Yu Yanfu

Yu Yanfu

Film director Yu Yanfu, formerly known as Yu Jinglin, is from Dandong City, Liaoning Province. He was born on February 1, 1924 in a staff family in Yujiagou, Anton (Dandong). He joined the Communist Party of China in 1950. Graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 1956. Later, he served as director of Changchun Film Studio, director of the third and fourth term and member of the fifth presidium of China Film Association. He is a deputy to the Sixth National People's Congress. The director's films include "start a business", "a girl from Huangshan" and so on. Ward 16 won the best feature film award of the seventh Hundred Flowers Award in 1984.

Profile

Yu Yanfu, Han nationality. Born on February 1, 1924 in Yujiagou, Anton (Dandong). After graduating from high school in 1941, he went to Japan to study sericulture. After returning home, he joined an amateur troupe. In 1942, he was admitted to Manying as an actor. After the establishment of northeast film studio, he served as director assistant and director of translated films. He took part in the shooting of the first puppet film "the emperor's dream" and the first animated film "catching a turtle in a Urn" in New China, and directed the translated films such as "the great turning point" and "the merits of the scouts". After the liberation of China, he served as the deputy director of the films such as "march forward with high singing", "when the grapes are ripe" and "shajiadian granary". In 1956, he entered the director specialized class of Beijing Film Academy and returned to Changying as a director after graduation. He successively directed Lusheng love song, smiling face, Xu Qiuying case, own successors, entrepreneurship, don't forget me, ward 16 (cooperating with others), girl from Huangshan, adventure of pigeon fans (cooperating with others), and so on Among the influential films, ward 16 won the best feature film award of the 4th Golden Rooster Award and the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture.

Life experience

Infatuated with literature and art

As early as his youth, Yu Yanfu became interested in movies, plays and music. Originally, his father hoped that he would go to business school after finishing primary school, expecting him to find an "iron rice bowl" in the bank, railway or tax bureau in the future. Because of his infatuation with literature and art activities and poor academic performance, he was reluctantly admitted to Anton Linke senior high school after graduating from primary school. This is an agricultural school, only four and a half days a week courses, most of the time is labor practice, this, father was very unhappy. Under the supervision of his father, after graduating from this school, he went to high school for another year, and eventually dropped out of school because of his poor grades.

Apply for "Manying"

In that year, Yu Yanfu, full of the desire to become a film actor, took the train from Anton to Xinjing (Changchun) to apply for Manchuria Yinghua Co., Ltd. because he didn't speak astonishingly, his appearance was not popular, and there was no introduction from the film circle, he fell into deep pain and disappointment. In the spring of 1941, he went to Kagoshima, in the south of Kyushu, Japan, to learn sericulture for half a year. After returning home, he found the life of a silkworm technician boring, so he resigned. Out of his yearning and love for literature and art, he returned to Anton from southern Liaoning and joined an amateur troupe. He played a small role in the play whaling boat. At this time, he was lucky to meet a friend of the film factory. With the warm-hearted help of his friends, he applied for the "man Ying" exam again.

Nursing work

In the spring of 1942, he finally broke into the threshold of the film factory and became a trainee actor of Manying. The next year, he became a regular actor. In more than three years of "Manying", he played supporting roles, but through practice, he learned some basic knowledge of film. However, as he said, "he is not very clear about the purpose of making films, and his understanding of film art is still hazy." On August 15, 1945, with the victory of the Anti Japanese War, "Manying" will become the film factory of the Chinese people, which brings Yu Yanfu unprecedented joy. As a master, he devoted himself to the work of protecting the film factory, and made great efforts to move the important equipment of the film factory to Xingshan and establish the Northeast film studio. On October 1, 1946, the Northeast film studio, the first film base of the Chinese people, was born in Xingshan (now Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province) amid the roar of the war of liberation. Here, he has worked in a variety of jobs in the film factory: assistant director in the first puppet film "the emperor's dream" written and directed by Chen Bo'er, and the first cartoon "catching a turtle in a Urn" written by Zhu Dan and directed by Fang Ming; director of the drama in the feature film "Guangmang wanzhang"; timpani, accordion, and music in the documentary "democratic northeast" Huang Zhun, the composer, sang songs together and voiced the film. He also served as the deputy leader of the music group. In addition, Yu Yanfu also participated in the work during the initial stage of new China's translated films. Together with yuan naichen, Meng Guangjun and other comrades, he went to Harbin and other places to recruit dubbing actors and set up a team for translated films. He is the director of the third translated film "the great turn" of new China.

Directing career

He also directed the translation of "the meritorious service of the scout", "the blue road", "the dargians" and so on. It should be said that he started his career as a film director from directing translation. In the spring of 1947, Yu Yanfu took part in the land reform movement in full swing, and then, together with Yu Yang, Chen Ke, he Shide and other comrades, he went deep into life in the artillery column of the four fields. At this time, his world outlook and outlook on life have undergone profound changes. On January 1, 1950, he joined the Communist Party of China. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he successively served as deputy director in the feature film "march forward", "when the grapes are ripe" directed by Wang Jiayi and the feature film "shajiadian grain station" directed by Gan Xuewei. In 1956, he was sent to Beijing Film Academy to study as a director. There, he systematically mastered the theory of film director. All of these, from practice to theory, laid a solid foundation for his independent film director.

Artistic attainments

The story of summer

"The story of summer" is the first feature film directed by Yu Yanfu independently. The composition of the film is smooth. It pays attention to depicting the characters and is full of life. This is his first successful step in film creation.

A smile on the face

In the broad background of women's rushing out of small families and participating in socialist construction, a group of women's images with different personalities, such as he Huizhen (Zhang Yuan), are portrayed in the novel, which shows the profound theme that only when women break out of the shackles of small families and try their best to build Communist high-rise buildings can they be truly liberated.

A man after himself

It tries to reveal the fate of the characters and try to express love. It is precisely because it integrates the feelings of three generations of revolutionaries, mother and son, father and daughter, grandparents and grandchildren, into the storm of the times and struggle. Therefore, their feelings are not only delicate and touching, but also show the Communists' incomparable loyalty to the cause.

Wan Mu Chun

Wanmuchun, 1961, an old film directed by Yu Yanfu, which reflects the complicated forest production work and class struggle in the early days of liberation, has some very real details, which brings me a surprise. The film pays attention to the typical portrayal of the characters and has a distinctive description of character conflicts. It focuses on the conflict of how to unite the working class and the working people, and how to provide the country with as many war forest resources as possible with good quality and quantity.

Award winning record

Film experience

Yu Yanfu, as early as his youth, had a strong interest in film and drama. In 1941, he went to Japan to study sericulture, and in less than half a year he returned to join an amateur troupe. He was admitted to Manying in 1942, and mastered some basic knowledge of film through his study. In 1946, "Manying" was changed to northeast film studio, and he was assistant director in "emperor's dream", "catching turtle in a jar" and other cartoons. At this time, he was engaged in dubbing. He was the director of China's third translated film the great turn. Later, he directed and produced films such as the meritorious service of the scout and the blue road. The director should begin to translate the film. In 1956, he entered the director specialized class of Beijing Film Academy and mastered the theory of film director systematically. "The story of summer" is his directorial debut. From 1957 to 1966, he directed Lusheng love song, the case of Xu Qiuying, the documentary song on the reservoir, and the drama Jie Zhenguo. In 1973, he directed the film entrepreneurship, which is an excellent film with industrial themes in the Chinese film industry since the founding of the people's Republic of China. Later, she directed hope, the last eight and don't forget me. He also wrote the film and literature script innocent people. Yu Yanfu advocates that movies should truly reflect life and inspire people. Each film he has a different approach to these films to create a real product of flesh and blood. in the 1980s and 1990s, he also directed ward 16, army trainee, that winter and other films.

Personal experience

In 1966, just as Yu Yanfu's drama "day up" came to an end, the "Cultural Revolution" began. He became a "gangster" and was put in a "cowshed" until 1971. He didn't feel depressed because he was persecuted, but as a communist, he devoted himself to the film industry immediately. In 1972, with Wu Zhaodi, Yin Yiqing and others, he went there with great enthusiasm

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