Shui Hua

Shui Hua
Born
Zhang Yufan

(1916-11-23)November 23, 1916
Nanjing, China
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

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

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

  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.