Xie Fei
Xie at 2007 Festival international des cinémas d'Asie
Born (1942-08-14) August 14, 1942
Yan'an, Shaanxi
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1980s-present
Parent
AwardsSilver Bear
1990 Black Snow
Golden Bear
1993 Woman Sesame Oil Maker
Montreal-Best Director
1995 A Mongolian Tale
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese谢飛
Simplified Chinese谢飞

Xie Fei (Chinese: 谢飞; pinyin: Xiè Fēi; born August 14, 1942) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, producer, film professor and film critic.[1]

Early life

Xie was born August 14 in Yan'an city of Shaanxi Province, China and went to primary school and high school in Beijing. In high school he began to love drama and cinema. He wrote journals after watching films and played roles in school theater group.

In 1960 he was enrolled in Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy, and graduated in 1965.[2]

Career

Xie Fei has taught at his alma mater as an instructor and professor since and was the vice-president of that institution from 1985-1989. Although he has not made many films due to The Great Culture Revolution (1966-1976) and teaching career, most of his works are critics' favorites. Several of them won international film festival awards. His A Girl From Human (1986) and A Mongolian Tale (1995) were commercially distributed American movie theaters.

After Song of Tibet (2000) was censored for 6 month before releasing in few theaters, he stopped making films(at the age of 59). He has worked as producer, film festival juries in China and abroad.

In 2001 he directed 23 episodes of TV drama Sun Rise adapted from a play by noted Chinese playwright Cao YU 曹禺(1910-1996).[3]

On December 15, 2012 Xie Fei posted an open letter on Weibo a popular Chinese Blog calling for changes of film censorship and won great support from film makers.[4]

Selected films

Year English Title Chinese Title Notes
1983 Our Farmland 我们的田野 Best Cinematopgraphy nomination at the 4th Golden Rooster Film Awards China
1986 A Girl from Hunan 湘女萧萧 Don Quixote Award at The 34th San Sebastian Internattional Film Festival
1990 Black Snow 本命年 Silver Bear winner in the 40th Berlin International Film Festival[5]
1993 Woman Sesame Oil Maker 香魂女 Golden Bear winner in the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival[6]
1995 A Mongolian Tale 黑骏马 Best Director in the 19th Monteal International Film Festival
2000 Song of Tibet 益西卓玛 Best Screen Writer Special Award 20th Chinese Golden Rooster Film Awards

References

  1. ↑ P376 Encyclopedia of Chinese Film Edited by Yingjin Zhang and Zhiwei Xiao, Routledge 1998, Copy right Routledge， ISBN 0-415-15168-6，PN1993.5.Z53
  2. ↑ Teach for a while, Direct for a While: An Interview with China's Xiefei Conducted by John A. Lent P 220-230 from 100 Years of Chinese Cinema A Generatioanl Dialogue edited by Haili Kong & John A. Lent EastBridge Signature Books Copy right 2006 by EastBridge ISBN 1-891936-94-8 PN1993.5.C4O54 2005
  3. ↑ P184-185 from Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema Tan Ye and Yun Zhu Copy right 2012 by Tan Ye and Yun Zhu. Published by Scraecrow Press，Inc 2012 ISBN 978-0-8108-6779-6 PN1993.5.C4Y43 2013
  4. ↑ P106 China’s Encounter with Global Hollywood :Cultural Policy and the Film Industry 1994-2013 Wendy Su Copy Right The University Press of Kentucky 2016 ISBN 9780813167084 PN1993.5.C4 S887 2016
  5. ↑ "Berlinale: 1990 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  6. ↑ "Berlinale: 1993 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-06-08.


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