Hu Jie (胡杰; born 1958) is a Chinese filmmaker and artist known for the films Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul (2004), Though I Am Gone (2007), and Spark (2013), which constitute a "trilogy of documentaries about Maoist China".
He then found work with the Xinhua News Agency prior to his debut as a director.
In addition to his work in film, Hu is an accomplished artist of woodblock prints, recently producing a series of pieces depicting scenes from the Great Famine which was intended to be exhibited in Tianjin in 2014 before being deemed too controversial, leading to the showcase's cancellation.
[4] Hu Jie was born in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province in 1958.
From 1989 to 1991, he attended the People’s Liberation Army Arts College[5] to study oil painting, and then he became a captain of the air force.