Liu Bingjian
{{Short description|Chinese film director (born 1963)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|10|16|mf=y}}
| years_active = 1990s-2000s
| awards = FIPRESCI Prize
1999 Men and Women (Locarno)
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| t = 劉冰鑒
| s = 刘冰鉴
| p = Líu Bīngjiàn
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Liu Bingjian (born October 16, 1963) is a Chinese film director who emerged on the cinema scene in the late 1990s with his LGBT-themed film Men and Women.
Career
Originally trained as a painter, Liu attended the prestigious Beijing Film Academy where he studied cinematography.{{cite web|url=http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijing/articles/cw-magazine/reviews/Movies_CW20Interview-0412071/|title=Movie Interview: Liu Bingjian|author=CityWeekend staff|publisher=CityWeekend|date=2006-12-06|accessdate=2009-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723014843/http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijing/articles/cw-magazine/reviews/Movies_CW20Interview-0412071/|archive-date=2011-07-23|url-status=dead}} Upon graduation, he switched to directing and worked in television before making his first film Inkstone which failed to be screened either in China or abroad.
In 1999, he directed the underground LGBT film Men and Women. Though the film was banned in China, it was seen as a rare example of a Chinese film to treat homosexuality as an everyday occurrence.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117914585.html|title=Men and Women Review|author=Rooney, David|magazine= Variety |date=1999-08-30|accessdate=2009-01-04}}
Liu followed up Men and Women with Cry Woman in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/film-archive-detail/20021449-cry-woman/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103191154/http://www.kviff.com/en/film-archive-detail/20021449-cry-woman/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-03 |title=Cry Woman |publisher=Karlovy Vary International Film Festival |year=2002 |accessdate=2009-02-07 }}
Like many of his colleagues, Liu Bingjian emerged from the underground scene with 2004's state-approved Plastic Flowers, starring actress Liu Xiaoqing in her first role in over a decade.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117925376.html|title=Plastic Flowers Review|author=Elley, Derek|magazine =Variety|date=2004-10-26|accessdate=2009-02-07}} The film premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival.
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top" width="40"|Year !align="left" valign="top"|English title !align="left" valign="top"|Chinese title !align="left" valign="top"|Notes |
| align="left" valign="top"|1995
|align="left" valign="top"|Inkstone |align="left" valign="top"|{{Lang|zh-Hani|砚床|italic=no}} |align="left" valign="top"| |
| align="left" valign="top"|1999
|align="left" valign="top"|Men and Women |align="left" valign="top"|{{Lang|zh-Hani|男男女女|italic=no}} |align="left" valign="top"| |
| align="left" valign="top"|2002
|align="left" valign="top"|Cry Woman |align="left" valign="top"|{{Lang|zh-Hani|哭泣的女人|italic=no}} |align="left" valign="top"| |
| align="left" valign="top"|2004
|align="left" valign="top"|Plastic Flowers |align="left" valign="top"|{{Lang|zh-Hani|春花开|italic=no}} |align="left" valign="top"| |
| align="left" valign="top"|2010
|align="left" valign="top"|The Back |align="left" valign="top"| |align="left" valign="top"|Bei mian |
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0514897|name=Liu Bingjian}}
- [http://www.dianying.com/en/person/LiuBingjian Liu Bingjian] at the Chinese Movie Database
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Category:Film directors from Anhui
Category:Beijing Film Academy alumni
Category:Chinese film directors
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