Movie director, Cinematographer ,Artist.
1957, born in Xi'an. 
1982, graduated from the Department of Cinematography, Beijing Film Academy. He lives in Beijing now.


As Director of Photography
2000     Devils on the Doorstep      Grand Prize of the jury at the 53rd Cannes International Film Festival
             Autumn in New York
1998     Gingerbread Man
            Hurlyburly
1996     In the Heat of the Sun        33rd Golden Horse Award for Best Cinematography 
1993     Farewell My Concubine     Best Cinematography (nominated) and Best Foreign Film (nominated) at the 66th Academy Awards 
                                                        Silver Frog Award at the 1st International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE 
                                                        Palme d'Or at the 46th Cannes Film Festival 
1990      Ju Dou                                Kodak Vision Award for Cinematography at the 8th Annual Hawaii International Film Festival 
1988      King of the Children         8th Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematographer 
             Red Sorghum                     Golden Bear Award at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival
                                                         8th Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematographer 
As Movie Director

2018     Nice to meet you     
2014      Love on the Cloud
2012      Long Tou                           Best Feature Film Director at the 3rd Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival 
2011      Love for Life
2007      And the Spring Comes      Best Actress Award at the 2nd Rome Film Festival
2005      Peacock                            Grand Prize of the jury at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival


Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions:
2015     The Vision --- Exhibition of Gu Changwei’s Contemporary Art Works, at National Art Museum of China, Beijing.
2014       i--- Exhibition of Gu Changwei’s Contemporary Art Works, at Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai.


Group Exhibitions:
2016      Jimei · Arles International Photo Festival, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Xiamen
2016      3rd China Onscreen Biennial, Los Angeles, Washington DC, New York
2016      Family Tree --- Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Limburg ,Netherlands
2016      Uli sigg Collection, Chinese contemporary art, Palexpo Exhibition center, Geneva
2015      2nd Three Shadows Experimental Image Open Exhibition, at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing
2014      1st Three Shadows Experimental Image Open Exhibition, at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing


Art Fairs: 
2016      Art Beijing
2015      Art Basel HK
2015      Photo Shanghai


Work Collection:
His work is in the collections of several institutions and individuals, including the National Art Museum of China, the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, and Uli Sigg.