Majored in directing, Beijing Film Academy, China. Majored in film arts, University of Washington, USA.His film "Bus 44" was the first-ever Chinese language short film to be selected and win an award at Venice Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and Cannes Film Festival "Director's Fortnight".The only foreign member of the China Film Directors' Guild.First American to write and direct a Chinese feature film in China.Ethnicity: Chinese, Scottish, and PersianFirst foreigner in the history of the Chinese academy awards to have a film nominated for Best Picture (for "Waiting Alone").His film Inseparable, with Kevin Spacey, was the first fully Chinese-financed film to have a Hollywood star in the lead.
A troubled young man, Li faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. Chuck, rescues Li from the brink of despair and becomes an unlikely mentor. But who is Chuck really?