Lu Xuechang

{{Short description|Chinese film director}}

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| name = Lu Xuechang

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1964|6|25}}

| birth_place = Beijing, China

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|02|20|1964|06|25|mf=y}}

| occupation = Film director

| years_active = 1990s–2014

| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes

| t = 路學長

| s = 路学长

| p = Lù Xuécháng

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Lu Xuechang (June 25, 1964 – February 20, 2014{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2014-02-20/22074100145.shtml |title=路学长突然离世 (Lu Xuechang dies suddenly)|publisher = Sina Entertainment|date=2014-02-20 |accessdate=2014-02-20}}) was a sixth generation Chinese film director.{{cite news|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/17/eng20060317_251367.html |title=Up and coming Chinese director Lu Xuechang's new film centres on prostitution|newspaper = People's Daily| author=Xinhua News Agency| author-link=Xinhua News Agency| date=2006-03-17 |accessdate=2008-09-04}} One of a new crop of talented filmmakers, Lu directed four feature films beginning with his debut, The Making of Steel in 1997.

Like many of his present-day peers, critics have seen elements of foreign filmmakers in Lu's work with Lu himself claiming to enjoy Italian cinema (although he stops short of naming specific influences).{{cite magazine | url = http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/features/interviews/2000/10/26/int.lu_xuechang.html | title = 'Creating Hollywood-Style Movies Would Be Suicide For Us' | magazine = Time Asia | author = Short, Stephen | date = 2000-10-26 | accessdate = 2008-01-16 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081207235432/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/features/interviews/2000/10/26/int.lu_xuechang.html | archivedate = 2008-12-07 }} Also commensurate with his peers Lu had his share of run-ins with the censors. The Making of Steel, for example, was recut six times before it was allowed to be screened.