Lixin Fan (範立欣, Fà n Lìxīn), b. March 1977, in Wuhan, Hubei
province, China, 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
CCTV.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 China Central Television (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.Lixin was editor
of the 2002 film To Live Is Better Than To Die about China's AIDS
crisis which was featured in the Sundance Film Festival 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.
province, China, 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
CCTV.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 China Central Television (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.Lixin was editor
of the 2002 film To Live Is Better Than To Die about China's AIDS
crisis which was featured in the Sundance Film Festival 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.
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