Li Ruijun
Li Ruijun (, born 1983) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter. A rising star of China's independent cinema, Li has made films, including "The Old Donkey" (2010), "Fly with the Crane" (2012) and "River Road" (2014), which were nominated or won awards at various film festivals His films tend to focus on the relationship between human beings and the land, as well as the rural attitude towards family, life and death in a fast changing China, and are set mostly in his Gaotai hometown with close friends and relatives acting in his films. Personal life. Born in  Gansu Province in 1983, Li Ruijun studied music and painting at the age of fourteen. 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. He started work on his debut feature film "The Summer Solstice" (2007) in 2006, writing the script as well as directing it, and finished the post-production in 2007.