work Collection:

His work is in the collections of several institutions and individuals, including the National Art Museum of China, the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, and Uli Sigg.