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Nan Hu

Assistant Professor

Personal profile

Personal profile

Emma Nan Hu is a Lecturer of Practice at the Department of Media and Communication. Before joining XJTLU, she had been working as a self-shooting producer/director and editor in the UK and China providing short form documentaries and video contents for both artistic and corporate projects since 2011. Besides offering production services for clients, she has been staying creative in the independent film world by undertaking various jobs in films and web series of different genres and scales. She also has experience in ethnography and journalism and is currently expanding her knowledge into new areas such as podcasting, AR production, VR production, interactive films and virtual production. She is excited to be given the opportunity to pass on her industry knowledge and technical skills to the next generation of media practitioners.

Research interests

Video production

Cross-cultural storytelling

International co-production

Global audience

Experience

Lecturer of Practice, XJTLU, 2023 - Present

Freelance Ethnographer, Ipsos MORI, 2019 - Present

Freelance Translator (English/Chinese), 2016 - Present

Self-Shooting Producer/Director + Editor, 2011 - Present

Freelance Video Journalist, Hunan TV, 2012 - 2013

Education/Academic qualification

BA in Society, Culture & Media, University of East Anglia, UK, 2007 – 2010

MA in Filmmaking, University of Essex, UK, 2010 – 2012

Diploma in Translation (Postgraduate-level), Chartered Institute of Linguists, UK, 2020

Advanced Self-Shooting, National Film and Television School, UK, 2022

Person Types

  • Staff