Jun Gu

Jun Gu Biography Jun Gu graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 1991. She has been working as a documentary director since 1991. She is the first Asian female director to have directed an IOC (International Olympic Committee) official film. For the 29th Beijing Olympic Games, she made two award winning documentary-"Dream Weavers - Beijing 2008", and the IOC official film "The Everlasting Flame". These projects took 7 years to be completed, and has won awards including the Outstanding Achievement for Filmmaker Award at the 10th U.S Newport Beach International Film Festival, and the Special Grand Award at the 33rd Montreal International Film Festival. In 2010, Gu Jun filmed the first official film of the Asian Games for the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) . Besides, she produced the documentary for the 2011 Summer Universiade. All sport movies listed above won Excellence Award of Sports Movies & TV Award in the Milano International FICTS Festival, making her the most exceptional sport documentary filmmaker in China. In addition to Documentary Filmmaking, Jun Gu has directed over 90 episodes of documentary TV series. From 2012 to 2016, she made the 10-episode documentary: "Between China and the US." And from 2014-2016, she directed an 8-episode documentary "Headway on the Maritime Silk Road". This film acquired the China Certificate of Golden Kapok Award in the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival. Most recently, she directed the 6-episode documentary, "Guangzhou Story." Filmography Documentary Feature: *Asia Game Official Film. "Together in Guangzhou" Director/Producer, Theatrical release in 2011 *Beijing 2008 Olympic Official Film. "The Everlasting Flame" Director/Producer, Theatrical release in 2010 *"Dream Weavers - Beijing 2008." Director/Producer, Theatrical release in 2008 Documentary short *"Athens Olympic Games Torch Relay in Beijing" Producer/Director, Theatrical release in 2004 TV Documentary "Guangzhou Story" Director, 6-Episode Documentary TV Series, Broadcasted at CCTV-9 , 2018 "Headway on the Maritime Silk Road" Director, 8-Episode Documentary TV Series, Broadcasted at CCTV-4 and CCTV-9, 2016 "Between China and US." Director, 10-Episode Documentary TV Series, 2012-2016 *Summer Universiade Official Documentary. Producer, 3-Episode Documentary TV Series, Broadcasted at CCTV-9, 2012 "Biography of a famous movie star: Ge You" Director, Broadcasted at CCTV 6, 2002 "Traditional Chinese Medicine" Director, 50-Episode Documentary TV Series, Broadcasted at CCTV-4, 1998-2000 "A century of Shanghai's Nanjing Road" Director, 3-Episode Documentary TV Series, Broadcasted at CCTV-1, 1997 "Pudong, Shanghai" Director, 2-Episode Documentary TV series, Broadcasted at CCTV-1, 1996 "Xu Yulan and Yue Opera" Director, 2-Episode Documentary TV Series, Broadcasted at CCTV-1, 1996 "The Easternmost island of China" Director, Broadcasted at CCTV-1, 1996 "Simao, Yunnan." Director, 2-Episode Documentary TV Series, Broadcasted at CCTV-1, 1995 "Chinese Composer, He Luting" Director, Broadcasted at CCTV-1, 1995 "Chinese Painter, Pan Tianshou"Director, Broadcasted at CCTV-1, 1995 "Tang Chunfu's engraving" Director, Broadcasted at CCTV-1, 1994 "Engravings from Taizhou" Director, Broadcasted at CCTV-1, 1994 "Transformation of a Village" Director, Broadcasted at CCTV-1, 1994 "Charms of Mount Tiantan" Director, Broadcasted at CCTV-1, 1993 Education Background Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China. B.A., 1991 Awards "Headway on the Maritime Silk Road" 8-Episode Documentary Series 2016 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China Certificate of Golden Kapok Award Summer Universiade Official Documentary, 3-Episode Documentary TV Series Italy Sport Movies & TV 2012- 30th Milano International FICTS Festival Sport & Society Section Award "Together in Guangzhou" Italy Sport Movies & TV 2011- 29th Milano International FICTS Festival Opening Movie Guirlande d'Honneur for Best Documentary of Sports Movies & TV "The Everlasting Flame - Beijing 2008" 1. Canada 33th Montreal International Film Festival2009 Closeing Move Special Grand Award 2. Italy Sport Movies & TV 2009 - 27th Milano International FICTS Festival Sport Movies & TV 2009 Candido Cannavo, Award Olympic spirit Award Excellence Award, Absolute Winner of Sports Movies & TV 2009 "Dream Weavers - Beijing 2008" 1. Italy Sport Movies & TV 2008 - 26th Milano International FICTS Festival Guirlande d'Honneur for Best Documentary Reportage Mass Media Critic Award (Bruno Beneck Plate) 2. U.S Newport Beach International Film Festival 2009, Outstanding Achievement In Documentary Filmmaking Jun Gu 3. Russia Sports Film Festival 2009, Best Documentary 4. 13th Huabiao Jiang 2009, China Film's Highest Award Honor: "Dream weavers-Beijing 2008" 1, Archived by Olympic Museum Lausanne 2,Represented China to run for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards (Oscar) in 2009 3,Have been showed to all of the athletes from 204 countries in national indoor stadium during Beijing Olympic opening ceremony 4, Have been screened in cinemas, universities and several international film festivals across China and around the world, such as Russia, Singapore and New Zealand 5, 11TH Shanghai International Film Festival, Opening Movie "The everlasting flame - Beijing 2008" 1, Archived by Olympic Museum Lausanne 2,Archived by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences