Cui Zi'en
Cui Zi'en 崔子恩 came to our class and gave a great talk.
Cui, who is often considered one of the ;most independent filmmakers in China today. He gave a great talk that focused on how he makes films - the most expensive he made cost $100,000 RMB ($13,222.30 USD) and the least expensive was done for just the cost of the DV cassettes.
He has an extensive filmography and really seems to focus on making sure that people are represented equally in his films. It's a unique approach. Out of all of the filmmakers, his talk was the most heartfelt and perhaps the most interesting. I was glad we got to hear about his films, his style of filmmaking and what inspired him.