Bill Porter

Biography

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.

Known For

Hermits

Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation

Searching for Hermits in China with Red Pine

All Movies (4)

• Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation2023 · as Self / Red Pine
• Hermits2015 · as Bill Porter
• Cold Mountain: Han Shan2009 · as Self
• Searching for Hermits in China with Red Pine1994