Zhao Liang
- Name
- Zhao Liang
- Born
- 1971
- Birthplace
- Liaoning China
- Education
- Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
- Occupation
- film director
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China
- Movements
- new documentary movement
- Known for
- Petition · Behemoth
- Languages
- Chinese
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Zhao Liang compare negli archivi di autorità della Bibliothèque nationale de France, della Deutsche Nationalbibliothek e della Getty Union List of Artist Names come “cinematographers”, artista, “photographers”, videoartista e regista cinematografico (nascita: 1971).
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La nascita di Zhao Liang è registrata nel 1971.
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• Name — Zhao Liang • Born — 1971 • Birthplace — Liaoning China • Education — Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts • Occupation — film director • Website — zhaoliangstudio.com Zhao Liang (born 1971) is a Chinese documentary film director and artist.
Life and career
Life and career
Zhao was born in Liaoning, and graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 1992. He supported himself as a photographer while working on his early documentaries. Zhao's 2009 documentary Petition: The Court of the Complainants premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and is about aspects of the legal system in China. The film was shot over twelve years and details the plight of Chinese citizens traveling to Beijing to file complaints with the central government about local officials. His work focuses on global social and ecological issues.
Filmography
Filmography
• Return to the Border (2005) • Crime and Punishment (2007) • Petition (2009) • Together (2010) • Behemoth (2015) • I'm So Sorry (2021)
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- 1.Edward Wong. Chinese Director’s Path From Rebel to Insider. The New York Times. 13 agosto 2011.
- 2.赵亮 （艺术家、导演）.
- 3.ND/NF Interview: Zhao Liang - Film Comment. Film Comment. 17 marzo 2016.
- 4.widewalls. Zhao Liang. WideWalls.
- 5.A. O. ‘Petition,’ a Zhao Liang Documentary - Review. The New York Times. 13 gennaio 2011.
- 6.petition « dGenerate Films. dgeneratefilms.com.
- 7.Richard. Petition: The Court of the Complainants—a potent Chinese documentary about injustice and state repression - World Socialist Web Site.
- 8.Venezia72: “Behemoth” di Zhao Liang vince il premio della sostenibilità Green Drop Award, La Stampa, 11 settembre 2015
- 9.La Biennale di Venezia - Premi Collaterali della 72. Mostra.
- 10.Chinese Realities/Documentary Visions MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
- 11.Chinese Realities / Documentary Visions at MOMA Digicult Digital Art, Design and Culture. Digicult Digital Art, Design and Culture.
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