Influential Chinese director of the 1930s and 1940s.

Influential Chinese director of the early sound era.

But Chinese directors are doing far more than martial arts pictures these days.

"I thought it was a pretty interesting choice to choose a Chinese director for something so American," he said.

Puccini set the opera in China, so why not a Chinese director?

The incident is the second involving a Chinese director with a film at the festival being absent.

Some Chinese directors have been effectively barred from making films in China after trying to circumvent the official system.

Chinese directors do glamour in a way that really reminds me of old Hollywood.

I think they are genuinely happy to see a Chinese director win an Academy Award with good artistic value.

Several Chinese directors pulled out of the event.