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Wang Ping (1916-1990)

Alias:
王光珍（本名）
Wang Ping
Ван Пин
Пин Ван
毛五（乳名）
王苹

Birthplace:
Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China

Born:
August 31, 1916

Died:
December 1, 1990

Biography from TheMovieDB

Ping Wang is a Chinese film director and actress. She is considered to be the first female director in the People's Republic of China. Leftist womens' liberation became a major influence early in her life and she was a long time supporter of the communist revolution.  Her work was financially supported by the state, which provided her with significant access to filmic resources, allowing her to learn the techniques of filmmaking through practice and experiment with film form. She became a respected and influential director.  Because gender equality was a significant part of the Communist Party’s plan for economic reform, the following two decades would see a rise in the number of female directors in China.

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Film Production

Director:
1956  Breaking Through the Darkness
1957  The Story of Liubao
1958  The Eternal Wave
1959  Beautiful Homeland
1960  The Area of Menglongsha
1962  Locust Tree Village
1964  Sentinel Under the Neon Lights
1965  The East Is Red
1969  Mallow Forest
1976  Songs of the Long March
1978  We are the 8th Route Army Battalion
1986  Song of the chinese revolution

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