Hu Wei

Hu Wei (; born 1983 in Beijing) is a Chinese filmmaker.

Biography Hu Wei studied art at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris ENSBA, as well as at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains in northern France. and winning more than 70 awards, including an Academy Award nomination for best live action short film.

In 2014-15, he was a fellow at the Villa Médicis - Académie de France in Rome. In 2015, he participated in the «Next Step» program of Critics' Week at Cannes.

His next short film, What tears us apart (Ce qui nous éloigne), starring Isabelle Huppert, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in 2016.

Hu Wei lives and works in China and France. 2013: International Short Film Festival Winterthur, Main award of the international competition as well as audience award 2013: European Film Award: best short film (nomination) 2014: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Grand Prix 2015: Academy Awards, Best Live Action Short Film (nomination)