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Cui Zi'en | |
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| Born | 1958 (age 66–67) Harbin, China |
| Alma mater | Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer Film director |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Awards | Radio Literature Award 2001Uncle's Past (IGLHRC) International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission Felipa Award |
Cui Zi'en (Chinese:崔子恩;pinyin:Cuī Zǐ'ēn), born 1958, inHarbin in thePeople's Republic of China, is a film director, producer, film scholar, screenwriter, novelist and an outspokenLGBT activist based inBeijing. He graduated from theChinese Academy of Social Sciences with anMA inliterature and now is an associate professor at the Film Research Institute of theBeijing Film Academy.
Cui Zi'en is one of theavant-garde DV makers in Chineseunderground film. He has published nine novels in China andHong Kong, one of which,Uncle's Past, won the 2001Radio Literature Award in Germany. In the same year, he founded theBeijing Queer Film Festival, the first LGBT film festival in mainland China.[1] He is also the author of books oncriticism andtheory, as well as a columnist for magazines.
In 2002, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) presented theFelipa de Souza Award to Cui Zi'en.[2]
Cui brought issues of same-sex love into Chinese culture and public awareness, with a prolific crop of critically acclaimed articles, lectures, books, and films, including the first gay novel in modern China. Despite it being banned in mainland China, the novel is still available through unofficial channels.[citation needed]
| Year | English title | Original title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Men and Women (Man Man Woman Woman) (Nannan nünü) | 男男女女 | writer |
| 2002 | Enter the Clowns | 丑角登场 | writer, director, actor |
| The Old Testament | 旧约 | writer, director | |
| Welcome to Destination Shanghai | 目的地，上海 | actor | |
| 2003 | Feeding Boys, Ayaya | 哎呀呀，去哺乳 | writer, director, actor, producer |
| Keep Cool and Don't Blush | 脸不变色心不跳 | writer, director | |
| Night Scene | 夜景 | writer, director | |
| 2004 | An Interior View of Death | 死亡的內景 | writer, director |
| The Narrow Path | 雾语 | writer, director | |
| Pirated Copy | 蔓延 | writer | |
| Shitou and That Nana | 石头和那个娜娜 | writer, director | |
| Star Appeal | 星星相吸惜 | writer, director | |
| 2005 | My Fair Son | 我如花似玉的儿子 | director |
| WC | 呼呼哈嘿 | writer, director | |
| Withered in a Blooming Season (Withered Lads in a Blooming Season) | 少年花草黄 | writer, director | |
| 2006 | Empty Town | 水墨青春 | writer |
| Refrain | 副歌 | writer, director | |
| 2008 | Er Dong | 二冬 | producer |
| Queer China, ‘Comrade’ China | 誌同志 | writer, director | |
| 2010 | The Wild Strawberries | 野草莓 | writer |
