Biography
Lu Wei (also credited as Wei Lu or 芦苇) is a Chinese screenwriter and director. Born in Beijing in March 1950, he began his career in film as an art designer at the Xi'an Film Studio before turning to screenwriting in the early 1980s.
He wrote the screenplay for Farewell My Concubine (1993), directed by Chen Kaige, and collaborated on several other notable Fifth Generation films, including To Live (1994) for Zhang Yimou, The Emperor's Shadow (1996), Red Cherry (1995), Tuya's Marriage (2006) and Wolf Totem (2015). He also directed Journey to Western Xia Empire (1997).
Lu Wei has worked as a script consultant on later projects such as Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023).
