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Chinese film director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shui Hua (simplified Chinese: 水华; traditional Chinese: 水華) (November 23, 1916 – December 16, 1995), born Zhang Yufan,[1] was a Chinese film director who gained prominence in the 1950s in the early years of the People's Republic of China.
Shui Hua | |||||||
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Born | Zhang Yufan November 23, 1916 | ||||||
Died | December 16, 1995 79) | (aged||||||
Occupation(s) | Film director, Screenwriter | ||||||
Years active | 1950s-1960s; 1980s | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 水華 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 水华 | ||||||
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Born in Nanjing in 1916, Shui Hua studied to be an attorney at Fudan University in Shanghai.[1] During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Shui made his way to the Yan'an where he became a member of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] After the war, Shui became involved in theater while teaching eventually moving into filmmaking with his 1950 debut film, The White Haired Girl.[1] Later in the decade, he directed the critically acclaimed The Lin Family Shop, based on a short story by the author Mao Dun.[1]
With the turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s, Shui's filmmaking days seemed behind him. However, upon China's re-emergence from the Cultural Revolution, Shui again began to direct films, including Regret for the Past (1981), based on a story by Lu Xun, and Blue Flowers (1984).[2]
Year | English Title | Chinese Title | Notes |
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1950 | The White Haired Girl | 白毛女 | Co-directed with Wang Bin |
1959 | The Lin Family Shop | 林家铺子 | Based on the short story by Mao Dun |
1960 | A Revolutionary Family | 革命家庭 | Best Screenplay at the Hundred Flowers Awards Entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival.[3] |
1965 | Living Forever in Burning Flames | 烈火中永生 | |
1981 | Regret for the Past | 伤逝 | Based on the short story by Lu Xun[4] |
1984 | Blue Flowers | 蓝色的花 | |
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