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Lixin Fan (範立欣, Fàn Lìxīn), b. March 1977, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China,範立欣
覓趣 (Miqu) 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

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Early life and career

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

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(CCTV). 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."Bio: Lixin Fan"
, P.O.V. TV series website Lixin was editor of the 2002 film '' To Live Is Better Than To Die'' about China's

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crisis which was featured in the

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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

*2009: Won Best Feature Documentary at the 22nd annual International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)The Globe and Mail: "Canadian documentary wins international prize"
for his debut film ''Last Train Home'' *2009: Won Cinémathèque Québécoise Best Quebec film award at the

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(RIDM) also for ''Last Train Home''

References

External links

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Last Train Home page on EyeSteelFilm website
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