Lixin Fan (範立欣, Fàn Lìxīn; born March 1977,

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, Canada-based

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director with the Canadian production company EyeSteelFilm and previously a producer/journalist at China's state broadcaster

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Early life and career

Lixin Fan was born and raised in Wuhan and attended the Huazhong University of Science and Engineering, graduating with a degree in English at the age of twenty-one. during its years of rapid economic development. He began his career as a journalist with the government owned national TV broadcaster

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(CCTV). While traveling the country Fan witnessed social and economic inequalities spurred by China's rapid economic expansion. As a result, he became a documentary filmmaker with a focus on social issues."Bio: Lixin Fan"
, P.O.V. TV series website Lixin was editor of the 2002 film '' To Live Is Better Than To Die'' about China's

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crisis which was featured in the

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and broadcast on

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and

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. He also worked as an associate producer, sound recordist, and translator on the acclaimed 2007 feature documentary ''

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''. His 2009 debut feature documentary film '' Last Train Home'' won several awards in the category of documentary filmmaking.

Awards

*2009: Won Best Feature Documentary at the 22nd annual

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for his debut film ''Last Train Home'' *2009: Won Cinémathèque Québécoise Best Quebec film award at the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) also for ''Last Train Home''

References

External links

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Last Train Home page on EyeSteelFilm website
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