Chi Po-lin

Chi Po-lin was a Taiwanese documentary filmmaker, photographer and environmentalist, best known for his 2013 film Beyond Beauty: [Taiwan from Above], which won Best Documentary at the 2013 Golden Horse Awards.
On 10 June 2017, Chi along with his assistant Chen Kuan-chi and pilot Chang Chi-kuang died in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area in Hualien County's Fengbin Township. The group was shooting footage for the sequel to Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above, which was scheduled for release in 2019. A memorial service was held in Taipei on 14 July 2017.

Personal life

Chi was married and had a son and a daughter.

Asteroid 281068 Chipolin, discovered by Taiwanese astronomers Hung-Chin Lin and Ye Quan-Zhi in 2006, was named in his memory. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 4 November 2017.
In March 2018, Chunghwa Post announced that still images from the sequel to Beyond Beauty would be released as stamp designs.
In August 2018, a species of true crab described from specimens collected in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, was named Neorhynchoplax chipolini in memory of Chi for his "immense contribution to environmental protection in Taiwan".
In April 2019, the Chi Po-lin Space dedicated to Chi opened in Tamsui.
In 2025, the first satellite in the earth observation constellation Formosat-8 was named after him.