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Gu Changwei (born 12 December 1957) is a Chinese cinematographer and film director. Gu was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi in the People's Republic of China. Gu is considered one of the major Chinese cinematographers working today.
Gu Changwei, 1957. Gu Chang Wei was born in the Old Capitol of China, Xi’an. He was interested in the arts at an early age. He took up painting while at school and excelled at it.
Gu Changwei may have produced some of China’s biggest films, but he’s never been as famous as film school classmates Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige. With his star-studded Aids drama Love for Life in cinemas now, Nicola Davison meets the unassuming director.
Love for Life (simplified Chinese: 最爱; traditional Chinese: 最愛; pinyin: Zuì ài), also known as Life Is a Miracle, Til Death Do Us Part and Love for Live, is a 2011 film directed by Gu Changwei and starring Zhang Ziyi and Aaron Kwok.
May 29, 2023 · Gu Changwei. Upon first impression, internationally renowned cinematographer Gu Changwei seems like a mild-mannered, reticent, and somewhat inarticulate man. And it's an impression he has little problem with: "Although I have made great improvement today, I was an awful stammerer when in middle school.
The Chinese mainland director Gu Changwei"s movie Love for Life (Zuiai 2011) is an emotionally touching and politically sensitive story about a group of AIDS patients. During the past decade there have been a number of mainland produced films and TV serials that have dealt with this theme.
These two award-winning films by renowned director-actor Jiang Wen and cinematographer Gu Changwei are unsurpassed in China for their exquisite attention to realistic detail, their stylistic range, their emotional breadth, and their razor-like commentary on contemporary China.
