Choui Khoua

Choui Khoua

Known for

Directing

Born

November 23, 1916

Birthplace

Nanjing,Jiangsu Province,China

Died

December 16, 1995 (aged 79)

Biography

Shui Hua (November 23, 1916 – December 16, 1995), born Zhang Yufan, was a Chinese film director who gained prominence in the 1950s in the early years of the People's Republic of China.

Born in Nanjing in 1916, Shui Hua studied to be an attorney at Fudan University in Shanghai. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Shui made his way to the Yan'an where he became a member of the Chinese Communist Party. After the war, Shui became involved in theater while teaching eventually moving into filmmaking with his 1950 debut film, The White Haired Girl. Later in the decade, he directed the critically acclaimed The Lin Family Shop, based on a short story by the author Mao Dun.

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Best known work

The Lin Family Shop
The Lin Family Shop
1959
The White-Haired Girl
The White-Haired Girl
1951
A Revolutionary Family
A Revolutionary Family
1961
Red Crag
Red Crag
1965
Lan se de hua
Lan se de hua
1984
Shang shi
Shang shi
1981
Land
Land
1955

Filmography

  1. 1984

    Lan se de hua

    Director

  2. 1981

    Shang shi

    Director, Additional Construction

  3. 1965

    Red Crag

    Director

  4. 1961

    A Revolutionary Family

    Director, Writer

  5. 1959

  6. 1955

    Land

    Writer, Director

  7. 1951

    The White-Haired Girl

    Director, Story Editor

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