Chi Po-lin (27 December 1964 – 10 June 2017) was a Taiwanese documentary filmmaker, photographer and environmentalist, best known for his 2013 film ''
Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above'', which won Best Documentary at the 2013
Golden Horse Awards
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards () is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is us ...
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On 10 June 2017, Chi along with his assistant Chen Kuan-chi and pilot Chang Chi-kuang died in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area in
Hualien County
Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. It ...
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Fengbin Township. The group was shooting footage for the sequel to ''Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above'', which was scheduled for release in 2019. A memorial service was held in Taipei on 14 July 2017. Asteroid
281068 Chipolin, discovered by Taiwanese astronomers
Hung-Chin Lin
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and
Ye Quan-Zhi in 2006, was named in his memory.
The official was published by the
Minor Planet Center
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on 4 November 2017 ().
In March 2018,
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announced that still images from the sequel to ''Beyond Beauty'' would be released as stamp designs. In April 2019, the Chi Po-lin Space dedicated to Chi opened in Tamsui.
Chi was married and had a son and a daughter.
Filmography
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Taiwanese art The artistic heritage of Taiwan is extremely diverse with multiple major influences and periods.
History
Stonecutters of the Changbin culture began to make art on Taiwan at least 30,000 years ago. Around 5,000 years ago jade and earthenware w ...
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1964 births
2017 deaths
21st-century photographers
Taiwanese documentary film directors
Taiwanese photographers
Taiwanese cinematographers
Taiwanese environmentalists
Film directors from Taipei
Victims of helicopter accidents or incidents
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Taiwan
Aerial photographers