Yang Fudong Yang Fudong was born in Beijing, China, in 1971. He is considered one of China's most well-known cinematographer and photographer. He is considered one of the brightest young stars in China and the greatest film writer to come out of China ever. Yang first started training to be a painter in the China Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou. In the early 1990s, he began to work with film. He began creating films and videos using 35 mm film. Currently Yang directs films, creates photographs, and creates video installations. The root of these art works is having the power to move images to show thought and experience. When creating his narrative films, he portrays that anything is possible, including fantasies and dreams. Most of Yang's films are considered poetic because of the style and beauty of the work. Yang creates a strong, powerful film because it plays off the thoughts and experiences of everyday life. Yang is very respectful to the traditions of China, as well as Chinese art. There are different themes surrounding Yang's films, but they all have a purpose, theological or literal. 

January 1st, 1971 in Beijing (Age 54)