Bi Gan (毕赣, born 4 June 1989) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer. He was born in
Kaili City
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Guizhou
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52nd Golden Horse Awards
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FIPRESCI Prize
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Kaili City
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Guizhou
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Province in June 1989. He is an ethnic
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During his college years, Bi watched Andrei Tarkovsky's '' Stalker'', later stating in an interview, "Cinema can be different rom mainstream films you can make what you like. What I had seen up to that point were mainly Hollywood films. What I was taught was pretty boring." Because of this particular film, he made up his mind to pursue filmmaking. "Before that, my parents and my relatives thought I would become jobless after graduation since I didn't want to do anything."
Filmmaking career
In 2010 he made the short fiction film ''South'', which won the first prize at the university-sponsored "Guang Sui Ying Dong" (Light Follows the Motion of Shadow) Film Festival.
Two years later in 2012, he made a black-and-white short film ''Diamond Sutra'' (; also known as ''The Poet and Singer''), which features a story of murder in a small isolated town in the mountain. The film received Special Mention Award from the 19th Hong Kong ifva (Incubator for Film and Visual media in Asia), an award organized by
Hong Kong Arts Centre
Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC; ) is a non-profit arts institution and art museum established in 1977. It promotes contemporary performing arts, visual arts, film and video arts. It also provides arts education. Its rival is the government-managed ...
, and was ranked top 10 at the 9th China Independent Film Festival in Nanjing, China.
In 2015, Bi's debut feature film, '' Kaili Blues'', written by himself, gave the emerging director wider exposure. The film also garnered the Best New Film Director at the
52nd Golden Horse Awards
The 52nd Golden Horse Awards ( Mandarin： 第52屆金馬獎) honored the best Chinese-language films and filmmakers of 2014–15 and took place on 21 November 2015 at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. The ceremony presented 23 categor ...
, the
FIPRESCI Prize
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...
, the Golden Montgolfiere Prize at the 37th
Festival of the Three Continents
The Festival des 3 Continents is an annual film festival held since 1979 in Nantes, France, and is devoted to the cinemas of Asia, and Africa and Latin America. It was founded by Philippe and Alain Jalladeau. and the Best First Feature Film Award at the 68th Locarno Film Festival.
In 2017, Bi wrote and directed his second feature film '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', starring
Tang Wei
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Huang Jue
Huang Jue (, born 7 August 1974) is a Chinese actor. He gained fame for his roles in '' Baobei in Love'' (2004), '' Falling Flowers'' (2012), and '' Fallen City'' (2013). In 2018, Jue has also starred in the films '' Long Day's Journey into Nig ...
Lee Hong-chi
Lee Hong-chi (; born 10 May 1990) is a Taiwanese actor. He is best known for starring in the 2015 film ''Thanatos, Drunk'', for which he was named Best New Performer at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards.
Early life
Lee was born in Jinshan District ...
. The film is also based in Guizhou Province and was released in 2018.
Filmography
* ''South'' (short) (2010)
* ''Tiger'' (2011)
* ''Diamond Sutra'' or ''The Poet and Singer'' (short) (2012)
* '' Kaili Blues'' (2015)
* ''Secret Goldfish'' (short) (2016)
* '' Long Day's Journey into Night'' (2018)