Name: Wu Jixian

Gender: Female
Title: Associate Professor
Position: None
Education: PhD candidate, graduated in July 2016 from Communication University of China
Educational Experience:

August 2018 - March 2019: Visiting scholar at Mansfield University, USA

September 2023 - July 2024: Visiting scholar at Tsinghua University
Academic Affiliations:

Sixth Council Member of the Film Anthropology Branch of the Chinese Ethnological Society

Member of Tianjin Women's Association for Scientific and Technological Workers

Expert for the Ministry of Education Thesis Review

Member of the China-Europe Alumni Association
Email: wujixian@tust.edu.cn
Specialization: Art Design
Research Interests: Animation Creation; Film Creation and Theoretical Research

Representative Papers:

"A Preliminary Exploration of American TV Series Plots Since the 1990s" published in Literature and Art(March 2010)

"The Psychological Mirror Space of Black Swan" published in Art and Design (September 2011)

"The Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Traditional Culture in Family Ethics Dramas" published in Contemporary Television (May 2013)

"Interpretation of the Symbolization in the Film White Deer Plain" published in Film Literature (April 2014)

"Research on the Ethical Value Orientation of Family Ethics Dramas" published in Contemporary Television(August 2014)

"Research on the Artistic Aesthetic Generalization of Family Ethics Dramas" published in Contemporary Television (November 2014)

"The Film Gone with the Wind and Its Cinematic Significance" published in Film Literature (February 2015)

"The Film Winter Sleep and Its Cinematic Meaning" published in Film Literature (April 2015)

"The ‘I’ and ‘She’ Perspectives in the Film The Dark Side" published in Film Literature (August 2015)

"Research on the Homogeneity of Plot Settings in Family Ethics Dramas" published in Film Literature(September 2015)

"Research on the Subjectivity of Domestic Female Directors—Taking Independent Documentaries as an Example" published in Film Literature (January 2018)

"The Charm of Jixian" published in Food Industry (April 2021)

"Folk Art and the Integration and Inheritance of Chinese Animated Films" published in Animation Pioneer (April 2021)

"Re-thinking the Innovative Development of Domestic Animated Films" published in Great View (December 2021)

"Research on the Art Design Talent Cultivation Model in the Interdisciplinary Perspective" published in China Light Industry Education (June 2024)

Representative Research Projects:

January 2013 - March 2015: Lead researcher of a provincial-level project "Research on the Value Orientation and Aesthetic Culture of Family Ethics Dramas in the Past Decade"

November 2015 - November 2019: Participant in the provincial-level research project "Research on New Objectivism Documenting Tianjin's Haihe Culture"

November 2018 - Present: Participant in the provincial-level research project "Study of Image Culture Communication of Haihe Cultural Resources"

March 2010 - September 2011: Participant and screenwriter of the animated series project "Tanggu Three Babies"

March 2011 - June 2012: Participant and screenwriter of the animated series project "Bohai Three Babies"

July 2013 - May 2014: Participant in the micro-film project "Smart Youth"

March 2014 - June 2015: Participant in Tianjin Education Commission's key sub-project "Exploration and Research on the Training Model of Excellent Design Talent Studios"

October 2008 - April 2010: Lead researcher of Tianjin University of Science and Technology's research fund project "Preliminary Exploration of American TV Series Plots"

January 2016 - January 2020: Lead researcher of Tianjin University of Science and Technology's Youth Teacher Innovation Fund project "Research on the Subjectivity of Domestic Female Independent Documentary Directors"

June 2023 - December 2023: Lead researcher of Tianjin University of Science and Technology's Social Science Fund project "Research on the Oral History of Tianjin Non-material Cultural Heritage Women in Cross-Cultural Communication Context"

June 2023 - June 2024: Participant in the Tianjin Education Commission's major social science project "Research on the Inheritance and Development of Tianjin Non-material Cultural Heritage in Art Design Practice Education"

June 2021 - December 2023: Participant in the Tianjin Education Science Planning Project "Research on the Cultivation of Innovative Talent in Art and Design Under the New Liberal Arts Background"

Other Achievements:

August 2010: Won the Excellence Award in the 6th Youth Teacher Basic Teaching Skills Competition at Tianjin University of Science and Technology

December 2014: Guided student short film So Close, So Far to win 3rd Prize in the Tianjin TEDA 30th Anniversary Microfilm Contest

March 2015: Screenwriter for the micro-film Give Me a Hug, which won 2nd Place in the National 4th University Students Art Performance Exhibition

July 2015: Awarded the title of Outstanding Teacher, School of Art and Design, Tianjin University of Science and Technology

November 2018: Invited Professor Biggita Hosea from the Royal College of Art, UK, to give a lecture on "Animated Documentaries"

June 2019: Guided student work Drift to win Best Animation Director Award at the School of Art

November 2019: Short documentary Vanishing Village exhibited at Mansfield University Art School, USA

April 2020: Selected for the Tianjin Municipal High-level Innovative Talent Program for Middle-aged and Young Scholars

July 2020: Selected for High-level Service Talent in Binhai New District, Tianjin

September 2021: Guided student animation works The King Way to win Best Animated Short Nominee at the Netherlands New Horizons International Film Festival

October 2021: Guided graduate student Angel’s animation New Life and undergraduate student Yang Yao Xuan’s The Stray Cat to be nominated in the 2021 TEDA Cup

December 2021: Guided graduate student Jin Yifan to win 2nd place in the 15th Tianjin Good Ideas Contest

November 2021: Guided student works Nail Household to win the Animation Short Film Nominee Award at the Beijing Film Academy Animation College

November 2021: Guided student works Warm Hollow to win Bronze Award at Hong Kong Contemporary Design Awards

August 2022: Guided student microfilm Let to win 2nd Prize in the Tianjin District of the 16th China Good Ideas Microfilm Category

December 2022: Guided student work Lark: Online Farm Based on Scanning to win 3rd Prize at the Jin Daiqiang Design Awards

May 2023: Guided student work Qi Zhe to win 3rd place at the 8th Cross-straits New Sharp Design Contest(North China region)

August 2023: Guided students Li Shuhan, Lei Mingzheng, and Li Liqin in the animation LIGHT A FIRE to win first place at the 11th Future Designers Digital Art Design Competition (National and Provincial Level)

October 2023: Awarded High-level Think Tank Achievement

January 2014: 3rd Prize in the 4th Teaching Innovation Competition at Tianjin University of Science and Technology

June 2024: Guided student works Tian Qiong Qi Shi to win 1st Prize in the National 3D Digital Innovation Design Competition (North China Region)

June 2024: Guided student works Zhi Xie Wei Ji to win 1st Prize in the National 3D Digital Innovation Design Competition (North China Region)

August 2024: Guided students Tian Qiong Qi Shi to win 1st Prize in the 12th Future Designers National Digital Art Design Competition (Tianjin District)