Oscar is one of the most influential film awards in the world. Excluding technical awards such as photography and soundtrack, there are only a handful of Chinese who have won awards at the Oscar.
Ang Lee has won two best directors. His "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the best foreign language film, and it is the only Chinese film that has won an Oscar so far.
A Chinese-Cambodian actor from Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, Wu Han won an Oscar for best supporting actor.
and Jackie Chan won the Oscar for lifetime achievement.
It can be seen that there are not many Chinese who have won the Oscars, which is very valuable. However, many people don't know that there is a Chinese who served as a lifetime judge at the Oscars.
She is Lu Yan, a famous performing artist in the United States.
Lu Yan was born in Peking in 1927. His mother Li Guifen is a Peking opera actor and a famous old female student.
Li Guifen and Mei Lanfang’s wife, Fu Zhifang, shared a stage of studying drama when they were young, and they have a deep relationship. Lu Yan lost her father at a young age, and Li Guifen lived in Mei Lanfang's house for a long time after retiring.
Mei Lanfang's daughter, Mei Baoyue, was an old student, and Li Guifen opened her to teach her the authentic drama of the Tan School.
And Lu Yan also worshipped Mei Lanfang as his father (foster father) and Fu Zhifang as Xiang mother, accompanied by the Mei family.
With the guidance of Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang, Lu Yan took the stage at the age of 14. After the performance, she asked her adoptive father whether she was doing well. Mei Lanfang said that she was not at home yet, and her mother bluntly said that Lu Yan was not the material.
Even though she likes acting, her elders said it was inappropriate. Lu Yan followed her mother's wishes and studied financial management at Shanghai Jiaotong University and the University of Hawaii. After graduation, he also found a job as a cashier in a hospital in the United States, and was eventually promoted to the hospital's financial director.
In 1956, Lu Yan was already the mother of three children. Even if she does a good job, she still can't forget to perform.
Husband persuaded Lu Yan, if you like acting so much, try it, even if you don’t succeed, you will not regret it.
Lu Yan entered the Acting Department of the Pasadena Academy of Drama in California. During this period, she grew up to be the best student and starred in the graduation drama.
In 1959, after Lu Yan arrived in Hollywood, she played a role in Marlon Brando's movie, which was her earliest screen image.
Oscar actor Marlon Brando said to her: "Your acting skills are very simple, don't let Hollywood change it."
1960's "Mountain Road" was the first film starring Lu Yan. During the filming in Hollywood, once she encountered Hollywood's misunderstanding of China, she always said: I am a Chinese from China, and the Chinese are not what you wrote.
Even if such a move is very unpleasant in Hollywood, "Say, still have to say." Lu Yan said.
In 1967, Lu Yan starred in the Hong Kong movie "Mrs. Dong" and won her first Golden Horse Award.
To this day, Lu Yan has won two Golden Horse Movies, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Chinese List Awards Ceremony, the Huading Award Lifetime Achievement Award, the Golden Screen Award Lifetime Achievement Award, the Houston International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award...
and In 1994, he became the first Chinese to serve as a lifetime judge of the American Academy Awards. In addition to the
performance, Lu Yan has been committed to promoting cultural exchanges between China and the United States, including two-way translation. In 1992, Lu Yan translated the American playwright Neil Simon’s work "Pleasant Hotel" and adapted it into a drama for performance in Shanghai.
In 2000, he won the "International Peace Culture Award" from the United Nations Association of the United States.
Lu Yan accidentally saw his work when Li An's reputation was not obvious. Just call to encourage Ang Lee: You will definitely get ahead in Hollywood, if necessary, I will participate for free.
Li Ann later recalled that period and always said: No one called me at that time, except Lu Yan.
In addition, Gong Li, Chen Chong, Wu Junmei, Zhang Ziyi and other Chinese-speaking filmmakers have rushed to Hollywood one after another, including Lu Yan's needle.
Lu Yan hopes that through her own efforts, the world will understand China better and spread China's excellent culture and art.
Last year, Lu Yan also translated "De Ling and Empress Dowager" into English, hoping to put it on Broadway.
Lu Yan, now 92 years old, successfully performed in He Jiping’s classic drama "De Ling and Empress Dowager" late last monthThere were 4 "Cixi" performances, each for nearly 3 hours.
Lu Yan’s personal assistant said that she was still filming in the United States in July and flew home the next day to prepare for Cixi.
Lu Yan often plays with her assistant.
"Ms. Lu doesn't take the script; sometimes I forget the words and she will tell me,'You missed this sentence.' Oh my God! I really don't know how she remembers all those dense lines." Assistant Say?
Lu Yan once said: Cixi and I both like beauty, but she has more strategies than me.
asked me to say that Lu Yan is really beautiful.
