Born in Beijing in 1942, Xie Fei was a member of the Fourth Generation of Chinese directors, who began work in the 1980s after the Cultural Revolution. Black Snow (1989) was a portrait of a young ex-convict in Beijing, with Jiang Wen. Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (Xiang hun nü, 1993), a story of two generations of women in a village in Hubei who make sesame oil, shared the Golden Bear in Berlin. He taught at the Beijing Film Academy and was a mentor to many Chinese directors.
Filmography
- Black Snow (1989)
- Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (1993)