Biography: Lu Hongshi was born in Cixi, Zhejiang in 1963. He graduated from the Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University in 1983. He has worked in the Contemporary Literature and Art Research Office, Film and Television Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts, and the Theoretical Research Office of the Beijing Film Academy. He has served as the director of the Chinese Film Research Office of the Film and Television Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts and the deputy editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Beijing Film Academy. He is currently the deputy director of the Film Channel Program Center of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.