Ian Chen

Filmmaker and Editor

Taipei, Taiwan

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About Ian

My passion for cinema started in my early twenties when I was working part-time at Warner Village Cinema where I watched every film the company screened between 2001 and 2003. In 2008, I graduated from Taiwan’s top filmmaking programme at Shih Hsin University with a BA degree in Cinema Production. Over the two years, I worked on shooting and editing corporate work, event content, short documentaries, and music videos.

In 2010, I joined the Academy Award-winning special effects team of Life of Pi as Production Assistant, under the supervision of Tom Fisher, Don Elliot, and Andrew Miller. I organised local Taiwanese services to fulfil SPFX's construction and shooting requirements. I also had the responsibility to accurately translate the onset supervisor’s instructions to the local technicians and outsourced service providers.

In 2012, I returned to the editing bay as Series Editor of the TV romance drama ‘I Love You’ broadcast on Formosa TV Network. Through my editing of the first four episodes, the show achieved higher ratings than almost any other program airing in that time slot. In the spring of 2014, I began studying at London Film School and graduated with MA in Filmmaking degree in 2017.

In December 2017, I began working with NGOs as I led the Association of Taiwan Journalists (ATJ) as the Secretary-General. Through my leadership, the Union forged a formal partner relationship with Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The ATJ later hosted an executive-level meeting for the world’s largest journalists’ organisation — the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) — and had the foreign ministry arrange a meeting between the Federation officials and President Tsai Ing-wen. I also worked closely with RSF on its initiative Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) in the EU standard body CEN. In 2019, I was elected to the 15 IFJ Advisors by the global congress in Tunisia.

I currently work as a freelance editor in film and television. I am seeking my next filmmaking opportunity. Please let me know how I can collaborate and support you with your film or television project. Feel free to connect with me at ichen.film@.

Gender:
Male

Ethnicity:
Asian

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Credits

Subject 23 (2015)
Film (Short and Sci-Fi) Cinematographer Molly, a pathologist doctor, discovers that the body she just received for examination is an android.
Zaire (2015)
Film (Short, Drama and Sci-Fi) Visual effects Zaire is one of two scientists stationed on Eos - a lone, inhospitable planet in deep space - charged with the goal of kickstarting an ecosystem. As their isolated and claustrophobic day-to-day existence begins to take its toll, Zaire searches to find the hope needed to keep their mission going. Written by Joshua Benson
Life of Pi (2012)
Film (Adventure, Drama and Fantasy) Special effects In Canada, a writer visits the Indian storyteller Pi Patel and asks him to tell his life story. Pi tells the story of his childhood in Pondicherry, India, and the origin of his nickname. One day, his father, a zoo owner, explains that the municipality is no longer supporting the zoo and he has hence decided to move to Canada, where the animals the family owns would also be sold. They board on a Japanese cargo ship with the animals and out of the blue, there is a storm, followed by a shipwrecking. Pi survives in a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a male Bengal tiger nicknamed Richard Parker. They are adrift in the Pacific Ocean, with aggressive hyena and Richard Parker getting hungry. Pi needs to find a way to survive. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Education

The London Film School
(2014)