Ma Liwen (born 1971) is a female Chinese film director. She has directed a handful of films during the 2000s, including 2005's ''You and Me'', and two films in 2008, ''Lost and Found'' and ''Desires of the Heart''.

Biography

Born Ma Xiaoying in 1971 in

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

province, Ma would move to Beijing in the early 1990s. She graduated from the

Central Academy of Drama The Central Academy of Drama (), abbreviated Zhong Xi (), is a drama school in Beijing, China. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University Plan university identified by the Ministry of Education of China. The school is the first theatre ...

in 1994, and is one of Fifth Generation director

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's protégés along with

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. Her debut film, ''Gone Is the One Who Held Me Dearest in the World'', was shot on a small budget. In 2005, Ma Liwen directed ''You and Me'', which drew on her own experiences living in a small courtyard apartment in Beijing. The film won the Ma a

Golden Rooster The Golden Rooster Awards () are film awards given in mainland China. The awards were originally given annually, beginning in 1981. The name of the award came from the year of the Rooster in 1981. Award recipients receive a statuette in the shap ...

for Best Director in 2005 and Best Actress award for actress

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Filmography

References

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