Dannis Jiang

Dannis Jiang

Narrative animation, independent art film, documentary, and digital imagery. I work between folklore, feminist storytelling, and internet culture — shorts that go live on Red Note, and films for the gallery and the festival circuit.

Creations List

Selected Work

2020—2026

The Forged Butterfly
Fate Sealed
Bamboo in Chinese Culture
Once Upon a Time in Tomorrow

Early Work

2016—2020

About

About

I trained at the China Academy of Art and work as a director of moving images: writing, boarding, generating, and finishing films myself.

The account Fate Sealed follows a female Daoist priest through other women’s lives. Other works include The Forged Butterfly, Cloud and Flowers, and documentary portraits of rural return.

Work and Achievements

Work and Achievements

2017, Planning team member, 90th Anniversary Exhibition of China Academy of Art
2018, Trainee, 2nd AME Moving-Image Workshop
2019, Shortlisted, Alibaba Group Zhejiang–Alibaba Pole-Seeker Program
2020, Shortlisted, Rome Prisma Film Awards, Experimental Film section, Rome Independent Film Festival
2020, Shortlisted, Lift-Off Global Network, Lift-Off First Filmmaker
2020, Excellence Award, Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum 1839 Photography Awards
2020, Gold Award, Lin Fengmian Graduation Work, China Academy of Art
2021, Shortlisted, Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan Film, Television and Popular Music Industry — assistant director and planner, MV Night Wanderer
2021, Invited as collaborating artist-director; made the opening moving-image work Pingyin Rose for the Shandong Pingyin Art Museum
2023, Quarterly Audience Choice Award, Lift-Off Global Network Lift-Off
2023, Outstanding Graduate of the Academy, China Academy of Art
2023, Provincial Outstanding Graduate, China Academy of Art
2023, Silver Award, Outstanding Graduation Work, China Academy of Art
2024, Director, China Academy of Art Chinese Rhyme thesis film
2024, Assistant Researcher, School of Transmedia Art, China Academy of Art

Research Projects Involved (as coordinator)

Research Projects Involved (as coordinator)

Landscape: A Dictionary of Tang Poetry, national-level art research project

Landscape: Fuchun Mountain as Method, national-level art research project

Landscape: Southeast, national-level art research project

Landscape: Lingnan, national-level art research project

Professional Skills

Professional Skills

1.Digital and photochemical cinematography

2.Post-production (picture editing, color grading, digital finishing, visual effects, compositing, HDR, Dolby Vision digital mastering)

3.Virtual-production cinematography and directing

4.3D filmmaking in Blender (modeling, sculpting, texturing, rendering, lighting)

5.Recording and mixing in Pro Tools (production sound, sound design, digital audio fundamentals, sound engineering, Dolby Atmos)

6.Overall producing and planning for drama / directing projects

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

2016, Zhejiang Five Waters Joint Governance Art Exhibition, participant, Art Museum of China Academy of Art
2017, “The First Barrel of Gold” Yiwu Research Field Trip, curator, Art Museum of China Academy of Art
2017, 90th Anniversary Exhibition of China Academy of Art, participant, Art Museum of China Academy of Art
2020, China Academy of Art Graduation Exhibition, participant, Art Museum of China Academy of Art
2021, 6th Transmedia Art Festival — Insect Cave Chronicle unit, participant, Hanling, Ningbo
2021, Pingyin Rose, themed exhibition, collaborating artist, Pingyin Museum
2021, From Neo-Classicism to the Contemporary — Phoenix Center Young Artists Salon, participant, Phoenix Art Center
2022, The Road of Tang Poetry Never Ends in Qingshan, exhibition participant, Zhejiang Exhibition Hall
2022, Epic of the Earth, exhibition participant, Zhejiang Art Museum
2022, What Is a Boundary, themed exhibition, participant
2022, Suddenly I Find Myself Already in the Poem, Tang Poetry Road Art Exhibition, participant, Dasixiang Characteristic Art and Culture Street
2023, China Academy of Art Graduation Exhibition, participant, Xianghu World Tourism Expo Hall
2023, Young Friends Coming Over, moving-image exhibition, participant, Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum
2023, Huan Kou Graduation Season Iterative Generation — Life, Virtuality, Potential, participant, Fushi, Chengdu
2023, LIFT-OFF Online screening, online film festival
2023, 7th Transmedia Art Festival — Dada Fun Proposal, participant, Shanghai Zhangjiang Hall
2025, Landscape Action: New Media Moving-Image Installation Art Exhibition, participant, China Academy of Art