Mr. LEE, Chi Chiu Julian 李志超
Academic Qualifications:
| Master Degree (Royal College of Art) |
Background:
Julian Lee spearheads the mixed approach of film, photography and text in the Hong Kong artistic milieu. He is a renowned photographer with international exhibition credits and writer-director with over sixteen books published including four long novels and three story collections, in which two novels are adopted by himself into films, NIGHT CORRIDOR 妖夜迴廊 and THE ACCIDENT 心猿意馬.
PAST HISTORY
After graduating from Chinese University Hong Kong in communications in 1984, he started his career in TVB, Television Broadcast Ltd. 無線電視 as a researcher and scriptwriter and moved onto the film industry as art director and scriptwriter in mid-eighties. However, he made his name in Hong Kong as a writer of controversial articles in newspapers and magazines. His columns have appeared in Oriental Daily News 東方日報, Ming Pao Newspaper 明報, Sing Tao Newspaper 星島日報, Hong Kong Economic Times 經濟日報 and drew him many readers. He gained his fame by working as a photographer and editor/writer to City Magazine號外, the most exciting glossy magazine at this period, through which he discovered his talent as an image maker. In 1988, He left for London to enroll in Royal College of Art in London for a Master degree in photography and was elected a British New Contemporaries, to show in the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London in 1991.
In 1991, he won the European Eurocreation Program Award, which allowed him to work on video art in Frankfurt, Germany. He remained in Europe for eight years to develop his artist career, working in photography and video and also as a correspondent for publications in Hong Kong. His photographic clients include famous publishers like Jonathan Cape, Random Century and Harper Collins etc. His videos were shown in London Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival and in many European countries with acclaims. In 1994, he was selected onto the British Film Institute Screenwrite Program, where he developed his first film script and this paved the way for his eventual debut as a feature film director. His novel inspired Wong Kar Wai to make HAPPY TOGETHER in Buenos Aires and he took up his offer as his photographer during the filmmaking in 1996.
FILM CAREER
In 1997, he returned to Hong Kong to find the chance of tuning his novel THE ACCIDENT心猿意馬 into a feature film, which hit the cinema screen in Hong Kong , January 1999. He was awarded a film grant from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2001 to turn his suspense novel NIGHT CORRIDOR.
into his second film, which is an official selection in Hong Kong International Film Festival 2003 and worldwide film festivals in many competition. The film has also won two nominations in the Chinese Oscar, Golden Horse Award on the category Best Male Actor and Best Supporting Actress. It goes on to win best supporting actress award in Mainland China Film Media Award in 2004. Hong Kong Film Finance Forum ( HAF) 2006 has selected his film project PAPA IS A ROLLING STONE, among hundreds to be launched in this largest film meeting platform in Asia for possible co-production between Hong Kong and foreign film producers.. In 2009, his new film project STOMA is selected to represent Hong Kong as the only candidate in Golden Horse Film and TV Film Project Promotion in Taipei, the film forum organized by the Chinese Oscar.
PHOTOGRAPHY CAREER
Julian Lee attempts various experimentations in expanding photographic medium/ His recent photographic output includes his photographic exhibition titled FLYING TRAPEZE, an abstract expressionistic acrobatic portfolio shown at Goethe Institute, Hong Kong in 2001. His new creative research in interactive photography on digital screen is presented as ' Landscape in the Mist' --- a digital art canvas painting exhibition in Le French May arts festival, a largest cultural event in 2005. This exhibition presents the newest technology of combing plasma screen with interactive photography, an innovation which re-defines the digital application to photo display as an interactive galley. In 2008, his paper 'Daguerreotype as a re-invented viewing experience on digital photo frame' is accepted for presentation on the conference ' Technovisuality and Cultural Re-enchantment ' co-organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Shue Yan University. He is now planning his latest exhibition, of fine art nude photography for City University Art Gallery at May 2010 titled. Le Human Machine: Body Aesthetic.
RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS
In 2005, he is invited by Hong Kong Film Archive to curate a film festival and an art exhibition in the French Cinepanorama Festival, titled 'Tribute to Jean Cocteau'. Besides being the curator, he also contributes his role as a photographer and creative director for the set up of the exhibition. He is also invited by Sichuan Fine Arts Institute to present a photography exhibition in Chong Qing Art Museum titled 'Body Aesthetic under the British Influence' in December 2005. In 2007, he exhibits in Body Aesthetics in Jazz Gallery, Taipei ( April) and launches his photo album , Pure in Page One, a design bookshop venue, Hong Kong ( May), with an exhibition program under Le French May, the French Arts Festival. His latest collection of short stories DARK SECRET is published and launched in Hong Kong Book Fair 2007 and a new version of his travelogue ADVENTURE IN NEW YORK is re-launched by Zhejiang University Press in mainland China.
RECENT AWARD AND RESEARCH
In 2009 Julian Lee is the recipient of Starr Foundation Fellowship, a prestigious reward from Asian Cultural Council. and has been invited to University of California at Los Angeles as a visiting scholar on academic exchange to US.
Julian Lee is now an associate professor on film, photography and creative writing in the City University of Hong Kong. He has also served as consultant to Film and New Media Dept. in Hong Kong Arts Development Council and on the Jury panels in Hong Kong Film Academy Award. He is also an active member in Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild. |
Professional Expertise / Research Interests:
- Photography and digital imaging
- Film directing, script writing and producing
- Literary creation
- Visual art
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Projects Completed and in Progress:
| Investigators |
Project Title |
Research Period |
Funding Source |
| LEE, Julian |
SUSPENDING TORSO
Interactive Multi Panel Photographic Exhibition for Hong Kong Photo Festival 2010.
Website: http://go.cityu.hk/torsoart |
2010 |
Research Incentive Grant |
LEE, Julian and
Will Kwok |
Daguerreotype as a re-invented viewing experience on digitial photo frame |
2008- (In Progress) |
SMA |
| LEE, Julian |
Expanded Photography in The Digital Interactivity. An interactive digital painting exhibition on LCD canvas - LANDSCAPE IN THE MIST |
2004-2005 |
SMA |
| LEE, Julian |
Reliving 'Nightmare' - The Digital Reconstruction of the Painting of FUSELI |
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SMA |
| LEE, Julian |
Poetry in Motion - A Photographic Exhibition on Trapeze Performance as a Tribute to Time-reconstruction Photography in 1890 by Etienne-Jules Marey |
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SMA;Applied R&D |
| Film & Video: |
| 2010 |
STOMA
造口人
(PUSAN PROJECT PLAN, Hong Kong / China Entry) |
director /
scriptwriter |
feature film |
| 2009 |
STOMA
造口人
(Golden Horse Film Project Promotion) |
director /
scriptwriter |
feature film |
| 2006 |
PAPA IS A ROLLING STONE
岳飛正傳
(HAF - Hong Kong Film Financing Forum) |
director /
scriptwriter |
feature film |
| 2003 |
NIGHT CORRIDOR
妖夜迴廊 |
director |
feature film |
| 1999 |
THE ACCIDENT
心猿意馬 |
director |
feature film |
| 1996 |
HAPPY TOGETHER
春光乍洩 |
still photographer |
feature film |
| 1994 |
NIGHTFIRE
(British Film Institute Project) |
scriptwriter |
feature film |
| 1990 |
LES VOYAGES, L'EXTASE, LA BLESSURE
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video |
| 1990 |
NOS.FER.A.TU
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video |
| 1988 |
Chaos by Design
愛情謎語 |
scriptwriter |
feature film |
| 1986 |
Walk Besides Me
心動 |
art-director |
feature film |
FILM FESTIVAL PARTICIPATION
NIGHT CORRIDOR
- HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2003 april
- BOGOTA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2003 in competition 2003 Oct
- TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2003 Oct
- LYON ASIAN FILM EXPO, FRANCE in competition 2003 Nov
- GOLDEN HORSE AWARD (Chinese oscar) FILM FESTIVAL, TAIWAN 2003 Dec
Nomination: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress
- China Film Media Award, 2004 Best Supporting Actress
- KODAK SCREENING, SINGAPORE MEDIA FESTIVAL 2003 Dec
- FIRECRACKER SHOWCASE , LONDON 2003 Dec
- AOTEAROA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL New Zealand Feb 2004
- FRIBOURG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL March 2004
- HONG KONG FILM PANOROMA touring in Germany & Belgium Mar-May 2004
- LAS PALMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in competition March 2004
- TURIN GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL April in competition 2004
- PUCHON INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL Korea, July 2004
- Copenhagen International Film Festival Aug. 2004
- Raindance Film Festival, London Oct. 2004
- LesGaiCineMad, Madrid gay and lesbian film festival Nov. 2004
- MIX Brazil, gay and lesbian film festival Nov. 2004
- ROMA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL in competition Nov.2004
- Mardi Gras Film Festival Sydney Feb. 2005
- FRAMELINE San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Publications:
| PHOTO COLLECTIONS: |
| 2008 |
Photographic Portfolio: Zingaro Mersmerism – a photo portfolio, City Magazine Feb Issue |
| 2007 |
Book: PURE –Obsessive Art Photography ( 1988-2001 ) by Julian LEE
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| 2005 |
Photographic Portfolio: Landscape in the Mist ( Iceland Travelogue) City Magazine May Issue |
| 2003 |
Photographic Portfolio : Mongolian Young Wrestler ( Photo Documentary) City Magazine Nov Issue |
| 2001 |
PURE - Obsessive Art Photography (1988-2001) by Julian LEE |
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| NOVEL TITLES: |
| 2007 |
DARK SECRET 暗夜機密
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| 2005 |
S-EXPRESS 靈欲快車
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| 2003 |
NIGHT CORRIDOR a film novel 妖夜迴廊 電影原著小說
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| 2000 |
INCENDIO 放火燒城 |
| 1999 |
THE ACCIDENT 心猿意馬
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| 1998 |
NIGHT CORRIDOR 妖夜迴廊
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| 1997 |
KILLING ME SOFTLY 暗中殺人
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| 1996 |
WAITING FOR THE HURRICANE 等待颶風
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| 1990 |
LIVE AND LET LIVE 純棲時代
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| 1989 |
LOVE AND DEATH UNDER TOWER EFFIEL 愛死鐵塔
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| PROSE COLLECTIONS: |
| 2009 |
ADVENTURE INTO NEW YORK 紐約投城 |
| 2001 |
THE MAP OF BURNING DESIRE 燃燒慾望地圖
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| 1996 |
THE DARK SIDE OF THE HEART 心之暗格
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| 1988 |
NIGHT DREAMING NEW YORK 紐約夢遺
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| 1988 |
PRIVATE LIFE IN PARIS 巴黎私生活 |
| 1987 |
DARK ADOLESCENCE 少年邪
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| 1986 |
GROWING UP RIDICULOUSLY 成長的荒謬
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| 1986 |
THE MALE COLLECTION 男人標本
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Exhibitions and Awards:
| 2010 Dec |
SUSPENDING TORSO, an interactive photographic panel exhibition
HONG KONG PHOTO FESTIVAL 2010 at City University Art Gallery
Website: http://go.cityu.hk/torsoart
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| 2010 Oct |
THE ORIGIN OF TRUTH, a solo photographic exhibition, INDEXG GALLERY, TORONTO
Website: http://xpia.com/indexg/press_pressrelease.asp?gx_id=8074
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| 2009 |
Starr Foundation Fellowship, Asian Cultural Council
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| 2007 |
Body Aesthetic, Jazz Gallery, Taipei
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| 2007 |
Pure – a photographic album , Page One, Hong Kong, Program of Le French May Festival
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| 2005 |
Body Aesthetic under the British Influence –the Hong Kong Trio Sichuan Fine Art Institute, Chong Qing Art Museum, China Dec. 2005
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| 2005 |
Inspired by Jean Cocteau, an exhibtion of Hong Kong Contemporary artists as Curator and Photographic Artist Nov. 2005
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| 2005 |
Landscape in the Mist 霧中風景 – a digital art painting using interactive photo elements HONG KONG FRINGE CLUB, French May Festival May 2005
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| 2003 |
RELIVING NIGHTMARE ---a stereoscopic 3D digital recreation on the painting of Fuseli , presented in the international design conference , DIGIT 2003
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| 2002 - 2003 |
Consultant, Film and Media Arts Section of Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
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| 2001 |
FLYING TRAPEZE Goethe Institut , HONG KONG
I GENERATIONS independent experimental and alternative creations
HONG KONG FILM ARCHIVE
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| 1999 |
EXPOSURE Broadway Cinematheque, HONG KONG
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| 1996 |
SHAKEN NOT STIRRED, YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHIC ART FROM EUROPE, touring Belgium(Mons), Paris, Berlin, Luxembourg, Turin, Chalon sur Soane, France
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| 1994 |
VIDEO FROM EUROPE, Geothe Institute, Paris
CINEMA JOVE, Valencia, Spain
HONG KONG INDEPENDENT VIDEO FESTIVAL first prize, music video AWARD
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| 1993 |
KUNSTHAUS, Zurich
El DORADO VIDEO PROJECT, Antwerp
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| 1992 |
ENTRE LES AUTRES, ( photography),
Exhibition d'art Contemporain, Lisbon, Portugal
BP FILM EXPO, London
ROTTERDAM FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
VIDEONALE, Bonn, Germany
VIPER, Luzern, Switzland
ELECTRONIC MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL, NSW, Australia
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| 1991 |
PEPINIERES EUROPEAN YOUNG ARTIST AWARD
ENTRES LES AUTRES, (photography),
Exhibition d'Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, France
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL , British New Video
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| 1990 |
BP NEW CONTEMPORARIES, BEST BRITISH ART GRADUATE AWARD
Institute of Contemporary Art , London
AWARD EXHIBITION, Photographers' Gallery , London
FOUNDATION CARTIER EXHIBITION, TOM GOWER AWARD
Institute of Contemporary Art, London
CULT, One Man Show, Fusion Gallery, London
BENSON & HEDGES GOLD AWARD EXHIBITION, Mall Gallery, London
SALON DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DE LA RECHERCHE ET D'AVANT-GARDE, Royan, France
PORTFOLIO GALLERY, London
KODAK TRIPLE EXPOSURE AWARD
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