Xu Jingda

Xu Jingda

Xu Jingda (1934-1987), also known as ADA, was born in Kunshan City, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He is an animation director, screenwriter, art designer and special effects Engineer in mainland China.

In 1956, he was the set designer of the short animated film I know. In 1958, he wrote and directed his first animated short film "catch up with Britain". In 1960, Xu Jingda won the first prize of cultural science and technology achievements awarded by the Ministry of culture of China for his participation in the experimental creation and research of ink animation. In 1964, he was the art designer of the animation short film collective surplus. In 1978, he directed the animated short film "Gallery night". In 1979, he directed China's first color wide screen animation "Nezha naohai", which won the best art film award of the third hundred flowers film award. In 1981, he directed the animated short film "three monks", which won the best art film award of the 1st China Golden Rooster film award. In 1983, he co directed the animated short film butterfly spring with Chang Guangxi, which won the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture of China. In 1985, Xu Jingda became the first Asian director of the International Animation Association. In 1986, he co directed the animated short film "super soap" with Ma kexuan, which won the best art award of the 7th China Golden Rooster film award and the second prize of the educational film group of the 2nd Hiroshima International Animation Film Festival in Japan. In 1987, he co directed the animation short film "College variant Lida" with many directors.

In 1987, Xu Jingda died of sudden cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 53.

Early experience

On June 16, 1934, Xu Jingda was born into a banker's family in Shanghai. The abundant living conditions enable him to have access to American cartoon films since he was a child. Xu Jingda's father was very strict with his education. After he graduated from primary school, his father was afraid that he would not be able to study hard in Shanghai, so he sent him to a missionary school outside qimenwai in Suzhou. In 1951, Xu Jingda was admitted to the animation department of Suzhou Academy of fine arts. In 1952, he transferred to the animation department of Beijing Film Academy. In 1953, he graduated from the animation department of Beijing Film Academy and entered Shanghai Art Film Studio.

Acting experience

In 1956, he served as the set designer for the animated short film I know, and in the same year, he served as the set designer for the animated short film proud general. In 1957, he served as the set designer of the animated short film "plucking Radish". In 1958, he wrote and directed his first animation short film "catching up with Britain"; in the same year, he was the animator of the animation short film "Dr. Gu's new discovery", which was directed by Qian Jiajun. In 1959, together with Tang Cheng and Lin Wenxiao, he directed the animated short film radish is back. In 1960, Xu Jingda won the first prize of cultural science and technology achievements awarded by the Ministry of culture of China for his participation in the experimental creation and research of ink animation. In 1961, he and Wu Qiang jointly directed the animation short film "little guest of the sun"; in the same year, he was the animator of the ink animation short film "Little Tadpole Looking for his mother", which was jointly directed by Tewei, Qian Jiajun and Tang Cheng. In 1962, he was the animator of the animated short film big Li, Xiao Li and Lao Li. In 1964, he was the art designer of the animation short film collective surplus. In 1978, he directed the animated short film "a night in the gallery", which revealed the cultural autocracy of "Na Shui" with the comic style of music with pictures and no dialogue. In 1979, he directed China's first color wide screen animated film "Nezha naohai", which won the best art film award of the 3rd hundred flowers film award and the special award of Manila International Film Festival in the Philippines. In 1981, he directed the animated short film "three monks", which won the best art film award of the 1st Golden Rooster Award and the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture of China. In 1983, he co directed the animated short film butterfly spring with Chang Guangxi, which won the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture of China; in the same year, he served as the judge of the 14th International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, France. In 1984, he directed the animated short film "36 words", which won the group D educational film award of the 7th International Animated Film Festival in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. In 1985, Xu Jingda won the first prize of science and technology achievements of the Ministry of culture of China; in the same year, he became the first Asian director of the International Animation Association. In 1986, he co directed the animated short film "super soap" with Ma kexuan, which won the best art film award of the 7th China Golden Rooster film award and the second prize of the education film group of the 2nd Hiroshima International Animation Film Festival in Japan; in the same year, he co directed the animated short film "doorbell in new clothes" with Ma kexuan, which won the special award of the 1st Shanghai International Animation Film Festival. In 1987, Xu Jingda won the second prize of national science and Technology Award; in the same year, he co directed the animation short film "academy variant Lida" with many directors.

Personal life

Xu Jingda's father, Xu Zhendong, studied at the University of Michigan, majoring in highway construction. He was a professor at Hujiang University and later became a banker. Her mother Yan Lianyun received a good education in the Westernization family and graduated from Jinling Women's University, specializing in English, medicine and chemistry. In 1987, Xu Jingda died of sudden cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 53.

Main works

Director's work

Screenwriter's works

Art design

Set master

Action effects

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Xu Jingda is well versed in Chinese and Western learning and has a broad vision. He is good at absorbing the advantages of Western animation, especially Disney's animation. He is also good at using the expression techniques of traditional Chinese art to deify and combine the eastern and Western Animation Art seamlessly, forming his own artistic style (people's online review). among the methods and styles, the most handy and effective one Xu Jingda used is cartoon. The style of his comics can be summarized as follows: simple and plain, vivid and humorous, implicit and meaningful, full of fantastic ideas. At the same time, he does not pursue the craft and twists and turns of the structure, but also highlights that he likes to deepen the theme with the repetition of a single plot. In addition to the pursuit of single plot, he also pursues simplicity and simplicity in character modeling and painting. Simple lines, simple colors and exaggerated shapes together constitute a simple and unadorned aesthetic feeling (review of Journal of Jilin Art College). most of Xu Jingda's cartoons are cartoon style characters. The contemporary cartoon style design makes his films have a modern flavor in the national style. Character modeling is usually combined with the popular art style of the times, while the scene design draws nutrients from traditional culture. In his animation works, the elements of "movement" are often highly summarized and refined (it's like the basic notes in music), and then different feelings are produced through constant repetition and subtle adjustment (it's like different melodies composed of notes), which makes his films full of an orderly rhythmic beauty. In the action, he will be irrelevant to the plot of all the actions deleted, the entire film often only retains a few main actions constitute the plot, all the plot, around these main actions. In his cartoons, he not only pays attention to making the film vivid through the action of characters, but also pays attention to the change of "dynamic" and the contrast between dynamic and static (review of Journal of Beijing Film Academy).

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