Zhang Lu
- Name: Zhang Lu
- Native name: 장률
- Also Known as: Zhang Lu, Jang Ryul, Jang Ryool
- Nationality: South Korean
- Gender: Male
- Born: May 30, 1962
- Age: 61
He began his career with a short film Eleven (2000) which was invited to Venice International Film Festival. He used to teach Chinese Literature at Yanbian University in Jilin and wrote novels before changing his path to the film industry. He is a third-generation Korean Chinese and this background has provided him with a special attention on Korean diaspora which extends to North Korean refugees. He debuted with a feature Tang Poetry (2003) which was premiered at Locarno International Film Festival and continued to make his second feature Grain in Ear (2005) that won the New Currents Award at Busan International Film Festival and ACID award at Cannes Critics’ Week. His following films also garnered numerous awards at acclaimed international film festivals including Desert Dream (2007), which was selected to the Competition of Berlin International Film Festival, the serial movies Chongqing (2007) and Iri (2008), which are set in two cities in Korea and China, and Dooman River (2010) which was selected to the Generation Section at Berlin International Film Festival. His latest films are Scenery (2013), Gyongju (2014), Love and… (2015), Ode to the Goose (2018), and Fukuoka (2019). His 2016 film A Quiet Dream (2016) was introduced as the opening film at Busan International Film Festival.
(Source: BIFF and IMDb) Edit Biography
Screenwriter
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Jury | 7.3 |
Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
A Singing Goose | 6.9 |
Scenery | 7.0 |
Screenwriter & Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
The Shadowless Tower | 7.7 |
Yanagawa | 7.7 |
Fukuoka | 7.0 |
A Quiet Dream | 7.2 |
Love and... | 6.3 |
Gyeongju | 6.6 |
Dooman River | 7.1 |
Iri | 5.3 |
Chongqing | 4.0 |
Desert Dream | 7.0 |
Grain in Ear | 4.0 |
Executive Producer
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Who is Sleeping on My Pillow | 0.0 |
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