Double majored in film studies and management at University of Sydney, Yiwen joined Les Petites Lumieres, a French-Chinese production company, in 2009, where she worked on the research and development of several feature films, including CROSSCURRENT by Yang Chao, winner of Best Cinematography at 2016 Berlin International Film Festival, and UFO IN HER EYES (TIFF 2011). Later on she worked as an editor at the LA and Shanghai-based multi-disciplinary content creation studio Must Films. She became an Independent producer in 2014. Collaborating with Chinese and international crew, she produced short films, documentaries, web series and TV commercials, whose budget ranges from zero to 4 million RMB. She recently co-produced short film GU, and LILY’S PAIN STORE (in post-production). In 2017, she founded film company First Light, with the aim of broadening the spectrum of Chinese cinema.
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