Wu Yonggang

Wu Yonggang

Wu Yonggang (zh-st|s=吴永刚|t=吳永剛) (November 1, 1907 - December 18, 1982) was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Today Wu is best known for his directorial debut, "The Goddess". Wu had a long career with the Lianhua Film Company in the 1930s, in Chongqing during the war, and in the mainland after the 1949 Communist takeover. cite web|url=http://chinesecinema.ucsd.edu/directors_ccwlc.html#wu|title=Chinese Cinema|publisher=UCSD Chinese Cinema Web-based Learning Center|accessdate=2008-01-02]

Biography

Born in Jiangsu province, Wu Yonggang, was one of the major leftist film directors of pre-Communist China. For the early part of his career, Wu was a set designer with Dazhonghua Baihe, before transferring to the Shaw Brothers' Tianyi Film Company. [Zhang Yingjin, "Prostitution and Urban Imagination" in Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 1922–1943, ed. Yingjin Zhang (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999), 167.] He was eventually noticed by Shi Dongshan at the newly formed Lianhua Film Company. His first film from the director's chair, 1934's "The Goddess" (under contract with the Lianhua Film Company), earned both him and the film's star, Ruan Lingyu, rave reviews. A prolific director, Wu continued to make films well into 1970s until his retirement shortly before his death including "Evening Rain" (co-directed with Wu Yigong) which won Best Picture at the first annual Golden Rooster Awards.

Today Wu's reputation has only improved. Acclaimed director, Chen Kaige referred to Wu Yonggang as one of his most admired directors, and named "The Goddess" as his favorite film of the 1930s. [cite web | url = http://csac.buffalo.edu/goddess.pdf| title = The Buffalo Film Series- Wu Yonggang-The Goddess/Shen Nu | accessdate = 2007-05-03 | author = |date= 2006-01-24| publisher = The University of Buffalo|format=PDF]

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External links

* [http://chinesecinema.ucsd.edu/directors_ccwlc.html#wu A brief biography of Wu Yonggang]
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* [http://www.dianying.com/en/person/WuYonggang Wu Yonggang] at the Chinese Movie Database


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