Famous People with Name Lu

Lu Shengzhong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Lu Shengzhong: is a Chinese artist who specializes in the ancient Chinese art of paper cutting.As Lu got older, his fascination for paper cutting began to fade. As a young adult he joined the army for a short while. After the army, he worked for a short period of time as a film projectionist. In the mid 1970’s he attended art school at Shangdong Normal University, and graduated in 1978 with a degree in Fine Arts. After Graduattion he later attended Central Academy of Fine Art (CAFA) in Beijing, China for his masters program in the early 1980’s. During this time period, China’s art scene began a change from socialist realist paintings. His classmates began to discover rock & roll music, bleu jeans, jazz, as well as the art genre of Dada. Lu Shengzhong graduated from Central Academy of Fine Art in 1987, with a masters in folk art.

Lü Wencheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Lü Wencheng: was a Chinese composer and musician. He is considered to have been a master of Cantonese music (Guangdong yinyue) and Guangdong folk music.The gaohu was developed, or co-developed[1], by him in the 1920s from the erhu by raising its pitch and using steel strings instead of silk, and changing its playing position from on the thigh to between the knees. He composed Autumn Moon (on a) Waveless Lake (????) in the 1930s and it remains one of the best known works of Cantonese music.

Lu Chuan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Lu Chuan: is a Chinese filmmaker and screenwriter. Lu is the son of the Chinese novelist, Lu Tianming.[1]Hailed as a major new voice in Chinese cinema,[2] Lu's first two films were small-budget productions which garnered both Chinese and international acclaim: 2002's The Missing Gun and 2004's Kekexili: Mountain Patrol. Kekexili won both a Golden Rooster and a Golden Horse best picture award.Lu's most recent film, the war drama City of Life and Death, was released in April 2009 to both critical and commercial success. At the same time, however, the film's sympathetic portrayal of a Japanese soldier has aroused controversy. Lu Chuan won Achievement in Directing for the film at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

Lu Xuechang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Lu Xuechang: is a sixth generation Chinese film director.[1] One of a new crop of talented filmmakers, Lu has directed four feature films beginning with his debut, The Making of Steel in 1997.Like many of his present-day peers, critics have seen elements of foreign filmmakers in Lu's work with Lu himself claiming to enjoy Italian cinema (although he stops short of naming specific influences).[2] Also like his peers, however, Lu has had his share of run-ins with the censors. The Making of Steel for example, was recut six times before it was allowed to be screened.[2]

Lü Yue            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Lü Yue: is a Chinese cinematographer and film director. Born in Tianjin, Lü is today among the most important cinematographers of recent Chinese cinema,[citation needed] and is particularly well known for his collaborations with director Zhang Yimou with whom he served as director of photography in three films. Lü was nominated for an Academy Award for best cinematographer for Zhang's film Shanghai Triad. He has also served as cinematographer for other Fifth Generation directors such as Tian Zhuangzhuang (for 1985's On the Hunting Ground) as well as for older directors, such as Huang Shuqin (for 1994's A Soul Haunted by Painting). More recently he served as cinematographer for actress Joan Chen's directorial effort, Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, a film in which he also played a small part as the titular character's father.

Li Lu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Li Lu: was an organizer and leader of the Chinese student dissidents who took part in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. His parents were victims of the Cultural Revolution: when he was a baby they were sent to labor camps and he was fostered by a succession of families for a few years, until he wound up in a state orphanage. He was then adopted, but in 1976 his adoptive family was wiped out in an earthquake and he was homeless for a year.

Wang Lu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Lu: is a female Chinese beach volleyball player who competited at the in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Zhang Lu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Lu: was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).Zhang was born in Xiangfu (?? - present day Kaifeng in the Henan province). His style name was 'Tian Chi' (??) and his pseudonym was 'Ping Shan' (??). He was a student of Wu Wei.[1] Zhang followed the Zhe school of painting. He painted landscapes and human figures in a free and uninhibited style.

Sui Lu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Sui Lu: is a Chinese gymnast. She started competing at the senior international level in 2009, and has shown strengths on the balance beam and, in particular, the floor exercise.

Yen Lu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yen Lu: was a Chinese-born Taiwanese composer.