Draft:Hai
{{Short description|Chinese writer and producer}}
{{Draft topics|biography|east-asia}}
{{AfC topic|blp}}
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Honghai Li, also known as Hai, is the author of the TimeDoc MOOK series and the founder and producer of TimeDoc Documentary Film Production Co., Ltd. He is a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and an alumnus of Harvard Business School's OPM program.
He has summited Mount Everest twice and holds two China Records. He served as the assistant director of the acclaimed TV series The Grand Mansion Gate. As an investor and producer, his film and documentaries have received more than ten domestic and international awards, including the Telly Awards (USA),{{Cite web |title=An Exchange on China - 2024 Silver Winner |url=https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2024/television/series-documentary/an-exchange-on-china/315537/ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Telly Awards |language=en-US}} the Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan), and the China International New Media Short Film Award.{{Cite web |last=CSFF |title=金鹏荣耀，湾区绽放 {{!}} 中国短片节联手B站 "湾区科幻夜"典礼精彩呈现 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/HtpBML4CIBtV8tpiNXePWQ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Weixin Official Accounts Platform}}
Hong Hai is also the inventor of several patented video processing technologies. He is the author of over ten books, including the TimeDoc MOOK series, Chinese at Harvard,{{Cite book |title=哈佛中国人 |isbn=9787508093574}} and Immigrants and the Sea.{{Cite book |title=移民与海札记 |isbn=978-7-5063-4302-2}} He is also the co-founder of the China Foundation for Rural Development, a lifetime member of the Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology, and an executive director of the Committee 2005.
Accolades
- 2024: An Exchange on China Discovery Channel Documentary Series - Silver Award for Documentary at 45th Annual Telly Awards(Executive Producer)
- 2023: Wonderful Xi'an - 3rd Prize at Chinese Promo Film Competition (Producer)
- 2022: Everyone is Great - Best Documentary Short Film at the 12th China International New Media Short Film Festival (Producer)
- 2020: Nantou Ancient City - Official selected at the 11th China International New Media Short Film Festival (Producer)
- 2016: The Earthquake - Gold Remi Award at the Houston International Film Festival (Producer)
- 2015: The Chinese Mayor - Best Documentary Award at the Golden Horse Awards and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival (Executive Producer)
- 2014: The Rookies' Dream - Golden Peng Award at the China International New Media Short Film Festival{{Cite web |title=万科精神——郁亮《菜鸟达人梦》震撼上映 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/vSSnfru-Zjhq7oA_0T9BdQ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Weixin Official Accounts Platform}} (Producer & Cinematographer)
- 2013: DNA Dreams - Official selected at the New Zealand International Film Festival{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.nziff.co.nz/2014/archive/dna-dreams/ |title=Whānau Mārama: DNA Dreams |language=en-GB |access-date=2025-06-19 |via=www.nziff.co.nz}} (Co-Producer & Cinematographer)
- 2011: Memories of Blue Mountain - Best Short Documentary at Changchun Film Festival{{Cite web |title=来自深圳的他，用"纸上纪录片"记录下2020年逆光奔跑的身影 |url=https://appimg.allcitysz.com/template/displayTemplatev1/dist/index.html#/newsDetail/639258/122?isShare=true |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=appimg.allcitysz.com}} (Producer)
- 2010: Mount Shishapangma - 10th Anniversary Grand Prize by China's National Radio and Television Administration "Documenting China" program (Producer & Cinematographer)
- 2009: Days Above the Clouds - Official selected at the China Film & TV Anthropology Annual Showcase (Producer & Cinematographer)
- 2008: Immigrants and the Sea - Annual Arts & Culture Award from Southern Media Group's "Life Awards" (Director & Producer)
- 2007: Shenzhen Memory - Best Documentary of the Year of Shenzhen Broadcasting Group (Director & Producer)
- 2006: Sea Shenzhen - Best Documentary of the Year of Shenzhen Broadcasting Group (Director & Producer)
- 2000: The Grand Mansion Gate - CCTV's No.1 rated TV program of the year (Assistant Director)
- 1999: Forever Lop Nur - Official selected at the 10th China International Advertising Festival (Director)
Productions
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Category !Title |
| 2024
|Documentary Series |An Exchange on China |
| 2023
|Commercial |Wonderful Xi'an |
| 2022
|Documentary |Everyone's Great |
| 2020
|Commercial Doc Short |Nantou Ancient City |
| 2019
|Commercial Doc Short |Forward |
| 2016
|Documentary Film |The Earthquake |
| 2015
|Documentary Film |The Chinese Mayor |
| 2013
|Everest Documentary |The Rookies' Dream |
| 2013
|Documentary Film |DNA Dreams |
| 2011
|Commercial Doc Short |Memories of Blue Mountain |
| 2010
|Documentary |Mount Shishapangma |
| 2010
|Everest Documentary |Furthering 8848 |
| 2009
|Documentary |Days Above the Clouds |
| 2008
|Documentary Series |Immigrants and the Sea |
| 2007
|Documentary Series |Shenzhen Memory |
| 2006
|Documentary Series |Sea Shenzhen |
| 2000
|TV Drama Series |The Grand Mansion Gate |
| 1999
|Documentary |Forever Lop Nur |
Publications
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Publisher |
| 2025
|TimeDoc · Vol. 4{{Cite book |title=时代纪录·4 |isbn=9787100248310}} |The Commercial Press |
| 2023
|TimeDoc · Vol. 3{{Cite book |title=时代纪录·3 |isbn=978-7-5473-2289-5}} |Orient Publishing Center |
| 2022
|TimeDoc · Vol. 2{{Cite book |title=时代纪录·2 |isbn=9787543233751}} |Gezhi Publishing House |
| 2021
|TimeDoc · 2020: Against the Light{{Cite book |title=时代纪录（2020·逆光） |isbn=9787521726626}} |CITIC Press Group |
| 2018
|Huaxia Publishing House |
| 2016
|The Story of Chu Shijian{{Cite book |title=褚时健说 |isbn=9787510459047}} |New World Press |
| 2012
|Wang Shi Said: Success Is When I'm No Longer Needed{{Cite book |title=王石说：我的成功是别人不再需要我 |isbn=9787308105972}} |Zhejiang University Press |
| 2012
|Wang Shi Said: The Choices That Shaped My Life{{Cite book |title=王石说：影响我人生的进与退 |isbn=9787308102360}} |Zhejiang University Press |
| 2008
|Writers Publishing House |
| 2006
|Shenzhen Memory{{Cite book |title=深圳记忆 |isbn=9787806978863}} |Haitan Publishing House |
| 2005
|Sea Shenzhen{{Cite book |title=滨海深圳 |isbn=7-80697-713-9}} |Haitan Publishing House |
Photography
= Business =
File:第3535-230624 图：2023年5月8日，99岁的著名投资家查理·芒格先生-02，在洛杉矶家中。-时代纪录·人物 已修图原图 (2).jpg|Charlie Munger, LA, 2023
File:Wang Shi, founder of China Vanke.jpg|Wang Shi, The Corpus Clock in Cambridge, 2014
File:Wang Chuanfu, Shenzhen, 2022.webp|Wang Chuanfu, Shenzhen, 2022
File:Wang Jian, Everest Base Camp, 2024.jpg|Wang Jian, Everest Base Camp, 2024
File:Yu Liang, Shenzhen, 2017.webp|Yu Liang, Shenzhen, 2017
File:Chu Shijian, Yunnan, 2016.webp|Chu Shijian, Yunnan, 2016
File:Xu Xiaoping, King's College, 2017.webp|Xu Xiaoping, King's College, 2017]
File:Mao Daqing, Harvard Business School, 2015.webp|Mao Daqing, Harvard Business School, 2015
File:Yu Minhong, Harvard University, 2014.webp|Yu Minhong, Harvard University, 2014
= Humanities =
File:Ezra F. Vogel, Boston, 2019.webp|Ezra F. Vogel, Boston, 2019
File:Zheng Yongnian, Shenzhen, 2022.webp|Zheng Yongnian, Shenzhen, 2022
File:Yang Lan, Paris, 2024.jpg|Yang Lan, Paris, 2024
File:Wu Xiaobo, Wuxi, 2024.webp|Wu Xiaobo, Wuxi, 2024
= Art =
File:Mo Yan, Boston, 2014.webp|Mo Yan, Boston, 2014
File:Xu Bing.webp|Xu Bing, Shanghai, 2022
File:Zhang Xiaogang, Beijing, 2025.jpg|Zhang Xiaogang, Beijing, 2025
File:Sui Jianguo.jpg|Sui Jianguo, Qingdao, 2025
File:Yu Hua, Boston, 2016.webp|Yu Hua, Boston, 2016
File:Xiao Quan, Beijing, 2019.webp|Xiao Quan, Beijing, 2019
= Science =
File:Han Bicheng, Harvard University, 2016.webp|Han Bicheng, Harvard University, 2016
File:Zhang Hui, Silicon Valley, 2023.jpg|Zhang Hui, Silicon Valley, 2023
File:Liu Cheng, UC Berkeley, 2023.jpg|Liu Cheng, UC Berkeley, 2023
References
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