Chi Po-lin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chi.

Not to be confused with Chipolin.

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]

Chi Po-lin
Chi in 2015
Born	(1964-12-27)December 27, 1964 Taipei, Taiwan
Died	June 10, 2017(2017-06-10) (aged 52) Fengbin, Hualien, Taiwan
Alma mater	Lunghwa University of Science and Technology
Occupation(s)	Documentary director, photographer, cinematographer
Years active	1997–2017
Children	2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	齊柏林[a]
Simplified Chinese	齐柏林
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qí Bólín Wade–Giles Chi2 Po2-lin2
Musical career
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] Asteroid 281068 Chipolin, discovered by Taiwanese astronomers Hung-Chin Lin and Ye Quan-Zhi in 2006, was named in his memory.^[7] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 4 November 2017 (M.P.C. 107122).^[8] In March 2018, Chunghwa Post announced that still images from the sequel to Beyond Beauty would be released as stamp designs.^[9] In April 2019, the Chi Po-lin Space dedicated to Chi opened in Tamsui.^[10]

Chi was married and had a son and a daughter.^[11]

Filmography

Year	English title	Mandarin title	Role	Notes
2012	Taiwan from the Air	鳥目台灣	Director, cinematographer	Short film[12][13]
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[14]
2019	Beyond Beauty II	看見台灣II	Director, cinematographer	Sequel to Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above[15][16][17]

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
2003	Keep Walking Fund Project	Grand Prize[18]	—	Won
2012	Xue Xue Awards	Special Contribution Award[19]	—	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	—	Honored
2014	Lunghwa University of Science and Technology	Outstanding Alumni Award	—	Honored

See also

• Taiwanese art

Notes

1. His name literally means "zeppelin". However, his father had no knowledge about the airship when he gave him the name and this was just a result of coincidence.^[1]