Jenny Lu

Lu was born in Pingtung City, Taiwan.{{Cite web |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/tw/culture/filmandmusic/interviews/a1966/jenny-lu-interview/ |title=【專訪】英國影視圈異鄉人《接線員》導演盧謹明的女性自白 |date=18 August 2017 |website=Harper's Bazaar |last=Lee |first=Eachen |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=21 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621235307/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/tw/culture/filmandmusic/interviews/a1966/jenny-lu-interview/ |url-status=live }} She has a younger brother, Luming Lu, who later became a film score composer and wrote music for her debut film.{{Cite web |url=https://blow.streetvoice.com/34629/ |title=【專訪】同手同腳拍電影：《接線員》導演盧謹明、配樂盧律銘 |date=13 July 2017 |website=Street Voice |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211215654/https://blow.streetvoice.com/34629/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20200410insight003 |title=數學老師改行做配樂　人生急轉彎拿下金馬獎 |date=16 April 2020 |website=Mirror Media |author=陳立妍 |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=12 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512074311/https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20200410insight003/ |url-status=live }} Inspired by Darren Aronofsky, she developed a passion for films when she was young and often dreamt of working on production sets. Lu later attended the art class at National Pingtung Senior High School and went on an exchange to the United States during her second year of high school.{{Cite web |url=https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/PID0026/316145/web/ |title=6年拍出接線員 導演堅持不放棄 |date=8 August 2017 |website=United Daily News |author=翁禎霞 |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308000838/https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/PID0026/316145/web/ |url-status=live }} After the experience, she was determined to study abroad and enrolled at Nottingham Trent University to pursue a degree in contemporary arts after completing secondary school. She won a Beck's Futures prize with a short film she produced during university years. Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Arts,{{Cite web |url=https://www.isu.edu.tw/newsite/deptfa.php?dept_mno=845&dept_id=9&aid=1B118 |title=盧謹明 Jenny Lu |website=I-Shou University |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308000828/https://www.isu.edu.tw/newsite/deptfa.php?dept_mno=845&dept_id=9&aid=1B118 |url-status=live }} Lu began working as an assistant director in the United Kingdom in 2004 and produced several short films since 2009.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/418043 |title=刻劃按摩女異國悲歌 台灣電影登英國院線 |date=21 July 2018 |website=Radio Taiwan International |author=張子清 |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308000854/https://www.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/418043 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.funscreen.com.tw/feature.asp?FE_NO=1616 |title=當代他鄉故事中的異色溫暖——專訪《接線員》導演盧謹明 |date=12 December 2016 |website=Funscreen Weekly |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202093507/https://www.funscreen.com.tw/feature.asp?FE_NO=1616 |url-status=live }} She also acquired a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy in arts at University of the Arts London in 2008.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20170623ent020/index.html?utm_source=feed_related&utm_medium=partial |title=台英合製《接線員》　按摩女異國悲歌 |date=27 June 2017 |website=Mirror Media |author=項貽斐 |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308000905/https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20170623ent020/index.html |url-status=live }} In 2014, she directed and wrote short film The Man Who Walked on the Moon, which won a special award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.{{Cite web |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/amp/news/life/breakingnews/3823224 |title=曾獲紐約亞美影展新銳導演獎 盧謹明返台執教 |date=8 February 2023 |website=Liberty Times |author=洪臣宏 |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208104233/https://news.ltn.com.tw/amp/news/life/breakingnews/3823224 |url-status=live }}

In 2016, Lu directed and wrote her first feature film, The Receptionist, which was co-produced in Taiwan and the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/20/the-receptionist-review |title=The Receptionist review – an intimate voyage into London’s underworld |date=20 July 2018 |website=The Guardian |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |access-date=8 March 2024 |archive-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503181006/https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/20/the-receptionist-review |url-status=live }} The film tells the story of a Taiwanese immigrant and arts school graduate who, desperate to make a living, is forced to take up a job as a receptionist for a brothel.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/receptionist-review-1110069/ |title=‘The Receptionist’: Film Review |date=10 May 2018 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Kerr |first=Elizabeth |access-date=8 March 2024 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308000812/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/receptionist-review-1110069/amp/ |url-status=live }} The film received positive acclaim,{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-40390742.amp |title=台灣電影《接線員》：還原漂在倫敦的華裔妓女 |date=24 June 2017 |website=BBC News |last=Liu |first=Cindy |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308000828/https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-40390742.amp |url-status=live }} and Lu won the Emerging Director Award at the 40th Asian American International Film Festival.{{Cite web |url=https://www.yzzk.com/article/details/%E4%BA%BA%E7%89%A9/2018-23/1528343231816/%E3%80%8A%E6%8E%A5%E7%B7%9A%E5%93%A1%E3%80%8B%E6%88%B2%E8%A3%8F%E6%88%B2%E5%A4%96%E8%83%8C%E5%BE%8C |title=《接線員》戲裏戲外背後 （陳競新） |date=11 June 2018 |website=Yazhou Zhoukan |author=陳競新 |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308000859/https://www.yzzk.com/article/details/%E4%BA%BA%E7%89%A9/2018-23/1528343231816/%E3%80%8A%E6%8E%A5%E7%B7%9A%E5%93%A1%E3%80%8B%E6%88%B2%E8%A3%8F%E6%88%B2%E5%A4%96%E8%83%8C%E5%BE%8C |url-status=live }} Lu was invited to co-host the 5th Pingtung Film Festival in 2020.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acul/202009110125.aspx |title=屏東電影節首獎60萬元 兵家必爭 |date=11 September 2020 |website=Central News Agency |author=郭芷瑄 |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308001330/https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acul/202009110125.aspx |url-status=live }} The following year, she returned to Taiwan and worked as an assistant professor at the Department of Film and Television of I-Shou University.{{Cite web |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20220208004299-260421 |title=義守大學添新戰力 電影導演盧謹明前進校園鼓勵學生勇於創作 |date=8 February 2022 |website=China Times |author=林瑞益 |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308001316/https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20220208004299-260421 |url-status=live }}

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