崔子恩

简介

Cui Zi'en (1958 -) is a film director, screenwriter, novelist, and professor from Heilongjiang Province in mainland China. He graduated from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences with a Master's degree in Literature. He works as an associate researcher at the Film Research Institute of the Beijing Film Academy. In 1991, he publicly announced his homosexuality before students in the Film Literature Department of the Beijing Film Academy. He has published works in magazines and has released five novels, three short story collections, and six theoretical works to date. He has directed multiple feature and short films and has won several international awards. In 2002, he received an award from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission for his efforts in advocating for gay rights. Despite the Chinese government's ban on his works, they continued to circulate through informal channels. In 2005, he organized the "First Mainland Gay Cultural Festival" in Beijing, which faced government suppression and was forced to terminate, though he stated that "this is just the beginning and will not end."