James T. Hong
Hong is a Taiwanese-American filmmaker and artist whose works tend to focus on philosophical topics and figures, controversial race and class issues, and historical conflicts in Asia.
James T. Hong
- Born
- 1970 · Minnesota.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- film director · cinematographer · film screenwriter · film editor · film producer
- Fields
- documentary film · experimental film
- Languages
- English
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His films and videos include Behold the Asian: How One Becomes What One Is, Condor: A Film from California, The Form of the Good, Taipei 101: A Travelogue of Symptoms, The Spear of Destiny, Suprematist Kapital, and The Denazification of MH about Martin Heidegger, which is analyzed in the journal Film-Philosophy. Hong produced the award-winning documentary 731: Two Versions of Hell about Japan's Unit 731 in 2007, which was followed by Lessons of the Blood in 2010. His 2012 film The Turner Film Diaries is based on the infamous, racist American novel, The Turner Diaries. He has written for e-flux journal and has been featured in various contemporary art biennials. In 2016 he released the documentary Terra Nullius or: How to Be a Nationalist, which focuses on disputed territory in the East China Sea.
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James T. Hong (born 1970) is recorded as a film director. The birth of James T. Hong is recorded in 1970.
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- 1.影片總覽 Dead link. August 2025.
- 2.Film-Philosophy.
- 3.Academic Video Online.
- 4.Lessons of the Blood. IMDb. 14 March 2010.
- 5.Niet gevonden | IDFA.
- 6.From Guilt to Sickness, Part I: Looking for Plague in All the Right Places - Journal #42 February 2013 - e-flux.
- 7.James T. Hong talks about his work in the Taipei Biennial.
- 8.Terra Nullius or: How to be a Nationalist.
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