Chenglin Xie
- Director
- Animation Department
- Writer
Chenglin Xie is a Student Academy Award Gold Medal winning, Academy Award shortlisted, Annie Award nominated, Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize twice nominated (2016, 2021) director. He received his bachelor fine arts degree in China Central Academy of Fine Arts, and received his master fine arts degree in University of Southern California, School of CInematic Arts. Chenglin lives and works in Los Angeles as creator and director, represented by The Gotham Group.
Chenglin's first animated short film, Life Smartphone (2015), went viral on the global Internet and exceeded 300,000,000 views on the Chinese internet by 2017. And it is still widely reposted and shared. Life Smartphone won Gold Medal winner of 44th Student Academy Awards®, shortlisted for Best Animated Shorts of 90th Academy Awards®, nominated for 2016 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize and 43rd Annie Award. The other 23 Winnings including the China Golden Award of 17th TBS DigiCon6, Best Extreme Short Film of 7th Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, Best Story Award and Best Creative Award of 15th Beijing Film Academy Animation Academy Award, Gold Prize of Best Students Animation of 8th Xiamen International Animation (It is one of the most important animation competition in China with the highest prize money, 386,000 US Dollars/ 2,700,000 Chinese Yuan, shared by 27 Winners in 2015), etc.Life Smartphone has been screened at more than 80 film festivals, including 2016 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, 59th San Francisco International Film Festival, 25th Florida Film Festival, etc. It was also invited by national exhibitions including First National Animation Art Exhibition in Guangdong, which was sponsored by the China Artists Association, and the Guangzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles; "Chinese Animation in Japan - from Ink Painting" Exhibition, which was designed to promote the exchange of animation culture between China and Japan; and was organized by the State Council Information Office, the State Administration of Radio and Television, and the Chinese Embassy in Japan. Only the best animated works were chosen to represent China at the event, which was the first time that Chinese animation was exhibited in Japan on a large scale. Through only 130 works, it comprehensively displayed the achievements of Chinese animation artists since the founding of New China 70 years ago. With Life Smartphone, Chenglin was selected as the Top 5 of the "Top 30 Short Film Directors In China of the Year 2015" list.
Chenglin's newest animation, Meal On The Plate, premiered at 2022 Sundance Film Festival - and was nominated for Short Film Grand Jury Prize.It won Best Animated/Experimental Short Film Jury Award at 2022 First International Festival, and Special Jury Award at 2022 Los Angeles Animation Festival. Meal On The Plate was officially selected by 25 international film/animation festivals by 2022. Among all selections, 12 selections are from Academy Award Qualifying festivals, which include: 2022 Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2022 LA Shorts International Film Festival, 2022 Bucheon Int'l Animation Festival, 2022 Guanajuato International Film Festival, 2022 Calgary International Film Festival, 2022 PÖFF Shorts(Black Nights Film Festival), etc. The film was also invited and screened at BMW Experience Shanghai in 2022.
In addition, Chenglin is experienced in the Chinese and Hollywood industry, including directing, writing, and story. He worked with different studios for both animated features and series. From 2021, Chenglin joined Netflix Animation as Story Artist for animated feature film. Along with The Gotham Group, Chenglin is actively developing and pitching his original animated feature film and animated series.
Chenglin's first animated short film, Life Smartphone (2015), went viral on the global Internet and exceeded 300,000,000 views on the Chinese internet by 2017. And it is still widely reposted and shared. Life Smartphone won Gold Medal winner of 44th Student Academy Awards®, shortlisted for Best Animated Shorts of 90th Academy Awards®, nominated for 2016 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize and 43rd Annie Award. The other 23 Winnings including the China Golden Award of 17th TBS DigiCon6, Best Extreme Short Film of 7th Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, Best Story Award and Best Creative Award of 15th Beijing Film Academy Animation Academy Award, Gold Prize of Best Students Animation of 8th Xiamen International Animation (It is one of the most important animation competition in China with the highest prize money, 386,000 US Dollars/ 2,700,000 Chinese Yuan, shared by 27 Winners in 2015), etc.Life Smartphone has been screened at more than 80 film festivals, including 2016 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, 59th San Francisco International Film Festival, 25th Florida Film Festival, etc. It was also invited by national exhibitions including First National Animation Art Exhibition in Guangdong, which was sponsored by the China Artists Association, and the Guangzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles; "Chinese Animation in Japan - from Ink Painting" Exhibition, which was designed to promote the exchange of animation culture between China and Japan; and was organized by the State Council Information Office, the State Administration of Radio and Television, and the Chinese Embassy in Japan. Only the best animated works were chosen to represent China at the event, which was the first time that Chinese animation was exhibited in Japan on a large scale. Through only 130 works, it comprehensively displayed the achievements of Chinese animation artists since the founding of New China 70 years ago. With Life Smartphone, Chenglin was selected as the Top 5 of the "Top 30 Short Film Directors In China of the Year 2015" list.
Chenglin's newest animation, Meal On The Plate, premiered at 2022 Sundance Film Festival - and was nominated for Short Film Grand Jury Prize.It won Best Animated/Experimental Short Film Jury Award at 2022 First International Festival, and Special Jury Award at 2022 Los Angeles Animation Festival. Meal On The Plate was officially selected by 25 international film/animation festivals by 2022. Among all selections, 12 selections are from Academy Award Qualifying festivals, which include: 2022 Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2022 LA Shorts International Film Festival, 2022 Bucheon Int'l Animation Festival, 2022 Guanajuato International Film Festival, 2022 Calgary International Film Festival, 2022 PÖFF Shorts(Black Nights Film Festival), etc. The film was also invited and screened at BMW Experience Shanghai in 2022.
In addition, Chenglin is experienced in the Chinese and Hollywood industry, including directing, writing, and story. He worked with different studios for both animated features and series. From 2021, Chenglin joined Netflix Animation as Story Artist for animated feature film. Along with The Gotham Group, Chenglin is actively developing and pitching his original animated feature film and animated series.