Chuan Lu

Lu Chuan (b. 1970, Xinjiang, China) graduated in English from Beijing's prestigious People's Liberation Army Institute of International Affairs and worked as an interpreter during negotiations between top Chinese and American brass. Then in 1996 he left the army and entered Beijing's Film Academy, graduating two years later. He wrote the script for the television series "Black Hole" (1999) and gained attention with his writer-director debut The Missing Gun (Xun qiang, 2002; shown at the 2003 Karlovy Vary IFF), which tells the story of a country policeman who loses his service pistol at a wedding. His next film, Mountain Patrol (2004), took the Special Jury Prize at the 2004 Tokyo IFF and was awarded by the FICC jury at the 2005 Berlinale.

MFF Karlovy Vary