About

Known credits:
27
Birthday:
1987-01-01
Place of birth:
Hubei, China
Website:
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Zhang Mengqi

Overview

Zhang Mengqi was born in 1987. Lives in Beijing and Diaoyutai Village(Hubei) She graduated from the Dance Academy of Minzu University of China in 2008. Since 2009, she has been a resident filmmaker and choreographer at Caochangdi Workstation in Beijing. In 2010 she participated in The Folk Memory Project.

Since 2010, Mengqi has made nine feature-length documentaries filmed in her father’s village in Hebei Province, known as her ‘self-portrait series’, a decade-long creation between exploring history and illuminating reality, and a film a year, the formation of a unique group of works.Her films have been selected by Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Cinéma du Réel, Visions du Réel, RIDM etc.

Her first film ‘Self-Portrait with Three Women’ was selected as ‘Ten Best Documentary Films’ in the 8th China Independent Film Festival. Her latest film “Self-Portrait: Sphinx in 47 KM” Won the “White Goose Award” in DMZ International Documentary Film Festival.

Her choreographic work was performed in Foundation CULTURESCAPES(Switzerland), Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis (France), ImPuls Tanz (Vienna), Eurokaz (Croatia), etc. As a founding member of The Folk Memory Project, Mengqi also participated in the creation of collective theater works, Memory: Hunger (2010), Memory: Monument (2012), Reading Hunger (2016), Reading Father(2019).

Known for

Acting
2021 Luo Luo’s Fear Actor Self N/A
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2021 The Monument Actor Self N/A
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2014 Self-Portrait: Building the Bridge at 47KM Actor Herself N/A
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Directing
2023 Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020 Directing Director 58
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2022 Blue House Directing Director N/A
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2021 Self-Portrait: Fairy Tale in 47KM Directing Director N/A
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2019 Self-Portrait: Window in 47KM Directing Director N/A
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2018 Self-Portrait: Sphinx in 47 Km Directing Director 59
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2016 Self Portrait: Birth in 47 KM Directing Director N/A
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2015 Self-Portrait: Dying at 47 KM Directing Director 59
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2014 Self-Portrait: Building the Bridge at 47KM Directing Director N/A
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2013 Self-Portrait: Dreaming at 47 KM Directing Director N/A
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2013 Self-Portrait: Dancing at 47KM Directing Director N/A
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2011 Self Portrait: At 47 Km Directing Director N/A
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2010 Self-Portrait with Three Women Directing Director 58
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Camera
2023 Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020 Camera Director of Photography 58
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2010 Self-Portrait with Three Women Camera Director of Photography 58
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Crew
2019 Autobiography: Evidence Crew Cinematography N/A
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2018 Autobiography: Struggles Crew Cinematography N/A
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2017 Autobiography: Pass Through Crew Cinematography N/A
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2014 Self-Portrait: Building the Bridge at 47KM Crew Cinematography N/A
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2013 Because of Hunger: Diary 1 by Wu Crew Cinematography N/A
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2013 Self-Portrait: Dancing at 47KM Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
2023 Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020 Editing Editor 58
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2014 Self-Portrait: Building the Bridge at 47KM Editing Editor N/A
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2013 Self-Portrait: Dancing at 47KM Editing Editor N/A
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2010 Self-Portrait with Three Women Editing Editor 58
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