Wu Yigong
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Wu Yigong is a Chinese film director and producer.
, Zhejiang Province, Wu Yigong enrolled in the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy
in 1956. After graduation in 1960, he was appoint as director assistant in Shanghai Haiyan Film Factory.
His first solo film, My Memories of Old Beijing
(城南旧事), won the 3rd Golden Rooster Award for best director. His other films include Evening Rain
(巴山夜雨) (1st Golden Rooster Award for best motion picture) (co-directed with Wu Yonggang), The Tribulations of a Young Master (少爷的磨难), and A Confucius Family (阙里人家), among others.
Wu served as the president of the Shanghai Film Studio
, as well as the general manager of the General Shanghai Film Corporation and the president of the Shanghai Film Bureau.
He joined CPC in June 1985, and was an alternate member of 14th and 15th Central Committees of Communist Party of China.
Biography
Born in HangzhouHangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
, Zhejiang Province, Wu Yigong enrolled in the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Film Academy is a coeducational state-run higher education institution in Beijing, China. The film school is the largest institution specialised in the tertiary education for film and television production in Asia...
in 1956. After graduation in 1960, he was appoint as director assistant in Shanghai Haiyan Film Factory.
His first solo film, My Memories of Old Beijing
My Memories of Old Beijing
My Memories of Old Beijing is an autobiographical novel by Lin Haiyin, first published in 1960.Written in lively, evocative prose from the point of view of a precocious and impressionable young girl, the work records Lin's childhood memories of the city and the everyday people around her.The novel...
(城南旧事), won the 3rd Golden Rooster Award for best director. His other films include Evening Rain
Evening Rain
Evening Rain reflects the fight between Chinese people and the "Gang of Four" during the ten years of turmoil in China. It was directed by Wu Yigong with Li Zhiyu, Zhang Yu, Lin Bin playing the leading role...
(巴山夜雨) (1st Golden Rooster Award for best motion picture) (co-directed with Wu Yonggang), The Tribulations of a Young Master (少爷的磨难), and A Confucius Family (阙里人家), among others.
Wu served as the president of the Shanghai Film Studio
Shanghai Film Studio
Shanghai Film Studio is the film division of the Shanghai Film Group Corporation in Shanghai, China. It is responsible for the production of Chinese films and TV programs.-History:...
, as well as the general manager of the General Shanghai Film Corporation and the president of the Shanghai Film Bureau.
He joined CPC in June 1985, and was an alternate member of 14th and 15th Central Committees of Communist Party of China.
External links
- Wu Yigong at the Chinese Movie Database