Jian Yi (Chinese: 简艺; pinyin: jiǎn yì) is a Chinese independent
filmmaker, visual artist, and writer. He has worked as a filmmaker and
senior art consultant for a number of European Union projects in
China. His films Bamboo Shoots and Super, Girls! won a number of
international film festival awards. Since 2014, Jian Yi has been at
the forefront of promoting sustainable food system in China and
founded the Good Food Fund under the China Biodiversity Conservation
and Green Development Foundation. Jointly with Yale Hospitality of
Yale University, Jian started the China Food Leadership Initiative in
2018 and during the Chinese New Year in 2019, he headed a delegation
of seven top Chinese chefs, entrepreneurs, journalists and toured five
U.S. universities (Yale, UMass, Harvard, UConn and CIA), where they
coached chefs in the host universities on preparing for Chinese New
Year banquets and were engaged in dialogues on sustainable food
system. The tour was taken place under the theme of the Food Forward
Forum.Jian Yi was born in Ji'an, Jiangxi, China.He received a Master's
degree in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre
Dame in 1998, and an MA in International Journalism from Beijing
Broadcasting Institute in 1999. Jian received the Distinguished Alumni
Award from the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies at the
University of Notre Dame in 2015.He is the founder and director of
ARTiSIMPLE Studio, which was founded in January 2005 and has pioneered
the art of collaborative community and citizen projects. In 2005-06,
he partnered with premier documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang to launch
the China Villager Documentary Project. Jian's photos on China's
village governance toured the nation's seven provinces as well as the
headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels and the Seat of
the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
filmmaker, visual artist, and writer. He has worked as a filmmaker and
senior art consultant for a number of European Union projects in
China. His films Bamboo Shoots and Super, Girls! won a number of
international film festival awards. Since 2014, Jian Yi has been at
the forefront of promoting sustainable food system in China and
founded the Good Food Fund under the China Biodiversity Conservation
and Green Development Foundation. Jointly with Yale Hospitality of
Yale University, Jian started the China Food Leadership Initiative in
2018 and during the Chinese New Year in 2019, he headed a delegation
of seven top Chinese chefs, entrepreneurs, journalists and toured five
U.S. universities (Yale, UMass, Harvard, UConn and CIA), where they
coached chefs in the host universities on preparing for Chinese New
Year banquets and were engaged in dialogues on sustainable food
system. The tour was taken place under the theme of the Food Forward
Forum.Jian Yi was born in Ji'an, Jiangxi, China.He received a Master's
degree in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre
Dame in 1998, and an MA in International Journalism from Beijing
Broadcasting Institute in 1999. Jian received the Distinguished Alumni
Award from the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies at the
University of Notre Dame in 2015.He is the founder and director of
ARTiSIMPLE Studio, which was founded in January 2005 and has pioneered
the art of collaborative community and citizen projects. In 2005-06,
he partnered with premier documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang to launch
the China Villager Documentary Project. Jian's photos on China's
village governance toured the nation's seven provinces as well as the
headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels and the Seat of
the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
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