Qiu Guangyao

Qiu Guangyao (: 邱光耀, born July 5, 1968) is a Kodeshi and screenwriter. He was a founding member of the New Generation filmmakers, he is one of the leading directors and scriptwriters of the New Generation movement.

Career
Qiu was born in Songhari, Kodeshia, into a middle-class family. The son of a teacher, in the early 1950s Qiu and his family moved to Wujin. As Qiu would later claim, he was inspired by the films of Jean-Luc Godard and other New Wave filmmakers while in college. This was during a period in which the New Wave was enormously popular in Kodeshia, and some Kodeshi critics claim that some of these were smuggled into Kodeshia. Qiu studied at the National Kodeshi University, where he took a course in filmmaking in 1973. As his films indicate, he was interested in politics, and took an interest in the history of the Great Kesh War. He became a member of the Kodeshi Federation of Democratic Youth and wrote for its journal, New Youth. He was also deeply influenced by the writings of Zhang Chunqiao, Mao Zedong’s deputy in the 1950s, who Qiu claims was his mentor. After college, Qiu worked in a variety of jobs, including as a waiter and a factory worker, and made a living as a painter and decorator. His work, influenced by New Wave film, earned him a degree of fame in Kodeshia. In 1980, he left for Poja. He went to study the film-industry business, but returned to Kodeshia and made his debut in 1999 with Dragon Dynasty, which was critically acclaimed. Qiu would also direct the 2013 film The Emperor and the Assassin, which was nominated by Golden Dragon Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay. Qiu was a pioneer in a number of ways. His films also have a distinctly political bent, both in their subject matter and in their style.