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Shui Hua

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Shui Hua
Born
Zhang Yufan

(1916-11-23)November 23, 1916
DiedDecember 16, 1995(1995-12-16) (aged 79)
Occupation(s)Film director, Screenwriter
Years active1950s-1960s; 1980s
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese水華
Simplified Chinese水华
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShǔi Huà

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.

Career

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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]

Filmography

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Year English Title Chinese Title Notes
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 Eternity in 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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). "Shui Hua" in Encyclopedia of Chinese Film. Taylor & Francis, p. 305. ISBN 0-415-15168-6.
  2. ^ 电影作者与文化再现: 中国电影导演谱系研寻. 百年中国电影研究书系 (in Chinese). 中国电影出版社. 2005. p. 1999. ISBN 978-7-106-02376-8. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  3. ^ "2nd Moscow International Film Festival (1961)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
  4. ^ 北京电影制片厂. 艺术硏究室; 中国电影出版社. 中国电影艺术编辑室 (1992). 论水华. 中国电影艺术家硏究丛书 (in Chinese). 中国电影出版社. p. 24. ISBN 978-7-106-00543-6. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
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