---
name: "Lu Wei"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lu-wei"
fi1m_id: "lu-wei"
imdb_id: "nm0523760"
tmdb_id: 27074
wikidata_id: "Q123551009"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "17 March 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T16:39:40.455496+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lu Wei

## Identity

Lu Wei

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lu-wei
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lu-wei
- **IMDb ID:** nm0523760
- **TMDB ID:** 27074
- **Wikidata ID:** Q123551009
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123551009, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0523760/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27074

Writer. Born 17 March 1950 in Beijing, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 17 March 1950, Beijing, China
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Also known as:** Wei Lu, 芦苇, 芦伟, 卢伟
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123551009, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0523760/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27074

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Farewell My Concubine*](https://film.one/film/farewell-my-concubine.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lu Wei (also credited as Wei Lu or 芦苇) is a Chinese screenwriter and director. Born in Beijing in March 1950, he began his career in film as an art designer at the Xi'an Film Studio before turning to screenwriting in the early 1980s.

He wrote the screenplay for *Farewell My Concubine* (1993), directed by Chen Kaige, and collaborated on several other notable Fifth Generation films, including *To Live* (1994) for Zhang Yimou, *The Emperor's Shadow* (1996), *Red Cherry* (1995), *Tuya's Marriage* (2006) and *Wolf Totem* (2015). He also directed *Journey to Western Xia Empire* (1997).

Lu Wei has worked as a script consultant on later projects such as *Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, chinainstitute.org, baike.baidu.com, mydramalist.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms* (2023), Fi1m 65, Script Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/creation-of-the-gods-i-kingdom-of-storms.md)
- *Farewell My Concubine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/farewell-my-concubine.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *蝉衣* (2026), Writer
- *When the Bottle Turns* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Life of Luosang* (2025), Writer
- *The Road of Creation of the Gods* (2023), series, Actor
- *Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms* (2023), Script Consultant — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/creation-of-the-gods-i-kingdom-of-storms.md)
- *Liu Qing* (2021), Script Consultant
- *无翅飞翔* (2021), Writer
- *Promise* (2020), Producer
- *Young Sangye* (2020), Producer
- *Like Father and Son* (2020), Executive Producer
- *A City Called Macau* (2019), Writer
- *The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up* (2018), series, Actor
- *Wolf Totem* (2015), Screenplay
- *Blind Mountain* (2007), Producer
- *Tuya's Marriage* (2006), Screenplay
- *Journey to Western Xia Empire* (1997), Writer, Director
- *The Emperor's Shadow* (1996), Writer
- *Red Cherry* (1995), Writer
- *Peach Blossom* (1995), Writer
- *To Live* (1994), Screenplay
- *Farewell My Concubine* (1993), Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/farewell-my-concubine.md)
- *The Price of Frenzy* (1989), Writer, Art Designer
- *Ballad of the Yellow River* (1989), Writer
- *Desperation* (1987), Writer
- *人生没有单行道* (1984), Writer
- *Wild Chrysanthemum* (1982), Writer
- *Beauty Escort* (1979), Actor
- *March in Front of the War* (1978), Writer
- *蓝天防线* (1977), Writer
- *The Secret of the Dirk* (1970), Actor

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