Gu Changwei (born December 12, 1957) is a Chinese cinematographer and film director. December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is focus puller (1st assistant cameraman) clapper loader (2nd assistant cameraman) second unit assistant camera trainee (camera production assistant) gaffer, best boy, and electricians (also called Set Lighting Technicians, Lamp Operators or nicknamed sparks or juicers) key grip, best boy grip, dolly grip, grips production designer and art director costume... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

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Filmography

As cinematographer

• All the Invisible Children (2005) (segment "Song Song and Little Cat")
• Autumn in New York (2000) (director of photography)
• Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
• Hurlyburly (1998)
• The Gingerbread Man (1998) (director of photography)
• Last Chance Love (1997)
• Warrior Lanling (1995)
• In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
• The Trail (1993)
• Farewell My Concubine (1993)
• Life on a String (1991)
• Ju Dou (1990)
• Operation Cougar (1989)
• King of the Children (1987)
• Red Sorghum (1987)

All the Invisible Children is a collection of short films which premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival. ... Autumn in New York is a 2000 romance/drama movie directed by Joan Chen and starring Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, and Anthony LaPaglia. ... Devils on the Doorstep In a remote village that has been in a China decimated by both civil war and the War against Japanese Aggression, a local peasant Ma Dasan is caught by surprise when soldiers from the Chinese Army deposit for a few days two gunnysacks in his home. ... Hurlyburly (1984) is a play written by David Rabe. ... Based on a discarded John Grisham manuscript, The Gingerbread Man is a 1998 film by Robert Altman. ... In The Heat Of The Sun (Simplified Chinese: 阳光灿烂的日子; Traditional Chinese: 陽光燦爛的日子; Hanyu Pinyin: yáng guãng càn làn de rì zi) is a 1994 movie directed by the famous Chinese actor Jiang Wen. ... Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 Chinese film directed by Chen Kaige which depicts the effect of the Cultural Revolution on traditional Chinese theatre. ... Life on a String is an album by performance artist Laurie Anderson, released in 2001 on Nonesuch Records. ... Ju Dou (Chinese: 菊豆; Pinyin: Jú Dòu; 1991) is a Chinese film directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang (though it is almost universally considered to be a product of Zhangs vision as director) and starring Gong Li as the title character. ... Red Sorghum (紅高梁, Pinyin: Hong gao liang) is a 1987 Chinese film, the first to be directed by Zhang Yimou, based off a novel by Mo Yan. ...

As film director

• Kongque (2005)

External links

• IMDb entry
• Internet encyclopedia of cinematographers entry