教學人員 & 客席講師

Academic & Teaching Staff Academic & Teaching Staff
陳毅民先生

高級講師
電影電視文學士(榮譽)學位課程主任

Contact: 

Email: cymfilm@hkbu.edu.hk
Tel: 34112445

Education: 

MFA, University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Film and TV Production

Areas of Interest: 

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

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