About

Known credits:
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Birthday:
1983-01-01
Place of birth:
Beijing, China
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Hu Wei

Overview

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.

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

Acting
2024 The Good Teacher Actor Teacher 60
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Directing
2020 Land Below the Wind Directing Director N/A
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2020 Unfinished Film Directing Director N/A
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2019 Proposal for Public Assembly:Encounter Directing Director N/A
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2016 What Tears Us Apart Directing Director 58
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2015 The Artificial Lens Directing Director N/A
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2015 The World of the Hard and the Soft Directing Director N/A
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2013 Butter Lamp Directing Director 59
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2013 Hard Heart Directing Director N/A
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2012 Le propriétaire Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2016 What Tears Us Apart Writing Screenplay 58
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Production
2020 Complicity Production Producer 58
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2013 Police Story: Lockdown Production Executive In Charge Of Production 60
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