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Frontier Technologies Consortium Global, LLC is an international established in 2008, inspired by Dr. Peilin Luo’s concept, and based on Jin Luo’s life-time careering in engineering, he established Frontier Technologies.
President & Chief Engineer: Jin Luo (The Engineer)
Foundation Visual Technology R&D: Jin Luo entered the Hollywood film industry in the early 1980s. As an early pioneer in computer vision technologies, silicon implementation of neural networks, and digital signal processing, his primary interest was visual technology development and applications. Before Hollywood, Jin’s career path started in 1985 when he was admitted to Caltech for graduate studies in Computer Science. At Caltech and Tanner Research (Pasadena, CA), Jin served as a staff researcher, a system engineer, director of consulting and engineering services, and CAD product technical director. He was also a staff researcher at Rockwell Science Center. He spent more than 18 years working for the US government research contracts in advanced integrate circuit (IC) designs.
Semiconductor Industry: In 2003 Jin expanded his technology holdings, co-founded Paragon IC Solutions, Inc., made the first and ever China joint venture who successfully sold EDA design tools in the world market. In 2005 he established an IC design consulting firm for Silicon Foundry (SMIC, Shanghai) for Silicon IPs: standard cell libraries and critical I/O modules. In 2006 Jin and Jeet Asher’s General Circuits was acquired by a US capital DSP startup (Vivace Semiconductor, Boston, MA and Beijing).
International Development: In 2009~2013, Jiin’s consulting business diversified into China’s emerging technologies sectors, including, microelectronics (raised US Capital for a DSP design), bio-engineering and pharmaceutical technologies, China and North America development for Marenco Swisshelicopter AG, post-LED new-material light sources, and Digital Media and Film Virtual Production. During 2005-2013, Jin was responsible for one hundreds millions plus USD international capital investment for technology startups. Culminating in 2011with an international feasibility study for a $5.6B HK invested China industrial development for manufacture of OLED, foundry of integrated circuits and assemble line of Swiss helicopter.
Film Technology & Industry: In 2010 Jin began consulting to digital studios in Hollywood. His client list included Rhythm & Hues Studios, then a leader in photorealistic CG production. Jin Luo’s expertise led to many advancements in computer imagery and processing. He also raised capital for R&H’s expansion into overseas operations. During this time Jin established several successful film production partnerships in China and Malaysia, including JH Film Tech PEK, Ltd., Jin assisted to establishment o a $10M VFX production pipeline for China Films in 2017, which contributed significantly to the Chinese film industry at its VFX initial stage, including 4 major VFX-intense films produced in 2017~2019, contributing 2 record-breaking box office earnings.
Publication: Jin Luo is fluent in traditional Chinese culture, history, modern politics, and holds several distinguished honors in comparative literature (English and Chinese). Jin has 15+ publications in microelectronics documented in major global professional journals. He was inventor of 2 US patents in semiconductor fabrication circuit-level infrastructure, he was lead inventor of 6 China invention patents in mixed-signal IC circuit designs, and registered 5 China mask-rights of integrated circuits for semiconductor imager technologies. He authored two books in Chinese literature and biography. In 2017, Jin began developing film/TV contents. In 2022 he started creation of cinematic novellas.
Eurasia Operation
International Unit Production: Alina Y. Qiu (The Field Producer)
Alina is in charge of StudioX’s unit productions, coordinating among international units in South Asia and China, under direct artistic/technique supervision by Hollywood headquarters, managing the Asian-China front operation. Alina has reach connections in native Hong Kong and Mainland China, not only in digital media and film industry but also involve broad investment opportunities. Her Asian and US VC experiences and independent filmmaking benefits the StudioX’s work cross continents.
Business Experiences: Qiu is a seasoned management executive and award-winning film producer.
She has been a business development executive with Asia’s leading CG company, The Monk Studios (Bangkok, Thailand), started when she moved back to Asia after a ten-year in North America.
In the US, she facilitated financing/fundraising and managed projects for an Oscar-nominated visual effects team and Hong Kong NFT startup Ouction, co-founded film development and production company Jampa Films and consulted for Chinese companies such as Wuxi Digital Studios, Eracme Entertainment, and Angel’s Wing Entertainment.
In Latin America, she co-founded education startup Outclass.
Before moving to the US, she was Vice President at Nasdaq-listed Xinhua Sports & Entertainment Group, and prior to that, a founding executive and Investment Manager at IDG China Media Fund, a venture capital fund invested by Hearst Corp., News Corp. and IDG. She started her career in London working at the headquarters of Financial Times after an internship at Channel 4.
Education:
Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship, Stanford University Professional Producing Program and University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Master in Business Administration, University of Cambridge, UK
Bachelor in Arts in English Language and Literature, Peking University, China
Professional Engagements:
2014-2018 Guest Column Writer, Media & Entertainment Industry Reporter (previously Variety China)
2016 Jury of the 25th China Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival Micro-film Section: the 5th International Micro-film Festival for University Students
2015 Jury of the 4th International Micro-film Festival for University Students
2014 selected by “Tides That Binds Europe and Asia Producers Workshop” by Udine Far East Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival
Filmography:
NEZHA 2 (2025), Animation Executive Producer (The Monk Studios)
Sequel to world’s highest grossing non-English-Speaking animated feature film in history
MUAWIYA (2025), VFX Executive Producer (Horizon VFX)
MBC’s Arabic-language series
PANDA PROJECT (2024), Animation Executive Producer (Reno Studios)
Starring Jackie Chan
GONE WITH THE BOAT (2024) in Mandarin and English, Co-Producer
Official selection for screening, Dublin International Film Festival 2024
Winner, Best Screenplay, Nominee, Best Picture/Best Director/Best Actor/Best Actress/Best Cinematography, 26th Shanghai International Film Festival
Nominee, Best Picture, First Youth Film Festival 2023
Winner, Best New Director/Best Actor, Nominee, Best Picture, Silk Road International Film Festival 2023
WISH YOU WERE HERE (2019) in Mandarin and Japanese, Co-Producer
Theatrically released in China and Japan
Special Achievement Award, China-Japan Cultural Collaboration, 32th Tokyo International Film Festival
PAPA (2016) in Mandarin and English, Producer
Theatrically released in China and North America
China’s 1st domestic film qualified as a US Union film entirely shot by US crew in the US
Nomination, China Movie Channel Media Award, 19th Shanghai International Film Festival Nomination, Best US-China Co-Production Award, 12th Chinese American Film Festival
INSEPARABLE (2011) in Mandarin and English, Co-Producer
China’s 1st domestic film to star an Oscar winner i.e. Kevin Spacey
Official Selection & Nomination, Audience Award, 16th Busan International Film Festival Best US-China Co-Production Award, 9th Chinese American Film Festival
Wall Street Journal’s Top 10 Most Notable Asian Films of 2011
RED RIVER (2009) in Mandarin and Vietnamese, Producer
Best Picture, 3rd Chungmoru International Film Festival
Best Director & Favorite Actress, 16th Beijing Student Film Festival Jury Award, Visions of China, 4th Chinese Film Festival Cologne Official selection for screening, 29th Hawaii International Film Festival Official selection for screening, 5th China Image Film Festival, London
HUTONG DAYS (2008), Co-Producer
China’s 1st government endorsed film to receive foreign financing Official selection for screening, 1st Chinese Film Festival, Ghana
KILL BILL (2003), Production Assistant