Hu Jie

胡杰

Born in 1958 in Jinan, Shandong, Hu Jie is an artist and filmmaker known for making documentaries on the policy excesses of the Mao era. He is perhaps best known for a trilogy of documentaries he made between 2004 and 2013, consisting of "Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul" (《寻找林昭的灵魂》) (2004), "Though I am Gone" (《我虽死去》) (2006), and "Spark" (《星火》) (2013). The latter film, which focused on a group of teachers and students who were arrested, given lengthy prison terms, or executed for being Rightists after speaking out about officials' conduct during the Great Famine won top prize at the 2014 Taiwan International Documentary Festival.