YU Guangyi (1961, China) studied at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou and worked as woodcut print artist. In 2004 he started making independent documentaries. His debut Timber Gang (2007) was awarded ex aequo the Director's Award at the Asian Festival of 1st Films in 2007 with its other English title The Last Lumberjacks. His second film, Survival Song (2008), also won prizes in Tokyo and Seoul. Yu Guangyi has already completed the three films in his “Hometown Trilogy” and is currently at work on a new documentary.