Xu Jinglei
Xu Jinglei (徐靜蕾) made her directorial debut with the film My Father and I, where she also starred as the lead actress.
The film, which tackled the delicate relationship between a Chinese father and his daughter, received widespread critical acclaim and won her a Golden Rooster for Best Directing Debut. Her second directorial work, Letter from an Unknown Woman was a romantic story based on the classic novel of Stefan Zweig, and won her the Silver Shell for Best Director at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain. After two successful art-house films, Xu had a shot in innovative film making in Dreams Come True, an experimental film shot in one setting. However unlike her previous two films, Dreams Come True was panned by critics. Xu continued to direct romantic features Dear Enemy and Somewhere Only We Know, which were moderately successful at the box office. Deviating from her former productions which mainly focuses on romance and family, Xu returned with action cop thriller The Missing in 2017. [wikipedia]