Director

Cai Shangjun

Directing

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 15162

IMDb ID: nm0128754

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1967

Age: 59

Place of birth: Beijing, China

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1999 - 2025

Years active: 27

Average TMDB rating: 6.87

Wikidata: Q2933176

Also known as

蔡尚君 • Shangjun Cai

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Director (4)Writer (2)Screenplay (1)

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Biography

Cai Shangjun was born in Beijing and graduated from the Literature Department of the Central Academy of Drama in 1992. Afterwards he focused on writing screenplays for such films as SPICY LOVE SOUP (1997) and SHOWER (1999). In 2006, he made his directorial debut with THE RED AWN, which received the Golden Alexander Award for Best Film at the 48th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, as well as the FIPRESCI Award at the 2007 Busan International Film Festival. In 2011, his sophomore feature PEOPLE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE SEA premiered as the "surprise film" at the 68th Venice International Film Festival, the fourth Chinese-language film to play there under such billing; in a subsequent upset, the film won the festival's Silver Lion for Best Direction.

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