Huang zuolin

Huang zuolin

Huang zuolin (October 24, 1906 June 1, 1994), formerly known as Huang zuolin, was born in Tianjin. He is a director, screenwriter and writer in mainland China and graduated from Birmingham University.

In 1947, he directed his first film, false Phoenix and false Phoenix. In 1949, he wrote and directed the children's film watch. In 1954, he was the director of the plot film "double push mill". In 1958, he directed the plot film "San Mao's students". In 1962, he put forward the concept of "freehand drama". In 1980, he directed the plot film Mayor Chen Yi, which won the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture of China. In 1988, Huang zuolin won the Director Award for revitalizing Chinese drama research (lifetime Award). In 1990, he published the anthology "I and the concept of freehand brushwork drama". On June 1, 1994, Huang zuolin died of illness in Shanghai Huadong Hospital at the age of 88.

Character experience

On October 24, 1906, Huang zuolin was born into a family of foreign company employees in Tianjin. In 1925, he began to study business in the University of Birmingham, England, and began to dabble in drama as a teacher in Bernard Shaw. During his schooling, Huang zuolin wrote and directed the one act drama East and West. In 1929, Huang zuolin returned to China and became the honorary president of Xinxue Academy in Tianjin. In 1935, he went to England with Jin Yunzhi (Denny) to study Shakespeare at the Royal College of Cambridge University, and studied directing from MI St. Denny at the London School of drama. In 1937, he received a master's degree in literature from Cambridge University; in the same year, after the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he returned to China and first worked as a teacher in Chongqing National Drama College. In 1939, he successively served as director in Shanghai drama society, Shanghai professional troupe and Shanghai Art Troupe. In 1942, with Huang Zongjiang, Shi Hua and others, he founded the "hard work Drama Troupe" and later changed it into "hard work drama Cultivation College"; during this period, he directed the drama "Liang shangjunzi", "nightclub" and so on. In 1947, he was the director of Wenhua film company; in the same year, he directed his first film, false Phoenix and false Phoenix. In 1948, he participated in the preparatory work of the underground film and drama workers' Association; in the same year, he directed the plot film nightclub, CO starred by Shi Hua, Tong Zhiling and Zhang Fa. In 1949, he wrote and directed the children's film watch. The film tells the story of a hungry homeless calf stealing a gold watch from an old man's watch repair shop in Shanghai before liberation. In 1950, Huang zuolin was transferred to the Shanghai People's Art Theater, where he successively served as vice president, President, honorary president and consultant of Shanghai Film Bureau; in the same year, he directed the plot film corrosion, CO starred by Denny and Shi Hua; in addition, he directed the plot film ideological problems. In 1951, he co directed the plot film "window of America" with Shi Hua and Ye Ming. In 1954, he directed the plot film "double push mill" starring Wang Lanying and Fei Xingsheng. In 1956, the plot film "for peace" directed by him was released. In 1958, he directed the plot film "San Mao Sheng Yi" co starred by Wen Binbin and fan haha, which was adapted from the farce of the same name; in the same year, the plot film "cuckoo crows again" directed by him was released. In 1959, he directed the story of the Huangpu River, CO starring Wei Heling and Zhang Fa. In 1962, he put forward the concept of "freehand drama", and advocated the establishment of a contemporary, national and scientific drama performance system in China. In 1979, he published his anthology the director's words. In 1980, he co directed with Luo Yizhi and Fu Jinggong the plot film Mayor Chen Yi, which won the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture of China. In 1988, Huang zuolin won the Director Award for revitalizing Chinese drama research (lifetime Award). In 1990, he published the anthology "I and the concept of freehand brushwork drama". On June 1, 1994, Huang zuolin died of illness in Shanghai Huadong Hospital at the age of 88.

Main works

Directing works

Screenwriter's works

literary works

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Most of the films directed by Huang zuolin are adapted from literary works. In the creation of film adaptation, with his unique way of "localization" and "visualization", he has brought excellent literature at home and abroad to the Chinese screen. His critical realism creation idea and adaptation way inherited his mentor and realistic dramatist Bernard Shaw's creation idea, opposed Wilde's "art for art", emphasized writing "social problems", and restored the life scene. In the film "Biao", Huang zuolin not only integrates the creation concept of critical realism, which is inherited from Europe, but also caters to the ideology of social transformation at the beginning of the founding of new China. However, Huang zuolin does not express his ideas in an aerial and conceptual way, but goes deep into the reality of China, draws materials from life and trusts the audience. He reconstructed and recreated the "localization" image with vivid characters, reasonable and ingenious plot setting, and authentic means of image expression (review of contemporary film).

Commemoration of later generations

On October 24, 1995, the statue of Huang zuolin was unveiled on the lawn of the former Shanghai People's Art Theater. Since 1996, Shanghai Drama Art Center has set up the "Zuolin Drama Art Award" (Zuolin Award) to carry forward the spirit of Huang zuolin's "to be a sincere artist who will devote his whole life to the cause of drama with the heart of a child, without seeking fame or profit". In June 1999, Huang Shuqin, his daughter, donated more than 3000 English books and 140 manuscripts, letters, documents, photos, works, etc. collected by Huang zuolin to Shanghai Library, including some documents about the communication between Bernard Shaw and Huang zuolin. On December 28, 2016, the 110th anniversary of Huang zuolin's birth - "inheritance and development of Huang zuolin's artistic innovation spirit" theme seminar was held in the art hall of Shanghai Art and Art Center.

Chinese PinYin : Huang Zuo Lin