Bill Porter

Bill Porter

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.

Filmography

Searching for Hermits in China with Red Pine
Searching for Hermits in China with Red Pine
1994 · Movie
Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation
Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation
2023 · Movie
as Self / Red Pine
Hermits
Hermits
2015 · Movie
as Bill Porter