Chia dropped out of Beijing Film Academy because the company in Taiwan called her back and she had a great attachment to her family.
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.
As her graduation project at the Beijing Film Academy (BFA), she completed Oxhide, her full-length feature debut.
In 1982, she graduated from the Department of Directing of the Beijing Film Academy and started working at the Shanghai Film Studio.
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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.
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 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.
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.
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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.