Cheng Er, known for his ability to keep audiences guessing, graduated from the film department of Beijing Film Academy in 1999. After graduation he made the film Criminals (1999), playing the multiple roles of screenwriter, director and editor. He wrote and directed the well-received psychodrama Unfinished Girl (2005), which was nominated for several awards, prior to filming crime drama Lethal Hostage (2011), where he again served as screenwriter, director and editor (source: Asia Pacific Screen Awards) Edit Biography