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Xie Jin

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
3

Gender
Male

Birthday
November 23, 1923 (102 years old)

Place of Birth
Shaoxing,Zhejiang Province,China

Xie Jin

Biography

Xie Jin (Chinese: 謝晉; pinyin: Xiè Jìn; 21 November 1923 – 18 October 2008) was a Chinese film director. He rose to prominence in 1957, directing the film Woman Basketball Player No. 5, and is considered one of the Third Generation directors of China. Most recently he was known for the direction of The Opium War.

Xie was a popular director amongst the older generations of Chinese, with six of his films being voted Best Picture in the Hundred Flowers Awards. He was the only Chinese director to date to be a member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as the Directors Guild of America.

Known For

Directing

2002Woman Soccer Player #9...Director
1999世纪人生:董竹君传奇...Director
1997The Opium War...Director
1996Penitentiary Angel...Director
1993An Old Man and His Dog...Director
1993三言二拍...Director
1992Morning Star...Director
1991Bell of Purity Temple...Director
1989The Last Aristocrats...Director
1987Hibiscus Town...Director
1987Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio...Director
1984Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain...Director
1983Qiu Jin...Director
1982The Herdsman...Director
1980Legend of Tianyun Mountain...Director
1979The Cradle...Director
1977Youth...Director
1976Pan shi wan...Director
1976盛大的节日...Director
1975Chunmiao...Director
1972On The Docks...Director
1964Two Stage Sisters...Director
1962Big Li, Little Li and Old Li...Director
1961The Red Detachment of Women...Director
1958Huang Baomei...Director
1958A small story in a big storm...Director
1958大跃进中的小主人...Director
1957Woman Basketball Player No. 5...Director
1956春节大联欢...Director
1955A Wave of Unrest...Director
1955水乡的春天...Director
1954蓝桥会...Director
1951控诉...Director
1948望穿秋水...Director

Writing

1987Hibiscus Town...Writer
1983Qiu Jin...Writer
1964Two Stage Sisters...Writer
1962Big Li, Little Li and Old Li...Screenplay
1957Woman Basketball Player No. 5...Writer

Acting

1998Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinemaas Self
1983Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Raynsas Self
1982The Herdsmanas 导演