Zhao Qi

Zhao Qi

Zhao Qi, a Chinese documentary producer and director, is the first Chinese to win the Emmy, Evans, golden horse, Sundance and Asia Pacific Film Awards. He is the producer of the documentary film "the train home", which won the best documentary and best long business report awards at the 2012 American Emmy Awards. He also won the Evans award at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, the highest documentary award in the world. His other film "a thousand tests" won the 49th Taiwan Golden Horse Award for best documentary. As a director, his first documentary film "Shangcheng" is the only Chinese Film Nominated for the best documentary of the 2013 Sundance International Film Festival. His producer "mayor of China" (also known as "Datong") won the 2015 Sundance International Film Festival Award, the 2015 Golden Horse Award for best documentary and the 2015 APSA Asia Pacific Film Award. As the chief director, he directed the first documentary variety show "adventure life" in China in 2018, which won the annual reality show of the 19th China Video list; and the most influential ten documentary awards in China in 2018.

Profile

Zhao Qi graduated from the Department of foreign languages of Wuhan University in 1996 with a double degree in English and law, and joined CCTV in the same year. From 2002 to 2003, he was sent to the UK to study documentary director and international production at the University of London with a master's degree. From 2003 to 2013, I worked as a documentary producer on CCTV English Channel.

Main works

Director of in her lonely world, 1999 China Rainbow award. The film tells the story of Tai Lihua, a deaf mute girl, learning to dance.

Director of the sound of Dunhuang, 1999 China Rainbow award. The film tells the story of Zheng ruzhong, a researcher of Dunhuang murals, who restores ancient musical instruments through murals.

The producer of "the train to return", the best feature film of 2009 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, the best documentary film of 2012 American Emmy Award and the best long business report. Based on the story of migrant workers' husband and wife Zhang Ge, Chen Jie and daughter Zhang Qin, the film reflects the social contradictions caused by China's industrial adjustment in the context of globalization.

Filmmaker of "a thousand trials" and best documentary of the 49th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards. The film takes the self realization of Qi Moxiang, Miao Yunfei and he Zongli as the story clue, reflecting the awakening of Chinese self-consciousness and the pursuit of dreams.

"Shangcheng" director, producer, 2013 Sundance International Film Festival Best Documentary nomination, 2013 Korean Documentary Film Festival Award. The four-year film follows the changes of Hong Shihao, Peng Xiaoquan and Li Guihua who survived the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. It witnesses the coexistence of humble and noble life and analyzes the impact of social development on human nature.

Producer and screenwriter of mayor of China, which won the jury award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. It truly and deeply reflects the decision-making and operation of the Chinese government in the period of social transformation, and makes the world see a Chinese society different from that reported in the West. The film has been shown in many mainstream TV media abroad.

Chief director of the cave, which was shortlisted for the 2017 International Documentary Festival (IDFA) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

He is the chief director of adventure life, which is the first star documentary reality show in China launched by Tencent video. Designed to "explore yourself by exploring the world", Aya accompanies an artist to an extraordinary place in each episode. Using documentary techniques to shoot, so as to realize the human perception out of the entertainment function of the variety show; let the Chinese audience, whose current life tends to be consistent, see a larger world, jump out of daily life to establish a world view, even a cosmology. The second season of "adventure" continues.

Professional activities

In 2010, he served as the chairman of the jury of the TV Awards of the Asian Broadcasting Federation. As a director system, he produced care, a large-scale documentary cooperation project participated by 12 Asian countries, for two consecutive years.

In 2011, he was the judge of the Asian side of DOC proposal conference.

In 2011, he was the judge of the proposal meeting of Tokyo International Documentary Festival.

In 2012, he served as the project director of care of the Asian Broadcasting Federation, and promoted the documentary co production projects in 15 Asian countries, including Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Brunei and East Timor.

In 2013, he was selected by China for the International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA) in Amsterdam.

Zhao Qi specializes in the commercialization and internationalization of documentary films. He successfully promoted the documentary films "the train to return" and "a thousand tempering" into Chinese cinemas, and achieved a major breakthrough in the Chinese film market for independent documentary films. At the same time, the two films also entered the global mainstream TV media including BBC, ZDF, NHK and PBS through pre-sale and distribution. "Shangcheng" directed by Zhao Qi was pre sold to Japan, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland and other countries before its release, and was supported by the Sundance Film Fund, IDFA film fund and ITVS documentary fund of the United States.

Zhao Qi is also committed to the theoretical research on the commercialization of documentaries. He has published a number of relevant papers in China TV, TV research and other journals to discuss the pre-sale system, tax rebate system, laws and regulations of international documentaries. As China's most famous documentary producer and director in the world, Zhao Qi has a unique view on the world expression of Chinese stories. He believes that it is very important to adhere to the independent view of the director and be loyal to his inner creation. At the same time, respect for the audience and understanding of the market are also indispensable. A good film needs to grasp the delicate balance.

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