Bi Gan

Career overview

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Name: Bi Gan (Chinese: 毕赣).
Birth Date: June 4, 1989.
Birthplace: Kaili City, Guizhou Province, China.
Ethnicity: Miao.
Professions: Film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer.
Education: Studied Television directing in Radio, Film, and Television Cadre College in Taiyuan, Shanxi (2008-2011). The college was renamed Communication University of Shanxi in 2013.
First Feature Film: Kaili Blues (released 2015).
Awards for Kaili Blues:
Best New Film Director at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards.
FIPRESCI Prize.
The Golden Montgolfiere Prize at the 37th Festival of the Three Continents in Nantes.
Best First Feature Film Award at The 68th Locarno Film Festival.
Known Credits: 14.
Paragraph 1: Background and Education.
Bi Gan is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer. Born on June 4, 1989, in Kaili City, Guizhou Province, he is of the Miao ethnic group. Between 2008 and 2011, Bi Gan studied television directing at the Radio, Film, and Television Cadre College in Taiyuan, Shanxi. This institution was later renamed the Communication University of Shanxi in 2013.
Paragraph 2: Career and Awards.
His career includes 14 known credits, with a focus on directing. His first feature film, Kaili Blues, was released in 2015. This film received several accolades, including the Best New Film Director award at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards and the FIPRESCI Prize. Additionally, the film won the Golden Montgolfiere Prize at the 37th Festival of the Three Continents in Nantes and the Best First Feature Film Award at the 68th Locarno Film Festival.
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Bi Gan is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer. He was born on June 4, 1989, in Kaili City, located in the Guizhou Province of China. He is an ethnic Miao. Regarding his formal education, Bi Gan studied television directing from 2008 to 2011 at the Radio, Film, and Television Cadre College in Taiyuan, Shanxi. This specific college was subsequently renamed the Communication University of Shanxi in 2013.

Bi Gan has 14 known credits and is recognized for his work in directing. His debut feature film, titled Kaili Blues, was released in 2015. This production earned multiple honors, such as the Best New Film Director award at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards and the FIPRESCI Prize. The film was also recognized at international festivals, winning