Chi Po-lin
Taiwanese documentary filmmaker, photographer and environmentalist (1964–2017)
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Chi Po-lin (27 December 1964 – 10 June 2017) was a Taiwanese documentary filmmaker, photographer and environmentalist, best known for his 2013 film Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above, which won Best Documentary at the 2013 Golden Horse Awards.[2]
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Chi in 2015 | |||||||||
| Born | December 27, 1964 Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||
| Died | June 10, 2017 (aged 52) Fengbin, Hualien, Taiwan | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Lunghwa University of Science and Technology | ||||||||
| Occupations | Documentary director, photographer, cinematographer | ||||||||
| Years active | 1997–2017 | ||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 齊柏林[a] | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 齐柏林 | ||||||||
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| Also known as | Po-lin Chi | ||||||||
On 10 June 2017, Chi along with his assistant Chen Kuan-chi and pilot Chang Chi-kuang died in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area in Hualien County's Fengbin Township. The group was shooting footage for the sequel to Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above, which was scheduled for release in 2019.[3][4][5] A memorial service was held in Taipei on 14 July 2017.[6]
Personal life
Chi was married and had a son and a daughter.[7]
Filmography
| Year | English title | Mandarin title | Role | Notes |
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| 2012 | Taiwan from the Air | 鳥目台灣 | Director, cinematographer | Short film[8][9] |
| 2013 | Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above | 看見台灣 | Director, cinematographer | |
| 2014 | Taichung - The Heart Of Taiwan | 台中心動 | Director, cinematographer | Short film[10] |
| 2019 | Beyond Beauty II | 看見台灣II | Director, cinematographer | Sequel to Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above[11][12][13] |
Published works
- Chi, Po-lin, Yeh, Huan-hui (1997). Images of the Northern Taiwan Second Freeway : Capturing the Feeling of Nature and the Earth. Taipei: MOTC. ISBN 9570201266.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Chi, Po-lin (2001). Tai wan fei lan. Taipei: Choice Development, Inc. (zh:秋雨文化 pinyin: Qiū yǔ wén huà). ISBN 986-7680-06-5.
- Chi, Po-lin (2004). Our Land Our Story. Taipei: Choice Development, Inc. ISBN 986-7680-68-5.
- Chi, Po-lin (2012). Cong kong zhong kan tai wan : qi bo lin kong zhong she ying ji. Taipei: Owl Publishing House. ISBN 978-986-262-110-3.
- Chi, Po-lin (2013). Wo di xin, wo di yan, kan jian tai wan: qi bo lin kong pai 20 nian di jian chi yu shen qing. Taipei: Booklife. ISBN 9789861334691.
- Chi, Po-lin (2015). Beyond Beauty : Taiwan from Above. Taipei: Above Taiwan. ISBN 978-986-92467-0-5.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 2003 | Keep Walking Fund Project | Grand Prize[14] | N/a | Won |
| 2012 | Xue Xue Awards | Special Contribution Award[15] | N/a | Won |
| 2013 | 50th Golden Horse Awards | Best Documentary | Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above | Won |
| 2014 | Dunxu High School of Industry and Commerce | Outstanding Alumni Award | N/a | Honored |
| 2014 | Lunghwa University of Science and Technology | Outstanding Alumni Award | N/a | Honored |
Legacy
Asteroid 281068 Chipolin, discovered by Taiwanese astronomers Hung-Chin Lin and Ye Quan-Zhi in 2006, was named in his memory.[16] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 4 November 2017 (M.P.C. 107122).[17]
In March 2018, Chunghwa Post announced that still images from the sequel to Beyond Beauty would be released as stamp designs.[18]
In August 2018, a species of true crab described from specimens collected in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, was named Neorhynchoplax chipolini in memory of Chi for his "immense contribution to environmental protection in Taiwan".[19]
In April 2019, the Chi Po-lin Space dedicated to Chi opened in Tamsui.[20]
In 2025, the first satellite in the earth observation constellation Formosat-8 was named after him.[21]
