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Cai Shangjun
Born	1967 (age 56–57)
Occupation(s)	Director, screenwriter
Awards	FIPRESCI Prize (Pusan) 2007 The Red Awn Golden Alexander 2007 The Red Awn

Cai Shangjun (Chinese: 蔡尚君; pinyin: Cài Shàngjūn) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter. Cai graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1992. Since then, his major work has been that of a professional screenwriter. Cai was part of the team, along with Zhang Yang, Diao Yi'nan, and Liu Fendou, that co-wrote the screenplays for two of Zhang's films: Spicy Love Soup (1997) and Shower (1999). Cai also cowrote a script for Zhang's Sunflower (2005).

In 2007, Cai directed his first film, The Red Awn, which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2007 Pusan International Film Festival.

In 2011, Cai won the Silver Lion for the Best Director at the 68th Venice International Film Festival with the film People Mountain People Sea.

Filmography

As screenwriter

As director

References

1. Several websites use an incorrect pinyin romanization of Cai's given name: "Xiangjun."
2. Elley, Derek (12 October 2007). "Art films win at Pusan Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
3. "Russian film "Faust" takes top prize in Venice". Reuters. 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2011.

External links

• Cai Shangjun at IMDb
• Cai Shangjun at the Chinese Movie Database

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