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Dr. WEI, Shiyu Louisa 魏時煜
Academic Qualifications:
PhD Comparative Literature - Film Studies, University
of Alberta, Canada
MA Comparative Literature, Carleton University, Ottawa,
Canada
BA English, Xidian University,
Xian, China
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Background:
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Publications:
Books
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- Storm under the Sun: Introductions, Script and Reviews. (In English and Chinese.) Hong Kong: Blue Queen Cultural Communication Ltd., 2009.
- (Co-author Y. Yang.) Women's Cinema: Dialogues with Chinese and Japanese Female Directors. (In Chinese.) Shanghai: Eastern China Normal University Press, forthcoming in 2009.
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Book Chapter
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- "Women's Trajectories in Chinese and Japanese Cinemas: A Chronological Overview" in Dekalog 4: On East Asian Film Directors, edited Kate E Taylor, UK, Wallflower Press, 2009.
- "No Official Record: Gender Concerns in Hong Kong's Independent Documentaries" in Esther Cheung ed. Independent Till the End of the Road: Searching for Hong Kong's Independent Film Scenes. Hong Kong: Joint Publishing Co., forthcoming in 2009.
- "A Hundred Years of Screen Women and the Development of Women's Film Tradition" in Yang Yuanying ed. A History of Chinese Film Culture. Beijing: China Film Press, 2005, 493-503.
- "Reconstructing the Forgotten Nature and History: Approaching Osundare and His Horses of Memory." Chapter Eight in Abdul-Rasheed ed. Emerging Perspectives on Niyi Osundare: The People's Poet. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press Inc., 2002, 299-312)
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Journal Papers
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- "30 Years Alone in the Pink Movie Industry: An Interview with Female Director Hamano Sachi" in Journal of Beijing Film Academy, No. 1 (2009), 91-95.
- "After the Screening of Storm under the Sun" in Hong Kong Literature Monthly, 4:6 (2009), 81-84.
- "My Hong Kong" in Hong Kong Literature Monthly, 4:4 (2009), 59-61.
- "Chinese and Japanese Female Film Directors: Could They Hold up Half of the Sky?" in The Global Cartographies of Cine-Feminisms, Seoul: International Women's Film Festival in Seoul, 59-79.
- "The Beauty of Aging: Yang Yi and Other Stories" in Mook 《悅讀》, No.4 (2007).
- (Co-author with Huaxin Wei.) "Uncovering Hidden Maps: An Illustrative Narratology." Computer and Composition, Issue 23.4 (2006): 480-502.
- "Butterfly Spreading Her Wings: Women, Love and a Film Called Butterfly" in Film Art, No.4 (2006): 76-78
- "A Critical Review of Hong Kong Women Directors' Recent Films" in Film Critics' Quarterly 《影評人季刊》, 29 (2005): 15-19
- "Making an Epic Documentary by Accident? –The Story of Wang Bing." Asia-Europe Foundation Web Magazine, January, 2004. http://sea-images.asef.org/ (articles)
- "Female Directors in Mainland China: Past and Present." Proceedings of Women Make Waves International Forum, Taipei: Taipei Women Film & Video Association, 2003, 196-207.
- "Lyric as the Bridge of Dreams: Genji Monogatari and Japanese Aesthetics." International Cultural Review (Japan), 5 (2001): 40-55.
- Co-author with MU Lei. "On Canadian Pedagogy of Translation". Zhang Guanrao ed. A Look on Canada. Beijing: Minzu Press, 1999.
- "Hero, Rebel or Prisoner: Diwudai Phenomenon as Tri-partite Negotiation." Journal of Selected Papers in Asian Studies, 1.1 (1998): 143-52.
- "On Principles in Chinese Translation of English Poems". Foreign Language Education, Winter, 1992, 58-62.
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Book Reviews
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- An Unusual Journey: Afghanistan Unveiled (directed by Bridgitte Brault and Aina Women Filming Group, Color, 52 min, 2003, Women Make Movies Production) in Education about Asia, 11.2(2006): 71.
- "Review of Poshek Fu's Shanghai and Hong Kong Cinema in Canadian Journal of History, 40.1(2005): 164-5.
- Shuqin Cui's, Women through the Lens: Gender and Nation in a Century of Chinese Cinema. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2003. China Information, 18.3 (2004): 495-497.
- Ni Zhen's Memories from Beijing Film Academy. Translated by Chris Berry. Berkeley: U of California P, 2002. Persimmon: Asian Literature, Arts and Culture. IV:1, 2003.
- Yang Yuanying's Her Voices: Accounts of Chinese Female Directors. Beijing: Chinese Social Press, 1996. RIM: Pacific Rim Women's Studies Association Journal (Japan), 3.2 (2001): 76-78.
- David Bordwell's Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 2000. Persimmon: Asian Literature, Arts and Culture, 2.1 (2001): 106-108.
- Maureen Turim's The Films of Oshima Nagisa: Images of A Japanese Iconoclast. Berkeley: U of California P, 1998. Film Philosophy, http://www.film-philosophy.com/vol4-2000/n22wei
- Yin Hong's Chinese Film and Television Culture at the Turn of the Century. Beijing: Beijing Publishing House, 1997. Chinese Culture Press, June 29, 1999.
- Lu Tonglin's Misogyny, Cultural Nihilism, & Oppositional Politics: Contemporary Chinese Experimental Fiction. Stanford: Stanford UP, 1995. China Information, 12.4 (1998): 135-137.
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Creative Works:
Film Scripts
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- Primary Script Writer. Gun of Mercy. Directed by Xiao Feng. Beijing Seaking International Movie Investment Co. Ltd. and China Film Group. Released in 2007.
- Co-Writer. Ming Ming. Script Writers: Suisie Au and Angela Lau. Directed by Suisie Au. Fables Film Ltd. Production. Distributed by Emperor Motion Pictures, Hong Kong. Released in 2007.
- Co-Writer. Lost Season. Original Story and Script: Cui Jian. Directed by Cui Jian. In Development.
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Documentary
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- Producer and Co-Director. Storm under the Sun. Sponsored by Jan Vrjiman Fund, IDFA, Amsterdam. DV, 137 minutes. Blue Queen Cultural Communication Ltd. 2009.
(The documentary has been screened in Hong Kong International Film Festival 2009 and International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2007, as well as the documentary series in Nottingham University and University of Michigan. It has received great reviews from China Quarterly (US), Bright Lights Film (Austrialia), Vrij Nederland (Holland), and Hong Kong journals including The Asian International Newsweekly, Ming Pao Monthly, Hong Kong Literature, Fleur de Letters, and Hong Kong Literary Monthly.)
- Producer and Co-Director. I Am Innocent. Sponsored by Beijing Lu Xun Museum, China. Blue Queen Cultural Communication Ltd. 2007.
- Producer, Director, Writer and Executive Producer. Cui Jian: Rocking China. DV, 35 minutes. Blue Queen Cultural Communication Ltd., Beijing East-West Cultural Production Ltd. and EMI Music (Hong Kong) Co-Production. 2006.
- Director and Writer. A Piece of Heaven: Primary Documents. DV, 78 minutes. Blue Queen Cultural Communication Ltd. & Situ Zhaodun Documentary Workshop Co-Production. 2006.
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Awards & Honors:
April 5, 2009 |
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Guest Speaker to "Special Forum of Film and History" held for my documentary Storm under the Sun at The 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival after its screenings, which was co-organized by The French Research Center on Contemporary China. |
1998 -1999 |
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Sandy Mactarggart Fellowship for Student Research in Asian Studies, University of Alberta, Canada |
March 1998 |
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Cultural Tour Award (for best Japanese language students), Japan Foundation, Japan |
1994 -1996 |
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PhD Scholarships (two-year scholarship with tuition weaver for outstanding PhD students), University of Alberta, Canada |
1992 -1993 |
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Indira Ghandi Memorial Fellowship (for the most outstanding international student of the year), Carleton University, Canada |
Research Projects:
2008 - 2010 |
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Principal Investigator. "Hong Kong Independent Documentary." Strategic Research Grant, City University of Hong Kong. |
2007 - 2009 |
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Principal Investigator. "History and Development of Hong Kong Documentary Films." Strategic Research Grant, City University of Hong Kong. |
2008 - 2010 |
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Co-Investigator. "Li Yutang in America." (PI: Dr. Qian Jun.) Strategic Research Grant, City University of Hong Kong. |
2007 - 2009 |
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Co-Investigator. "The Life Journey of Li Yutang." (PI: Dr. Qian Jun.) Strategic Research Grant, City University of Hong Kong. |
2003 - 2005 |
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Co-Principal Investigator. "Women Filmmakers in Japan." Sumitomo Foundation's Japan Related Research Project Awarded in Fiscal 2003. |
2004 - 2005 |
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Principal Investigator. "Narrative Motifs, Patterns and Formulas for Artists/Designers." Start-up Grant for New Staff, City University of Hong Kong. |
2003 - 2005 |
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Co- Principal Investigator. "Recent Development Future Directions of Documentaries in HK, Taiwan and Mainland China." Direct Allocated Grant, City University of HK. |
2003 - 2004 |
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Principal Investigator. "The Sixth-Generation and Younger Filmmakers in China." Small Research Grant, SCM, City University of Hong Kong. |
2002 - 2003 |
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Principal Investigator. "Female Directors in Hong Kong." Small Research Grant, SCM, City University of Hong Kong. |
Invited Talks:
May 26, 2009 |
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Presented at the "Filmmakers Forum" during the conference titled "Hong Kong Documentary Film: the Regional Context and Theoretical Perspectives", Hong Kong Baptist University. |
July 3, 2008 |
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"Female Directors of Feature Films in Japan and Korea: A Chronological Overview" presented at Symposium on East Asian Cinemas organized by City University of Hong Kong. |
June 26, 2008 |
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"The Women's Trajectory: Four Generations of Female Film Directors in Chinese Language Cinema" presented at the International Conference on Gender and Chinese Cinema, Nanjing University and Brown University. |
April 1 - 3, 2006 |
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"Her Story, Her Film: A Critical Review of Chinese Female Directors and Women's Cinema." Presented at The Future of Chinese Cinema Conference, 2006, at University of New South Wales. |
July 5, 2004 |
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"Ten Ways of Reading Women's Film in Chinese Cinema" as a key-note speaker. International Conference on Women's Literature and Women's Studies, sponsored by Ford Foundation, Xian, China. |
Jan 12, 2004 |
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"Current State of Independent Film Production and Distribution in China and Hong Kong" as the representative from China/Hong Kong area at the Second Asia-Europe Film Development Plan Meeting, Goteborg, Sweden. |
Sept 26, 2003 |
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"Female Directors in Mainland China: Past and Present" at the International Forum of the 10th Women Make Waves Film/Video Festival, Taipei, Taiwan. |
Mar 12, 2003 |
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"The Current State of Asian Women's Cinema." Presented at the 10th International Women's Film Festival, Turin, Italy. |
Aug 20, 2002 |
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"From Mulan to Lara: Women Worrier and the Changing Representations of Women." Presented at Gender and Literature Conference. Shanghai Social Science Academy. Shanghai, China. |
Dec 2000 |
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"How Can a Woman Tell Her Story: Media, Meditation in Yang Liping's The Sun Bird." Presented at the Fifth Japan-China Women's Conference, Beijing, China. |
Jul 2000 |
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"Chinese Film of the New Century." Presented at Asian Studies Association of Australia Conference, Melbourne, Australia. |
Jun 2000 |
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"Where Have All the Ideal Women Gone? A Case of Chinese Film." Presented at the Forth Asian Studies Conference Japan, Tokyo, Japan. |
Mar 1999 |
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"Zhang Yimou: Making a National/Chinese Art International." Presented at The 1999 Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA. |
Translated Works:
Film Scripts
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- Mongol Film script (Chinese to English). Director: Sergei Bodrov. Andreevsky Flag Film Company, Kinofabrika Kinokompaniya, CTB X-Filme and Creative Pool. Released in 2008.
- The Forbidden Kingdom Film Script (English to Chinese). Director: Rob Minkoff. Casey Silver Productions. Released in 2008.
- Don't Look Up Film Script (Chinese to English). In Development.
- The Flying Guillotine Film Script (Chinese to English). Celestial Pictures. In Development.
- Lust, Caution Film script (Chinese to English). Director: Ang Lee. Focus Features Production. Released in 2007.
- Gun of Mercy Film Script (Chinese to English). Directed by Xiao Feng. Beijing Seaking International Movie Investment Co. Ltd. and China Film Group. 2007.
- Ming Ming Film Script (Chinese to English). Director: Susie Au. Hong Kong Fable Films Production. Emperor Motion Pictures Release, 2007.
- Curse of the Golden Flowers Film Script (Chinese to English). Director: Zhang Yimou. Beijing New Pictures Film Co. and EDKO Film Ltd. Released 2006.
- Fearless Film Script (Chinese to English). Director: Ronny Yu. Producer and Starring: Jet Li. Beijing Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Co., China Film Group and Hero China International. Released 2006.
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Film Subtitles
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- Shanghai Rumba Film Subtitles (Chinese to English). Director: Xiaolian Peng. Shanghai Film Group. Released 2006.
- Shanghai Story Film subtitles (Chinese to English). Directed by Xiaolian Peng. Tomson's Company (HK) and Shanghai Film Group. Released 2003.
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Novella
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- Trans. M. Gallant's "Variety of Exiles". Liu Xiangyu ed. American and Canadian Volume. Liu Minjiu ed. Best Short Stories in World Literature Series. Fuzhou: Haixia Publishing House, 1996, 1077-1095. (Chinese to English)
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Newspaper Articles:
Film Critiques
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- 《中国电影暴发报告》發表於《明報》2008年3月8日，D4版。 ["Report on the Current State of Chinese Cinema" in Ming Pao Daily News, March 8, 2008: D4.]
- 《斑駁的上海織錦圖：〈長恨歌〉從小說到電影》發表於《明報》2005年11月9日，D10版。["A Fragmented Portrayal of Shanghai: Everlasting Regret from Novel to Film" in Ming Pao Daily News, November 19, 2005: D6.]
- 《突破十面埋伏的〈美麗上海〉》發表於《明報》2004年11月20日，第 D6 版。["Reflections on Xiaolian Peng's New Film Shanghai Story" in Ming Pao Daily News, November 20, 2005, D6.]
- 《從一部電影的命運想到的》發表於《明報》2004年5月20日，D6版。["Reflections on the Fate of a Chinese Film" in Ming Pao Daily News, May 20, 2005, D6.]
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Other Articles
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- 《比較文學的尷尬沒落》發表於《明報》2007年1月16日，D4版。["The Falling of Comparative Literature as an Academic Discipline" in Ming Pao Daily News on January 16, 2007, D4.]
- 《一種對精神平等的渴望》發表於《明報》2005年10月18日，D4 版。["A Longing for Spiritual Equality" in Ming Pao Daily News on October 18, 2005, D4.]
- 《貧困的距離，校園的距離》發表於《明報》2005年9月26日，D4 版。["The Distance between Poverty and Campuses" in Ming Pao Daily News on September 26, 2005, D10.]
- 《上海，美麗不美麗？》發表於《明報》2004年7月27日，D6 版。["Shanghai, a Beautiful Place to Be?" in Ming Pao Daily News, July 27, 2004: page D6.]
- 《從一部電影的命運想到的》見《明報》2004年5月20日，D6版。["Reflections on the Fate of a Chinese Film" in Ming Pao Daily News, May 20, 2004: D6.]
- 《香港還會再有新浪潮嗎？》發表於《明報》2004年3月4日，D6 版。["Will There be Another New Wave in Hong Kong?" in Ming Pao Daily News, March 4, 2004: page D6.]
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