DU Haibin
Du Haibin was born in Baoji City in Shanxi Province in China, and studied painting fsince childhood. In 1993 studied Painting and Photography at the Beijing Central Academy of Arts. In 1996 entered Beijing Film Academy in the Photography department. In 1998 started documentary filmmaking and creative photography work. Du Haibin has made numerous feature documentaries and two fiction films.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
Along the Railway
2000, documentary
• Best Documentary, The 1st China Independent Film Festival, 2001
• Special Mention, YAMAGATA International Documentary Film Festival, 2001
Under the Skyscraper
2002, documentary
Life in Beijing
2003, short fictional film
Little Red Flowers
2004, documentary
Beautiful Men
2005, documentary
• Best Documentary from Asia, Pusan International Film Festival, 2005
Stone Mountain
2006, documentary
Umbrella
2007, 93 min, documentary
• Best Documentary, The 1st China Independent Film Festival, 2001
Selected In:
• The 64th Venice International Film Festival, Orizzonti Section, 2007
• The 4th Hong Kong Asian Film festival, Non Competition, 2007
• The 5th Doclisboa, International Competition, 2007
• The 5th Copenhagen International Film Festival, International Competition, 2007
• The 20th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Non Competition, 2007
• The 51st San Francisco International Film Festival, International Competition, 2008
• Rodos International Film and Visual Arts festival, Feature Film Competition, 2008
• The 15th Valdivia International Film Festival, Main Competition of documentary films, 2008
• Asian film festival of Rome, 2008
