Sherwood Xuehua Hu (born in Shanghai, is a Chinese American Theatre director and film director.Sherwood Hu, “one of the most exciting and dynamic directors to emerge from China”(Kirt Honycutt, “Hollywood Reporter”). Born and raised in Shanghai surrounded by a creative and artistic family, Sherwood relocated to the US to receive his Masters of Arts degree from New York State University and earned a Ph.D. in directing from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He also studied at The Public Theater in New York under Joseph Papp, and began his professional career directing theatre, including productions of Rashomon, Constant Prince and The Chairman's Wife. He created The Legend of Prince Lanling, a lavish stage production which received an Honorable Mention from the Kennedy Arts Center, and which he later adapted into his first feature film. WARRIOR LANLING, an epic ritual film about ancient China. His second feature, LANI LOA, THE PASSAGE was executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola. Hu went back to China and formed his own company “Hus Entertainment” in 2005, and produced and direct a 40-episode television series PURPLE JADE for China Central Television. He returned to epic costume period film work with PRINCE OF THE HIMALAYAS, his own adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, set in ancient Tibet, and performed entirely in the Tibetan language. The film received Best Film Award from Calabria International Film Festival in Italy along with other awards in several film festivals, including Best Direction in Monaco Film Festival. His new TV series FIGHTING PEKING was aired during the Chinese Spring Festival of 2009 at BTV, and was rated #1 TV show of the nation. Hu made his first Chinese/English language film " Amazingi" in the fall of 2010. Sherwood continues to pursue his passion for the stage with A.R. Gurney's Sylvia; Jean-Paul Sartre's Dirty Hands; and a modern ballet SHAKESPEARE AND HIS WOMEN. Sherwood adapted PRINCE OF THE HIMALAYAS for the stage in Shanghai and, after a successful run, the play was selected for The 9th Shanghai International Arts Festival. His most recent stage production “Myth of the Third Pole” opened to the sold-out audiences in the Spring of 2009, and was called “an instant classic’ praised by theater experts. Between his film and theatre projects, Mr. Hu also finds the time to be a guest professor at the Shanghai Drama Academy where he supervises and mentors graduate students. Honored with the title of “Eastern Scholar” a distinguished professor. He is invited by Shanghai TV station “Art and Culture” channel hosting the only Film Critique program “Hu on Silver Screen” since 2009. Now he is the artistic director of 2010 World Expo Shanghai Pavilion, which is one of the most popular pavilions in the Expo.Hu studied theatre and film in China and the United States of America. He has a masters degree in theater and film production from State University of New York, and a Ph.D. in directing from the University of Hawaii at Mano
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