Sam Shen

Well known director, producer, and writer from China. Member of China Film Association and China Film Director's Guild. 2015 became the overseas member of council of Chinese Culture Promotion Society. Recently, Sam has been focusing on working with local filmmakers and producers in North America. Known for Man Jiang Hong: The Death of Yue Fei (1992), Jiao Xia Tian Tang (2003), The Crossing (2013), and Decadence Vested In Loyalty (2016). He was also a senior producer and a co-director of I Dreamed a Dream (2021). Shen started his career by directing the first actual (sound) recording TV show in China, Bing Shui Keng Ren Jia (1986). He went on and brought Jia Gan,1988 (1989) on screen with an originality approach which won him a China TV Golden Eagle Award for excellent TV Show in 1989. Shen has directed over twenty films and TV shows in China up to this day. He has always been able to bring groundbreaking and state of the art aesthetic audiovisual experience to the audience. Shen is an expert in making film and television with major historical elements. He is obsessed with showing the emotional journey of the characters in his stories and the ups and downs the characters have to encounter. Shen's ability to precisely handle colors, audio, and visuals formed a unique and intense artistic style of filmmaking. With the rapid growth of the Chinese film industry, Shen became a propellant by bringing local Chinese film and televisions global. He worked on communicating effectively with outstanding international production teams in order to utilize western filmmaking theories and producing experiences on local Chinese films. These backgrounds and experiences made Shen more willing to apply cutting-edge techniques and creative concepts. For example, using a lot of special visual effects solutions to portray film and television.