Shi Runjiu

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Shi Runjiu (Traditional Chinese: 施潤玖; Simplified Chinese: 施润玖; Pinyin: Shī Rùnjiǔ) (born 1969), is a Beijing-based Chinese filmmaker.

After graduating from the directing department of the Beijing Central Drama Academy in 1992, he went on to direct many documentaries and music videos for MTV.

He served as assistant director to Zhang Yimou and Liu Yue on their films To Live and Mr. Zhao, respectively. His first feature was A Beautiful New World (Meili Xin Shijie, 1998), a romantic comedy about a peasant who wins an apartment in Shanghai in a lottery.

Shi works for the Imar Film Company, and is a member of the "Sixth Generation" of Chinese filmmakers. He considers his work an exploration of changing Chinese social conventions.

[edit] Films

  • A Beautiful New World (Meili Xin Shijie, 1998)
  • All the Way (Zou Dao Di, 2000)

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NAME Shi, Runjiu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shi, Run-jiu; Shi, Renjiu
SHORT DESCRIPTION Chinese filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
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