Lixin Fan (範立欣, Fàn Lìxīn), b. March 1977, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China,[1] is a Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based documentary film director with the Canadian production company EyeSteelFilm and previously a producer/journalist at China's state broadcaster CCTV.
Lixin Fan was born and raised in Wuhan and attended the Huazhong University of Science and Engineering, graduating with a degree in English at the age of twenty-one. during its years of rapid economic development. He began his career as a journalist with the government owned national TV broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV).[1] While traveling the country Fan witnessed social and economic inequalities spurred by China's rapid economic expansion. As a result, he became a documentary filmmaker with a focus on social issues.[2]
Lixin was editor of the 2002 film To Live Is Better Than To Die[3][4] about China's AIDS crisis which was featured in the Sundance Film Festival and broadcast on BBC, CBC and PBS.
He also worked as an associate producer, sound recordist, and translator on the acclaimed 2007 feature documentary Up the Yangtze.
His 2009 debut feature documentary film Last Train Home won several awards in the category of documentary filmmaking.
lixin, 範立欣, fàn, lìxīn, march, 1977, wuhan, hubei, province, china, montreal, quebec, canada, based, documentary, film, director, with, canadian, production, company, eyesteelfilm, previously, producer, journalist, china, state, broadcaster, cctv, 2009, conten. Lixin Fan 範立欣 Fan Lixin b March 1977 in Wuhan Hubei province China 1 is a Montreal Quebec Canada based documentary film director with the Canadian production company EyeSteelFilm and previously a producer journalist at China s state broadcaster CCTV Lixin Fan in 2009 Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Awards 3 References 4 External linksEarly life and career EditLixin Fan was born and raised in Wuhan and attended the Huazhong University of Science and Engineering graduating with a degree in English at the age of twenty one during its years of rapid economic development He began his career as a journalist with the government owned national TV broadcaster China Central Television CCTV 1 While traveling the country Fan witnessed social and economic inequalities spurred by China s rapid economic expansion As a result he became a documentary filmmaker with a focus on social issues 2 Lixin was editor of the 2002 film To Live Is Better Than To Die 3 4 about China s AIDS crisis which was featured in the Sundance Film Festival and broadcast on BBC CBC and PBS He also worked as an associate producer sound recordist and translator on the acclaimed 2007 feature documentary Up the Yangtze His 2009 debut feature documentary film Last Train Home won several awards in the category of documentary filmmaking Awards Edit2009 Won Best Feature Documentary at the 22nd annual International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA 5 for his debut film Last Train Home 2009 Won Cinematheque Quebecoise Best Quebec film award at the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal RIDM also for Last Train HomeReferences Edit a b 範立欣 Archived 2016 04 18 at the Wayback Machine 覓 趣 Miqu Bio Lixin Fan Archived 2013 08 02 at the Wayback Machine P O V TV series website To Live Is Better Than To Die at IMDb Overview To Live Is Better Than To Die The New York Times The Globe and Mail Canadian documentary wins international prize Archived 2009 12 05 at the Wayback MachineExternal links EditLixin Fan at IMDb Last Train Home at IMDb Last Train Home page on EyeSteelFilm website This article about a Canadian film director is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lixin Fan amp oldid 1120367406, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
