Director

Fan Jian

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Directed movies: 11Directed series: 0All crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 1558818

IMDb ID: nm4520454

Known for: Directing

Born: March 4, 1977

Age: 48

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2006 - 2024

Years active: 19

Also known as

范俭 • Jian Fan

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Biography

Fan Jian is a documentary director who focuses on Chinese social issues through character-driven storytelling. He is the documentary branch member of the AMPAS. Fan has directed six feature-length documentary films, most recently STILL TOMORROW, winner of the Special Jury Award at the IDFA 2016. His other films include MY LAND (Berlinale 2016; supported by Sundance Documentary Fund) and THE NEXT LIFE (IDFA 2011; Jury Prize at Guangzhou Documentary Film Festival 2011). His work has also screened in competition at Hot Docs, Full Frame, Sheffield, Busan, and dozens of other film festivals around the world. Fan studied at Beijing Film Academy and is now based in Chongqing, China. (Bio as of 2021)

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