Chih Han CHEN

Born in 1979, video worker, specializing in documentary film director and photography. Working in comprehensive community development in the early days, he believes that imagery is the best catalyst to change the world. Now focusing on image creation, he works as a director as well as a photographer. As the first Taiwanese director who collaborated with Al Jazeera, he debuted the short documentary film My Father, My Mother in 2013. His first feature-length documentary film The Silent Teacher won the Project with Most International Potential and ASD Special Award at CCDF-4, as well as the second prize at New Taipei City Documentary Film Festival in 2014. In 2015, his film Hospital also won the second prize at the New Taipei City Documentary Film Festival. By using documentary films as a medium for artists to converse with the society, he wants to create artworks that convey positive messages to the general public.