Zhang Junxiang

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Junxiang
Born 27 December 1910
Died 14 November 1996 (aged 85)
Occupation Film director
Years active 1947-1982

Zhang Junxiang (simplified Chinese: 张骏祥; traditional Chinese: 張駿祥; pinyin: Zhāng Jùnxiáng) (December 27, 1910[1] November 14, 1996) was a Chinese film director and playwright. Born in Zhenjiang in China's Jiangsu province, Zhang was educated first at Tsinghua University in Beijing, then at Yale University in the United States.

Zhang acted in the 1982 film Da ze long she, about an armed conflict between coal miners and management set in the 1920s. In addition to this he also wrote the 1954 war film Letter with Feather. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.[2]

Zhang died in Shanghai in 1996.

Selected filmography

As director

Year English Title Chinese Title Notes
1947 Diary of a Homecoming 还乡日记
1947 The Great Son-In-Law 乘龙快婿 Also known as Lucky Homecoming
1950 Red Banner on the Emerald Ridge 翠岗红旗
1954 Huai shang ren jia 淮上人家
1962 Fire on the Plain 燎原
1964 Doctor Bethune 白求恩大夫
1977 Da qing zhan ge 大庆战歌
1982 Da ze long she 大泽龙蛇

As screenwriter

Year English Title Chinese Title Notes
1947 Cheng long kuai xu 乘龙快婿
1947 Hai xiang ri ji 还乡日记
1951 Reunion after Victory 胜利重逢
1954 Letter with Feather 鸡毛信
1964 Doctor Bethune 白求恩大夫

References

  1. Sources are unclear as to the exact year of birth, with numbers ranging anywhere from 1909 to 1911. Oddly enough Encyclopædia Britannica uses both 1910 and 1909 at various points.
  2. "1st Moscow International Film Festival (1959)". MIFF. Retrieved 2012-10-27.

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