Hu Wei

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 BeauxArts 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 201415 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 CCBYSA