President, Shanghai Fantasia Animation Company (Shanghai)

Mr Zhang is President and General Artistic Supervisor of Shanghai Fantasia Animation Company.

With an illustrious career spanning twenty five years, more than a dozen major film and television productions, and the animation industries of China and France, Mr Zhang is one of China’s most highly acclaimed Animation directors.

Mr Zhang’s award winning work includes:

Martin Morning (Vice Director) which received the China Cartoon Gold Frog Award; the Excellence Prize of the 22nd China Gold Eagle Award; the Excellent Coproduction Prize of the 7th National TV Programs Award; the 2005 Achievement Award of China Cartoon Association; and 2005 Best Animation Works of Luchon TV Festival of France.

Shaolin Wuzang (Director) which was awarded the 2004 CCIF Best Trailer Prize at the Red Stick International Animation Festival USA; the Best TV Series and Best Director Prize of the 8th Sichuan TV Festival Gold Panda Award in 2005; the Jury Special Prize of 2006 Japan TBS Asian Digital Content Competition; the China Animation Gold Prize of the 13th Shanghai TV Festival in 2007; and the best TV production of China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (CICDAF) in 2007.

Mr Zhang’s expertise and guidance is highly sought after throughout China’s animation industries. He is an Executive Council Member, Committee of Cartoon Arts of China TV Artists Association; Executive Council Member, China Animation Association; Vice President of the Animation Academy of the Shanghai Film Art Institute; and a Master’s Tutor at the China Media University Animation Academy. Mr Zhang is a member of the Ministry of Culture’s Cartoon Industry Development Experts Committee, and he serves as an Annual Observer of the CCTV Children’s Channel. Mr Zhang served as a Juror for the 21st and 23rd China TV Golden Eagle Award, and the inaugural China Lifetime Animation Award.

Prior to his work at Shanghai Fantasia company, Mr Zhang spent eight years in France where for four years he served as the Director and Artistic Supervisor at Les Cartooneurs Animation Studio. Mr Zhang began his career at the Shanghai TV Station Animation Studio.