Gu Changwei (b. Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 1957) first became internationally well known in the 1980s and '90s as cinematographer for Chen Kaige (King of the Children; Farewell My Concubine), Zhang Yimou (Red Sorghum; Ju Dou) and Jiang Wen (In the Heat of the Sun; Devils on the Doorstep), before finally turning to direct his own films. His debut feature film as a director, Peacock (2005), won him the Silver Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2005. More recently, he has scored a notable commercial and financial success with the romantic comedy Love on the Cloud (2014) starring the Hong Kong actress, model and pop singer Angelababy (Angela Yeung Wing).