Hu Jie

Hu Jie (born 1958) is a Chinese filmmaker and artist known for the films Searching for Lin Zhao’s Soul (2004), Though I Am Gone (2007), and Spark (2013), the three of which constitute a "trilogy of documentaries about Maoist China."[1] Spark received the top prize at the 2014 Taiwan Independent Documentary Festival.[2]

Hu attended the People's Liberation Army Arts College, later serving in the People's Liberation Army for fifteen years and finding work with the Xinhua News Agency prior to his debut as a director.[3]

In addition to his work in film, Hu is an accomplished artist of woodblock prints, recently producing a series of pieces depicting scenes from the Great Famine which was intended to be exhibited in Tianjin in 2014 before being deemed too controversial, leading to the showcase's cancellation.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ "China’s Invisible History: An Interview with Filmmaker and Artist Hu Jie by Ian Johnson - NYRblog - The New York Review of Books". nybooks.com.
  2. ↑ "Spark". Taiwan International Documentary Festival.
  3. ↑ "HU Jie « dGenerate Films". dgeneratefilms.com.

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