Documentary Works

Enlightenment of the Song

Client: CNN/CGTN
Tasks: Director

Youtube: WATCH HERE

Professor Peng Feng, Dean of the School of Arts at Peking University, believes that art bridges the gap between past and present, notably paintings from the Song Dynasty (960-1279). During this time, artists reinterpreted the physical world to convey their emotional experiences. The film explores a prime example of this with the Song masterpiece ‘One Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains,’ interwoven with the natural beauty of Xiangshan Park, illustrating how Song art continues to inspire today's society in its search for genuine personal expression.

Inner Worlds with Guo Pei

Client: Art Basel
Tasks: Cinematography

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I was contracted to shoot the interview plus b-rolls for this inspiring documentary about the famous designer: Guo Pei.

Shot using the Panasonic S1H.

CLIENT: STUDIO SILVERBACK & BBC
AGENCY: MANDARIN FILMS
TASKS: DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER - BEIJING UNIT

Vimeo: WATCH HERE

Earthshot Prize 2021

Tubo Art Exhibition

CLIENT: PRITZKER ART COLLABORATIVE
TASKS: DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITOR

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UKRI: Inspiring Partnerships

CLIENT: UK Embassy in Beijing
TASKS: DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR

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The UK Embassy in Beijing contracted me and my team to feature various joint scientific endeavors between the UK and China. We travelled all across China from the jungles of Xishuangbanna to the particle accelerator in Shanghai.

Chasing Shadows

TASKS: DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR

WATCH ON: AMAZON PRIME or ITUNES or VIMEO*

Winner 2016 Accolade Global Film Competition: Award of Merit
Winner 2016 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards: Best Director Documentary
Winner 2016 Los Angeles independent Film Festival Awards: Best Editing

Photographer, Geoff Sims gets bitten by the eclipse bug after witnessing the darkness of a total solar eclipse. To feed his obsession, he goes on a quest to capture as many solar eclipses as possible leading him to unleash a photographic assault in the far reaches of Africa only to get clouded out by mother nature. Juggling between real life, doing odd jobs and maintaining a relationship threaten his quest to experience the next eclipse, he gets a real adventure when he decides to head to the North Pole to face off with mother nature again to experience the next total solar eclipse.

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