Lixin Fan
Lixin Fan was born and raised in China. After traveling the country as a journalist and witnessing the inequality caused by rapid economic expansion, he was inspired to become a documentary filmmaker. In 2003, he edited the award-winning To Live Is Better Than to Die, recognized as one of the most shocking documentaries on the topic of China’s AIDS epidemic. In 2006 he was an associate producer on Up the Yangtze, a documentary about the Three Gorges Dam project. Last Train Home, his debut full-length documentary, won the Joris Ivens Award at IDFA 2009, was featured in the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and won the top prizes at RIDM (Montreal) and the Whistler International Film Festival.
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