2015Winner
Best Performance
Hermits
Bill Porter
Actor
Biography
Bill Porter is an American translator of Chinese poetry and spiritual texts. He translates under the name Red Pine. His 1993 travelogue "Road to Heaven" detailed the surviving Chinese hermit tradition in the Chungnan Mountains and he has since appeared in several documentaries on the subject.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1994Nominee
Best Performance
Searching for Hermits in China with Red Pine
2023Nominee
Best Performance
Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation
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Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation