Li Ruijun (Chinese: 李睿珺; pinyin: Lǐ Ruìjùn, born 1983) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter.^[2][3]

Life and career

Born in Gansu province in 1983, Li Ruijun studied music and painting at the age of fourteen.^{[citation needed]} In 2003, he graduated from the China National Ministry of Radio, Film, and Television. From 2003 to 2006, he worked as director for television stations and television program providers.^{[citation needed]}

He started work on his debut feature film, The Summer Solstice, in 2006, writing the script as well as directing it, and finished the post-production in 2007.^[3][4] He has since made five more feature films as well as one short.

Filmography

• The Summer Solstice 夏至 (2007) – director, screenwriter, actor, editor, production manager
• The Old Donkey 老驢頭 (2010) – director, screenwriter, composer, editor
• Fly with the Crane 告訴他們,我乘白鶴去了 (2012) – director, screenwriter
• Present 禮物 (short film, 2014) – director, screenwriter
• One Day (segment: "Present") 有一天 (segment: "禮物") (2014) – director, screenwriter
• River Road (家在水草豐茂的地方) (2015) – director, screenwriter, editor
• Walking Past the Future (2017) – director, screenwriter
• Return to Dust (2022) – director, screenwriter, editor.^[5]

Awards

• 46th Brasilia Film Festival: Best Director – Fly with the Crane^[3] (2013)
• 5th China Film Director's Guild Awards: Best Young Director – Fly with the Crane^[6] (2014)
• 67th Valladolid International Film Festival: Golden Spike – Return to Dust^[7] (2022)