About Us

Company Profile

Rare Earth Media Inc. 稀土影业 is a Canadian Screen Award winning film production company based in Vancouver BC. Focused on films with historical and intercultural themes, the company is increasingly becoming recognized for casting new light on migration stories. 

 

Team

Jordan Paterson, Principal

Jordan Paterson is a Vancouver based filmmaker whose films often focus on stories of migration and the social dynamics of communities through history.

For the past eight years, Paterson has collaborated extensively with Chinese communities locally and abroad. He has written, produced and directed many award winning films and documentaries for festivals and television. Broadcasts include: CBC, Knowledge Network, TVO, Bravo Canada, TV5, Fairchild TV, Omni TV, Guangdong TV (China) and CCTV (China).

In 2011, he won the BC Leo Award for Best one-hour documentary program for ‘From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration’, which later received four Canadian Screen Award nominations.

In 2015, he won three BC Leo Awards for his most recent film, Tricks on the Dead. The film also won awards at the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, and the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards.

Paterson’s new series, Writing Bethune, on the life and legacy of Dr. Norman Bethune is scheduled for release in 2023.

 

Ying Wang, Producer

A producer, director and multimedia artist, Ying is the writer and director of The World is Bright, a Canada Council funded feature-length documentary nominated for the Ted Rogers Best Feature Documentary award at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards. Born in Beijing China and based in Vancouver Canada, Ying’s major interests are stories related to global migration and intercultural communication. Ying’s first feature film Sisters was inspired by her sister’s real-life story. This feature docudrama exposed for the very first time the life of Chinese women who suffer from eating disorders. Ying was Executive Producer for the docudrama series Tricks on the Dead.

Jian Ping Su, Producer

A graduate of Simon Fraser University’s Communication and Film program, Jian Ping is passionate about stories that bridge cultures. Over nearly a decade of working as a producer for Shaw TV has given him an intercultural understanding of the North American media industry. Jian Ping was Line Producer for the docudrama series Tricks on the Dead.

2016 Canadian Screen Awards

Jian Ping Su, Natasha Damiano, Jordan Paterson, Ying Wang at VIFF red carpet.