Lou Ye

Lou Ye was born in Shanghai in 1965. He studied at the Beijing Film Academy in the eighties, then was a television producer, an assistant and a maker of short films, according to the University of Wooster. His first feature film, shot in 1993, was held back for two years by the censors; in 1998 he founded the company Dream Factory with the actress Nai An. Banned from filming for two years after that film, he was banned for five years in 2006, together with his producer, for having presented another film at Cannes without authorisation; he kept working thanks to foreign co-productions.

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• CinemaSuzhou River蘇州河Lou Ye · 2000Cinema