Zhao Liang (director)

Zhao Liang (simplified Chinese: 赵亮; traditional Chinese: 趙亮; pinyin: Zhào Liàng; born 1971) is a Chinese documentary film director and artist.

Life and career

Zhao was born in Liaoning, and graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 1992.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]} His work focuses on global social and ecological issues.

Filmography

• I'm So Sorry (2021)
• Behemoth (2015)
• Together (2010)
• Petition (2009)
• Crime and Punishment (2007)
• Return to the Border (2005)

References

External links

• Zhao Liang at IMDb
• I’m So Sorry: Cannes Festival interview with Zhao Liang (2024)
• 2021 Cannes Festival Special Screening: I'm So Sorry
• New York Times Review (2017): In ‘Behemoth,’ the Horrors of Economic Progress
• New York Times (2015): As China Hungers for Coal, Zhao Liang's ‘Behemoth’ Studies the Ravages at the Source
• New York Times (2011): Chinese Director's Path from Rebel to Insider
• New York Times Review (2011): In China, You Can't Fight City Hall
• 2009 Cannes Festival Special Screening: Petition
• Variety review (2008): Zhao Liang's Crime and Punishment