Tang Xiaodan

Tang Xiaodan

Tang Xiaodan (February 22, 1910 - January 21, 2012), born in Hua'an County, Fujian Province, is a director and screenwriter in mainland China. He graduated from Xiamen Jimei agricultural and Forestry College.

In 1933, he directed his first film, platinum dragon, which started his career as a director. In 1937, the plot film "flowers bloom and wealth" directed by him was released. In 1940, the war movie "little Guangdong" directed by him was released. In 1947, he directed the plot Film Paradise spring dream. In 1949, the plot film "lost love" directed by him was released. In 1954, he directed the war movie "crossing the river reconnaissance", which won the first prize of excellent film from the Ministry of culture. In 1957, he directed the plot film "never night city". In 1963, director of the plot film "red sun" released. In 1976, he directed the plot film unforgettable battle. In 1979, he directed the plot film Aolei Yilan, which won the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture. In 1981, he directed the revolutionary war movie Nanchang Uprising. In 1983, he won the best director award of the 5th Golden Rooster Award for his biographical film Liao Zhongkai. In 1988, the plot film "Snow" directed by him was released. In September 2004, he won the lifelong achievement award of the 24th China Golden Rooster film award. On January 21, 2012, Tang Xiaodan died in Shanghai.

Character experience

Tang Xiaodan lived in Indonesia as a child. In 1920, he returned to China with his father. In 1928, when studying in Xiamen Jimei agricultural and Forestry College, he was expelled from school for participating in the student movement. In 1931, he worked as a set designer in Tianyi film company. In 1933, he directed his first film "platinum dragon", which started his career as a director. In the same year, he directed the plot film "wandering"; later, he directed the plot film "flying catkins"; in addition, he directed the plot film "a bright star" co starring Hu Shan and Yu Guang. In 1937, he directed the plot film "flowers bloom and wealth" and in the same year, he directed the plot film "bingdilian". In 1938, he directed the war movie "after the line of fire in Shanghai" co starred by Bai Yan, Li Qing and Lu dun; in the same year, he co directed the plot movie "money makes trouble" with many directors, which tells the story of people seizing wealth by all means. In 1940, the war movie "little Guangdong" directed by him was released. In 1941, directed by Zhang Ying, Feng Feng, Wang Ying co starred in the plot film "the roar of the nation.". In 1945, he directed the plot film "dare to die police", which was co starred by Wang Hao, Kang Jian and Wang Jue. In 1947, after the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Tang Xiaodan returned to Shanghai and directed the plot Film Paradise spring dream, which exposed the corrupt rule of the Kuomintang; in the same year, he directed the plot film Su Feng Ji. In 1949, the plot film "Vientiane spring" directed by him was released. In 1949, he joined the Shanghai film studio after the founding of the people's Republic of China; in the same year, the plot film "lost love" directed by him was released. In 1951, he directed the plot film "victory reunion", which is based on Li Yang's novel "hero home". In 1952, he and Cheng Yin co directed the war movie "fighting in the South and fighting in the north", starring Chen Ge and Feng Zhe. In 1954, he directed the war movie "crossing the river reconnaissance" co starred by sun Daolin and Li Lingjun, which won the first prize of excellent film of the Ministry of culture. In 1955, he and Wang Bin co directed the plot film "riding on the angry sea". In 1956, he directed the plot film "battle in the desert" co starred by Wen Xiying, Zhang Yuan and Wei Yuping. In 1957, he directed the plot film "never night city" starring sun Daolin and Liu Fei. In 1959, the movie iron and steel family, directed by him, was released. In 1963, he directed the plot film "the story of the boatswain" co starring Meng Qingliang and Zhao Mao, which was adapted from Gao Yuan's novel of the same name; on May 1, his plot film "red sun" was released, which co starred Zhang Fa, Gao Bo and zhongshuhuang. In 1976, he directed the plot film "unforgettable battle", which was adapted from sun Jingrui's novel "grain purchasing team". In 1977, he and Zhang Huijun co directed the plot film "motherland, mother", which was co starred by nigemutu, Tana and yiruohu. In 1979, he directed the plot film Aolei Yilan, CO starring Zhang Yuhong and Zhong Xinghuo, which won the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture. In 1981, he directed the revolutionary war film "Nanchang Uprising" co starred by Kong Xiangyu, Gao Changli and Liu huaizheng, which is adapted from the drama "August 1 storm", and tells the historical story of the Nanchang Uprising launched by Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and he long in 1927. In 1983, he directed the biographical film Liao Zhongkai, which won the best director award of the 5th Golden Rooster Award. In 1988, the plot film "Snow" directed by him was released. In September 2004, he won the lifelong achievement award of the 24th China Golden Rooster film award.

Personal life

In 1944, Tang Xiaodan and LAN Weijie met. Later, they got married. In 1947, LAN Weijie gave birth to Tang Muli. In 1949, LAN Weijie gave birth to Tang Muhai. Tang Xiaodan passed away in Shanghai on January 21, 2012. In order to commemorate Tang Xiaodan, an online memorial hall is hereby established. In 2014, LAN Weijie died.

Main works

Director's work

Screenwriter's works

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Tang Xiaodan is good at shooting military movies. He is especially good at depicting human feelings and human nature in war environment. He softens the cruelty and hardness of war with human feelings and soul (Xinmin Evening News). Tang Xiaodan's films do not follow the path of "hitting the water in the middle stream, and the waves suppress the flying boat". His artistic creation has always been in line and never deviated from the main channel. He has always followed the times situation (social mainstream spirit) and times form (film art innovation) of film creation. At the same time, he adheres to the spirit of national righteousness and realistic film aesthetic style. His works have experienced the test of history and market, forming his own artistic temperament. From the perspective of narrative structure, the creation mode of Tang Xiaodan's military films can be summarized as follows: first, based on the principle of realism aesthetics, highly combined with historical documentary, artistic form and typological innovation. Second, it does not deviate from the mainstream political line of a specific era on the macro level, but also includes the particularity and diversity of the film characters to the maximum extent on the micro level. Third, the film's scheduling of the war scenes can not only completely reproduce the cruel and real side of the battlefield, but also never fall into the one-dimensional display of violence; it can not only show the hardship of the war situation, but also convey the optimistic and strong will to fight. Fourth, the narration of Tang Xiaodan's military movies often follows the logic from defeat to counterattack, and finally the weak wins the strong, and the defeat turns into victory (review of contemporary movies).

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