Li Ruijun Explained

Li Ruijun
Birth Place:	Gaotai, Gansu, China
Occupation:	Film director, screenwriter
Spouse:	Zhang Min^[1]
Module:	Child: yes T: 李 叡 珺 S: 李 睿 珺 P: Lǐ Ruìjùn

Li Ruijun (born 1983) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter.^{[2] [3]}

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.^[4] He has since made five more feature films as well as one short.

Filmography

• The Summer Solstice 夏至 (2007) – director, screenwriter, actor, editor, 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, 2014) – director, screenwriter
• One Day (segment: "Present") 有一天 (segment: "禮物") (2014) – director, screenwriter
• River Road (Chinese: 家在水草豐茂的地方) (2015) – director, screenwriter, editor
• Walking Past the Future (2017) – director, screenwriter
• Return to Dust (2022) – director, screenwriter, editor.^[5]

Awards

• 46th Brasilia Film Festival: Best Director – Fly with the Crane (2013)
• 5th China Film Director's Guild Awards: Best Young Director – Fly with the Crane^[6] (2014)
• 67th Valladolid International Film Festival: Golden Spike – Return to Dust^[7] (2022)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival 金考拉国际华语电影节. Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival. 22 October 2016. 29 March 2014.
2. zh . Feng Yingxing (Chinese: 冯颖星) . zh:隐入尘烟，失语者的爱情 . Return to Dust: the love of the speechless . 402 . Nothing but Storytelling . Beijing . People's Publishing House . 2022 . 106–112 . 1001-6635.
3. Web site: Ma. Karen. Tackling the Issue of Ageing in Rural China: An Interview with Li Ruijun. VCinema. 7 October 2016. 7 June 2016.
4. Web site: Independent Film Screening: The Summer Solstice. Rockbund Art Museum. 22 October 2016. 2012.
5. Web site: Yin Ru Chen Yan Return to Dust . 29 August 2022 . www.berlinale.de.
6. Web site: Kevin. Ma. China Film Directors' Guild self-criticises. Film Business Asia. 2 October 2016. 10 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161003053539/http://newfilmbizasia.herokuapp.com/news/china-film-directors-guild-self-criticises. 3 October 2016.
7. Web site: Alfonso. Rivera. Return to Dust, by Chinese director Li Ruijun, receives the Golden Spike at Seminci. cineuropa. 31 October 2022. 30 April 2014.