Lou Ye

  • Name: Lou Ye
  • Native name: 娄烨
  • Nationality: Chinese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: March 1, 1965
  • Age: 60
Born in Shanghai, Lou was educated at the Beijing Film Academy. In 1993, he made his first film Weekend Lover, but it was not released until two years later, having its world premiere at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg where it received the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award. Between completion and premiere of Weekend Lover he made and released Don't Be Young, a thriller about a girl who takes her nightmares as real, in 1994. Lou, however, did not gain international prominence until his third film, the neo-noir Suzhou River. That film dealt with questions of identity and proved quite controversial upon its release in China. Upon its release, international audiences praised Suzhou River, which several critics felt evoked Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, particularly in how both films focus on a man obsessed with a mysterious woman.

In 2003 Lou released Purple Butterfly starring Zhang Ziyi. The film is a tale of revenge and betrayal taking place during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, with a complex narrative structure borrowing heavily from film noir traditions.

Lou's next film, Summer Palace (2006), a story of two lovers in the backdrop of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, again brought Lou into conflict with Chinese authorities, resulting in a five-year ban for both him and his producer. In order to circumvent the ban, his next film, Spring Fever, was shot surreptitiously in Nanjing and registered as a Hong Kong-French coproduction to avoid censors. The film was shown in competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival where writer Mei Feng won the Best Screenplay award.

In 1998, Lou, along with actress Nai An (who had starred in his first two films, and would go on to star in Suzhou River) started the production company Dream Factory, which would go on to produce all of Lou's films.
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Year Title Type Rating
TBA Three Words
Movie
0.0
2019 Saturday Fiction
Movie
7.2
2019 The Shadow Play
Movie
6.8
2014 Blind Massage
Movie
6.7
2012 Mystery
Movie
6.8
2009 Spring Fever
Movie
6.4
2006 Summer Palace
Movie
7.0
2003 Purple Butterfly
Movie
6.8
2000 Suzhou River
Movie
7.3
1995 Weekend Lover
Movie
7.1
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  • Native name: 娄烨
  • Nationality: Chinese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: March 1, 1965
  • Age: 60

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