Yuan Yuan | 元圆

Yuan Yuan

Writer-director, born in Wuhan, China, currently working in Los Angeles and Beijing.

Yuan is a graudate from NYU Tisch Grad Film Program, supported by Ang Lee Scholarship. Prior to her studies, she gained production experience working with director Wuershan and producer Bill Kong in film development.

Yuan’s short film Heading South won Best Student Film at 25th DGA Student Film Award, Palm Springs ShortFest, and Jury Prize at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. Her new short film When Winter Comes, supported by Spike Lee Production Fund, won Special Mention Award at 2024 First International Film Festival.

Currently, she is developing her first feature project, Late Spring, which has been selected by Sundance Screenwriters & Directors Labs, Berlinale Talents Tokyo, while it won Best Young Talent Project at Shanghai International Film Festival in China.

元圆

中国导演、编剧，出生于武汉，工作往返于洛杉矶和北京。

元圆毕业于纽约大学Tisch艺术学院电影制作艺术硕士，李安奖学金获得者，本科毕业于上海戏剧学院。留学前，她曾先后任职于乌尔善电影工作室、安乐影片公司，协助制片人江志强开发电影项目，积累了丰富的制作经验。

元圆编剧、导演的短片《雁南飞》获得了第25届DGA美国导演工会、棕榈泉国际短片节“最佳学生短片”，并在香港国际电影节短片竞赛单元获得“评审团大奖”。2024年，元圆最新的短片作品《长冬》在First青年电影展获得First Frame“特别提及奖”，该片由Spike Lee电影制作基金支持完成。

目前，元圆正在开发她的第一部长片作品《晚春七日》，该剧本入选了美国Sundance编剧工作坊、导演工作坊，柏林电影节东京天才训练营，同时在上海国际电影节获得“最佳青年导演项目”奖项。