- Sun Yu (director)
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name = Sun Yu 孫瑜
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birth_date =21 March ,1900
birth_place =Chongqing ,China
death_date =11 July ,1990
death_place =Shanghai ,China
occupation = Director,Screenwriter
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alma_mater =Tsinghua University Sun Yu (zh-tsp|t=孫瑜|s=孙瑜|p=Sūn Yú) (
March 21 ,1900 -July 11 ,1990 ) was a major leftistfilm director active in the 1930s inShanghai .Sun Yu was born in the city of
Chongqing and educated first atTsinghua University inBeijing before continuing his education indrama at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison , andColumbia University in the 1920s. [Harvard reference
Surname1 = Pickowicz
Given1 = Paul G.
Year = Jan. 1991
Title = The Theme of Spiritual Pollution in Chinese Films of the 1930s
Journal = Modern China
Volume = 17
Number = 1
Page = 49 ]Beginning in the 1930s, Sun Yu began a collaboration with the leftist film studio, Lianhua, where he became one of the core group of "socially conscious" directors along with
Cai Chusheng ,Fei Mu , and others.In the 1950s, Sun was denounced by Mao Zedong, and his career effectively stalled. Sun died in Shanghai in 1990.
elected filmography
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*imdb name|id=0839000|name=Sun Yu
* [http://apt5.asiapacifictriennial.com/cinema/hong_kong,_shanghai_cinema_cities/sun_yun Sun Yu and National Cinema]
* [http://www.gildasattic.com/sunyu.html Biography]
* [http://www.dianying.com/en/person/SunYu Filmography]
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