Mr. CHEN YiminProgramme Director, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Film and Television
Senior Lecturer
cymfilm@hkbu.edu.hk
34112445
Education:
MFA, University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Film and TV Production
Area of Interests:
Film Production / Writing and Directing
Major Highlights:
Yimin had made about 60 TV documentaries before going to film school in LA. Some of his works won awards in national competitions in China. He focused on studying and making narrative films in LA, where he also shot and/or edited documentaries for PBS,Discovery,etc.
Yimin joined HKBU in 2007, where he has been teaching production courses like directing, cinematography, editing, sound, TV studio production, etc. Every year, he supervises 5 honours projects, mostly short films within 30 minutes. Besides teaching, Yimin writes scripts, works on independent projects, and provides consultation to feature film scripts and editing.
| 2009 | 2009 Earthquake Children, documentary, HDV, as director/camera/sound/editor |
| 2007 |
The Chosen, multi-cam interactive narrative short, HDV, as DP, dir: Yuechuan Ke The Wild Yak Patrol, Discovery documentary, as editor/associate producer, dir: John Corry |
| 2006 |
The Black Panther Party, PBS documentary, as DP, dir: St. Clair Bourne The Truth about Faces, narrative short, super 16mm color, as sound recordist, dir: Lindsey Shockley Tango Heels, narrative short, 16mm color, as DP, dir: Denise Chan There and Back, narrative short, 24P, as DP, dir: Wei Jiang |
| 2005 |
A Watermelon Seed, narrative short, 16mm color, as producer, dir: MiQi Huang Shoes on a Wire, narrative short, 16mm color, as DP, dir: Dion Watkins This Is Calm, music video, 35mm color, as DP, dir: Kevin Thompson Windows and Rain, narrative short, 35mm color, as director/DP |
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Education
| MFA, University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Film and TV Production (2006) |
Past Positions Held
| 2007 | Cameraman and editor, MMATODAY, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2006 – 2007 | Editor and associate producer, Nine Times Entertainment, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2003 – 2007 | Freelance filmmaker, Los Angeles, USA |
| 1998 – 2003 | Director/writer/editor/cameraman, Shenzhen TV Station, Shenzhen, China |
Teaching Areas
Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Recording and Mixing, Film Production, TV Studio Production, Honours Projects, etc.
Selected Works
| 2009 |
Earthquake Children, Non-UGC funded documentary, HDV, as director/camera/sound/editor, in post production Sex, Life and Mr. Geoffrey Rally, narrative short, 24p, as writer/director/producer/editor |
| 2007 |
The Chosen, multi-cam interactive narrative short, HDV, as DP, dir: Yuechuan Ke The Wild Yak Patrol, Discovery documentary, as editor/associate producer, dir: John Corry |
| 2006 |
The Black Panther Party, PBS documentary, as DP, dir: St. Clair Bourne The Truth about Faces, narrative short, super 16mm color, as sound recordist, dir: Lindsey Shockley Tango Heels, narrative short, 16mm color, as DP, dir: Denise Chan There and Back, narrative short, 24P, as DP, dir: Wei Jiang |
| 2005 |
A Watermelon Seed, narrative short, 16mm color, as producer, dir: MiQi Huang Shoes on a Wire, narrative short, 16mm color, as DP, dir: Dion Watkins This Is Calm, music video, 35mm color, as DP, dir: Kevin Thompson Windows and Rain, narrative short, 35mm color, as director/DP |
| 2004 |
Monster and I, narrative short, 16mm color, as director/DP Thermopylae, narrative short, 16mm color, as sound, dir: Borga Dorta Palm, narrative short, 16mm b/w, as writer/director/producer/sound Grandpa's Secret, narrative short, 16mm b/w, as DP/producer/editor, dir: David LaMattina |
| 2003 | The Last Chinese New Year Before Emigration, documentary short, DV, as director/DP/editor |
| 1998 – 2003 | Made about 60 documentaries for SZTV, as writer/director/editor/camera |
Selected Awards & Honors
| 2005 – 2006 | Sinatra Scholarship, USC School of Cinematic Arts, USA |
| Barbara Corday Scholarship (Excellent Award), USC School of Cinematic Arts, USA | |
| 2000 | Died in Mount Pearl (as writer/director/editor) won the third prize for long documentary works of legal TV programs of year 2000 from Institute of Broadcasting and Television of China |
| A Woman Worker without Arms (as writer/director/editor) won the third prize for serial documentary works for legal TV programs of year 2000 from Institute of Broadcasting and Television of China |
Selected Screenings
| 2005 | Get It Louder Exhibition, Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou/Shenzhen, China |
| Pingyao International Photography Festival , Pingyao, China |