Messy Us

Creative Statement

We all long to be loved, yet none of us has learned how to love, and we all seem to be a mess. But even messy people like us deserve to be loved.

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Gu Yiying

Screenwriter:

Gu Yiying

Producer:

Hao Li

Production Company:

Beijing Jiawen Yinghua Culture Media Co., Ltd.

About the Director

Lecturer in the Department of Literature at the Beijing Film Academy and film screenwriter. Has written consistently for many years, with screenplays including The Golden Turtle Project, Tough Qiao Qiaoqiao, Teeth of Youth, Nice to Meet You and The Troubles of Young Zhuoyue, and the virtual immersive script Behold the Central Axis. Wrote and directed the short films Scent of a Man and About That Woman, and wrote and produced the short Hello Tooth; these have received several honors at film festivals. Secretary-general of the Golden Script Award of the Department of Literature at the Beijing Film Academy, script reviewer for the CCTV-6 Movie Channel, member of the Screenwriting Education Committee of the China Film Association, and member of the China Film Literature Society, the Beijing Film Association and the Beijing Television Artists Association.

About the Producer

Has worked in film and television production for nearly 30 years and taken part in more than 30 productions, several of which have won awards in China and abroad. Main films as presenter and producer: Embrace Again, My People, My Country (segment: The Return), The Whistleblower, The Meg, A New Yorker in Beijing, The Bodyguard, Monster Hunt, Rise of the Legend, Finding Mr. Right, Grandson from America, Ocean Heaven, The Warrior and the Wolf, The Go Master and Baober in Love.

About the Screenwriter

Lecturer in the Department of Literature at the Beijing Film Academy and film screenwriter. Has written consistently for many years, with screenplays including The Golden Turtle Project, Tough Qiao Qiaoqiao, Teeth of Youth, Nice to Meet You and The Troubles of Young Zhuoyue, and the virtual immersive script Behold the Central Axis. Wrote and directed the short films Scent of a Man and About That Woman, and wrote and produced the short Hello Tooth; these have received several honors at film festivals. Secretary-general of the Golden Script Award of the Department of Literature at the Beijing Film Academy, script reviewer for the CCTV-6 Movie Channel, member of the Screenwriting Education Committee of the China Film Association, and member of the China Film Literature Society, the Beijing Film Association and the Beijing Television Artists Association.