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8 unusual facts about Beijing Film Academy


Alyssa Chia

Chia dropped out of Beijing Film Academy because the company in Taiwan called her back and she had a great attachment to her family.

Hu Mei

Usually classed as a Fifth Generation director, since she graduated from the Directors' class of the 1982 Beijing Film Academy cohort, she is a classmate of more famous Fifth Generation directors like Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang.

Liu Jiayin

As her graduation project at the Beijing Film Academy (BFA), she completed Oxhide, her full-length feature debut.

Peng Xiaolian

In 1982, she graduated from the Department of Directing of the Beijing Film Academy and started working at the Shanghai Film Studio.

A graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, Xia is a member of the so-called Fifth Generation, although her style differs from the one of other members of this group.

Xia Gang

A graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, Xia is a member of the so-called Fifth Generation, though unlike his classmates Tian Zhuangzhuang and Chen Kaige, he did not gain prominence until relatively later, in the late 1980s.

Xue Xiaolu

Xue is also a teacher at the Beijing Film Academy, and has been a volunteer for 14 years with Beijing Stars and Rain, a non-governmental educational organization for autistic children.

Zhou Xiaowen

He graduated from the Cinematography Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1975 and is part of the so-called Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers.


Yu Feihong

In 1991, while studying at the Beijing Film Academy, China's most prestigious film school, she became the first enrolled student in school history to be cast in a Hollywood production when Wayne Wang selected her for his film The Joy Luck Club.


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