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Lou Ye (Wade–Giles: Lou Yeh), born 1965, is a Chinese screenwriter-director who is commonly grouped with the "Sixth Generation" directors of Chinese cinema. In June 2018, Lou was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
May 16, 2024 · Lou Ye, a controversial Chinese director, returns to Cannes with his most personal film, An Unfinished Film, a story of a doomed project in a hotel near Wuhan during the pandemic. The film, shot like a diary of an intellectual, is shrouded in mystery and explores the taboo of sexuality and the Tiananmen Square events.
Ye Lou is a filmmaker who was born and grew up in Shanghai. He is known for his artistic and controversial films such as Suzhou River (2000), Blind Massage (2014) and The Shadow Play (2018).
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- Director, Writer, Producer
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- Ye Lou
April 21, 2022 — In advance of the release of his latest film, Saturday Fiction, in the United States, acclaimed director Lou Ye sat down for a virtual conve...
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Lou Ye, born in 1965, is a Chinese screenwriter, director and producer. The son of actors, Lou Ye graduated in 1983 from the Shanghai School of Fine Arts (in animation) and then joined the Beijing Film Academy (Filmmaking Department) in 1989.
Apr 22, 2022 · Lou Ye’s drama “Saturday Fiction” is a thriller of the highest order, and perhaps its ambitions explain the quibbling response that it has received. It played at the New York Film Festival in...
May 24, 2024 · But after battling Chinese censors and suffering delayed, hampered releases of his last two narrative films, The Shadow Play and Saturday Fiction, sixth-generation arthouse icon Lou Ye has made a splashing return to the Cannes Film Festival with An Unfinished Film, officially a German-Singaporean co-production.
