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Academic Title
Associate Professor

Administrative Positions

·Deputy Director, Department of Information Art & Design

·Academic Director, Office of International Cooperation and Exchange

Professional Affiliations

·March 2014: Jury Member, Short Film Competition, Holland Animation Film Festival

·June 2014: Jury Member, Short Film Competition, Zagreb International Animation Festival

·October 2017: Jury Member, Short Film Competition, Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan, China

·September 2018: Jury Member, Feature Film Competition, Ottawa International Animation Festival

·2018–Present: Jury Member, Animated Short and Feature Films Category, Academy Awards (Oscars)

·July 2022: Jury Member, Ultra-Short Film Competition, FIRST International Film Festival (Xining)

Research Focus
Exploration and Practice of Animation Art

Academic Philosophy
Lei Lei’s artistic practice revolves around the collection and organization of everyday images. He employs handcrafted collage techniques to create animated visuals, producing films infused with Eastern cultural charm.

Academic Achievements
Since 2009, Lei Lei has consistently engaged in animation creation, completing over 10 short films and two feature films. His creative endeavors also span public space installations, photography, and multimedia design for theatrical stages.

·2014: Recipient of the Cai Guo-Qiang Scholarship, Asian Cultural Council.

·2016: Selected as a young director for the Locarno Summer Academy, Locarno International Film Festival.

·2018–Present: Jury Member, Animated Short and Feature Films Category, Academy Awards (Oscars).

·2019: Feature Film Animal Dialects selected for the Forum section of the Berlin International Film Festival. The film was subsequently screened at the Singapore International Film Festival, Jeonju International Film Festival (South Korea), and FIRST International Film Festival (Xining, China).

·2020: Park Diaries nominated for the Golden Tiger at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film was also showcased at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (South Korea) and the Montreal International Documentary Festival.

·2022: Feature Film The Second and the Third Mother nominated for the Golden Tiger at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, selected for the Bergman Competition at Gothenburg International Film Festival, and featured in the Feature Documentary section at Visions du Réel (Switzerland), among over 30 film festivals globally.

·2023: New Film The River That Runs Through Us selected for the Forum section of the Berlin International Film Festival.

Awards and Honors
Over the past 10 years, Lei Lei has received 14 international awards for short films and 2 for feature films. Some notable accolades include:

·2010: This Is Love – Best Narrative Short Film, Ottawa International Animation Festival.

·2013: Photo Recycling – Best Experimental Short Film, Holland Animation Film Festival; Jury Special Mention, Cyprus International Films & Animation Festival.

·2014: Photo Recycling – Jury Special Mention, Ars Electronica (Austria); Jury Special Mention, 4th Russian Stop-Motion Animation Festival.

·2015: Three Out of Four – Satoshi Kon Award for Best Animated Short, Fantasia International Film Festival; Silver Dove Prize, Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film.

·2016: Three Out of Four – Best Animation, Flatpack Film Festival (UK); Best Animation, Black Sea Film Festival.

·2017: Project in Development – Hubert Bals Fund Script and Project Development Grant, International Film Festival Rotterdam.

·2018: I Don’t Like the Comics You Draw – Best Music Animation, Anifilm International Animation Festival (Czech Republic).

·2018: Weekend (Photography) – Discovery Award, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival.

·2019: Weekend – Jury Special Mention, Vevey International Photography Festival.

·2019: Animal Dialects – Best Medium-Length Documentary, Tehran International Documentary Film Festival.

Teaching Responsibilities

·Undergraduate Courses： Animation Pre-Production Creativity, Audiovisual Language.

·Graduate Courses： Animation Creation.

·Other： Mentored undergraduate and graduate students in their final projects.