Zhao Liang (simplified Chinese: 赵亮; traditional Chinese: 趙亮; pinyin: Zhào Liàng; born 1971) is a Chinese documentary film director and artist.
Zhao Liang | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Liaoning China |
| Alma mater | Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts |
| Occupation | film director |
| Website | zhaoliangstudio |
Life and career
editZhao was born in Liaoning, and graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 1992.[citation needed] He supported himself as a photographer while working on his early documentaries. Zhao's 2009 documentary Petition: The Court of the Complainants premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and is about aspects of the legal system in China.[1] The film was shot over twelve years and details the plight of Chinese citizens traveling to Beijing to file complaints with the central government about local officials.[citation needed] His work focuses on global social and ecological issues.
Filmography
edit- Return to the Border (2005)
- Crime and Punishment (2007)
- Petition (2009)
- Together (2010)
- Behemoth (2015)
- I'm So Sorry (2021)
References
edit- ^ Ebert, Roger (17 April 2011). Chinese Documentaries: an Inside Look. Archived 5 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Chicago Sun-Times
External links
edit- Zhao Liang at IMDb
- I’m So Sorry: Cannes Festival interview with Zhao Liang (2024)
- 2021 Cannes Festival Special Screening: I'm So Sorry
- New York Times Review (2017): In ‘Behemoth,’ the Horrors of Economic Progress
- New York Times (2015): As China Hungers for Coal, Zhao Liang's ‘Behemoth’ Studies the Ravages at the Source
- New York Times (2011): Chinese Director's Path from Rebel to Insider
- New York Times Review (2011): In China, You Can't Fight City Hall
- 2009 Cannes Festival Special Screening: Petition
- Variety review (2008): Zhao Liang's Crime and Punishment
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