Hu Wei
Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1983 (age 43) · Beijing, China
Hu Wei (Chinese: 胡伟; pinyin: Hú Wěi; born 1983 in Beijing) is a Chinese filmmaker.
Hu Wei studied art at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris ENSBA, as well as at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains in northern France.
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His short film Butter Lamp (La lampe au beurre de yak) enjoyed great international success, premiering in the Critics' Week section at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 and subsequently screening at numerous other festivals, including the Rotterdam and Sundance Film Festivals, and winning more than 70 awards, including an Academy Award nomination for best live action short film.
In 2014-15, he was a fellow at the Villa Médicis - Académie de France in Rome. In 2015, he participated in the «Next Step» program of Critics' Week at Cannes.
His next short film, What tears us apart (Ce qui nous éloigne), starring Isabelle Huppert, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in 2016.
Hu Wei lives and works in China and France.
Source: Article "Hu Wei (director)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Police Story: Lockdown
December 24, 2013
Butter Lamp
May 19, 2013
Complicity
January 17, 2020
What Tears Us Apart
May 4, 2016
Hard Heart
January 1, 2013
Land Below the Wind
January 1, 2020
Proposal for Public Assembly:Encounter
January 1, 2019
The World of the Hard and the Soft
January 1, 2015
Unfinished Film
January 1, 2020
The Artificial Lens
January 1, 2015
Le propriétaire
November 15, 2012
Behind the camera12
- 2020Complicity Producer
- 2020Land Below the Wind Director
- 2020Unfinished Film Director
- 2019Proposal for Public Assembly:Encounter Director
- 2016What Tears Us Apart Director, Screenplay
- 2015The World of the Hard and the Soft Director
- 2015The Artificial Lens Director
- 2013Police Story: Lockdown Executive In Charge Of Production
- 2013Butter Lamp Director, Writer
- 2013Hard Heart