Xie Jin

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Life of the characters

Xie Jin has a strong interest in opera since childhood. He spent his childhood in his hometown and went to primary school for one year. In the 1930s, he moved to Shanghai with his parents and continued to study in primary school. During his stay in Shanghai, his obsession with opera turned to movies.

In 1938, Xie Jin went to Hong Kong to study in middle school. In 1939, Xie Jin returned to Shanghai and successively enrolled in the First Affiliated Middle School of East China Normal University and Jishan middle school. In his spare time, he studied in Huaguang drama academy and Venus film training class, and participated in student drama activities supported by actors and others, playing Yue Yun in the multi act drama Yue Yun.

When he graduated from high school in 1941, he firmly applied for drama school. Despite his parents' strong opposition, Xie Jin went to Sichuan without hesitation and was admitted to Sichuan Jiang'an national drama academy. He was taught and cultivated by Cao Yu, Jiao Juyin, Ma Yanxiang and other teachers.

In 1943, Xie Jin voluntarily dropped out of school, followed Ma Yanxiang, Hong Shen and Jiao Juyin to work in Chongqing China Youth Drama Club, and worked as a dramatist, a field reporter and an actor in plays such as youth tour. In 1947, he returned to Nanjing National Academy of drama. In 1948, he graduated from the director department of Nanjing National Academy of drama; in the same year, he joined Datong film company as deputy director.

In 1950, he was the deputy director of the love film dumb wife, the assistant director of the plot film fan biography, and the assistant director of the plot film women's representative. In 1954, he served as the assistant director of the plot film JIMAOXIN; in the same year, he directed the Huai opera short film blue bridge meeting independently, thus starting his directing career.

In 1955, he directed the plot film "spring in the water town" co starred by qimengshi and sun Jinglu. In 1957, he directed the color sports film "women's basketball No.5", which won the silver medal of the International Film Festival held in the 6th World Youth Festival and the silver hat award of Mexico International Film Festival. In 1958, he directed the biographical film "Huang baomei"; in the same year, his plot film "a little story in the big storm" was released.

In 1960, he directed the war movie "Red Detachment of women", which was adapted from Liang Xin's novel "Qiongdao hero flower". The film won the best feature film award of the 1st Volkswagen flower award, and he won the best director award of the 1st Volkswagen flower award. In 1962, he directed the comedy "big Li, small Li and old Li" co starring Yao debing and Liu Xiasheng.

In 1965, he directed the plot film "Stage Sisters", which tells the tragic life of Yue opera artists Zhu Chunhua and Xing Yuehong who were oppressed in the old society, and their liberation and rebirth in the new society. The film won the annual award of the British film society at the 24th London International Film Festival and the jury award of the 12th FIGRA dafoz International Film Festival.

In 1975, he co directed the plot film Chunmiao with Yan Bili and Liang Tingduo. In 1977, his youth film youth was released. In 1979, the war children's film "cradle" directed by him was released, which was adapted from real events and won the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture of China. In 1981, he directed the plot film "Legend of Tianyun mountain" co starred by Shi Weijian, Wang Fuli and Shi Jianlan, which won the best feature film award of the 1st China Golden Rooster Award and the best feature film award of the 4th Volkswagen Hundred Flowers Award. He won the best director award of the 1st China Golden Rooster Award for his film.

In 1982, he directed the plot film "the herdsman", which was adapted from Zhang Xianliang's novel "soul and flesh", and won the best film award of the 6th popular Hundred Flowers Award and the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture of China. In the same year, he directed the revolutionary film "Qiujin", which was starred by Li Xiuming. The film tells the heroic revolutionary career of revolutionary patriots in the poetic atmosphere.

In 1984, he directed the plot film the garland under the mountain, which was adapted from the novel of the same name by Li Cunbao. He won the best screenwriter award of the 5th Golden Rooster Award for Chinese film, the best feature film award of the 8th popular Hundred Flowers Award and the first prize of excellent film of the Ministry of culture of China.

In 1986, he directed the plot film "Furong Town" starring Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen, which was adapted from the novel of the same name written by Gu Hua. The film won the best feature film award of the 7th Golden Rooster Award and the best feature film award of the 10th popular Hundred Flowers Award. With this film, he won the best director award and the best screenwriter award of the 7th Golden Rooster Award. In the same year, he served as the director of the 6th Golden Rooster Award Chairman of the jury of Golden Rooster Award.

In 1987, Xie Jin won the national advanced worker "May 1" Labor Medal; in the same year, Xie Jin was accepted as a member of the American Academy of film arts and Sciences. In 1988, he directed the plot film "the last nobleman" starring Pan Hong, which was adapted from Bai Xianyong's short story "relegation to immortals", and won the honor award of the 1st China Film Festival. In the same year, he served as the chairman of the jury of the 8th China Film Golden Rooster award.

In 1991, he directed the plot film "the bell of Qingliang Temple", starring Ding Yi, Pu Cunxin and Liyuan Xiaojuan; in the same year, he directed the plot film "the rising star". On August 8, 1992, Xie Jin Hengtong film and Television Co., Ltd. was founded in Shanghai. He served as the general manager of the company. In 1993, he directed the plot film "the old man and the dog", which was adapted from Zhang Xianliang's novel "the story of the old man and the dog", and won the "top ten Film Award" of Shanghai film criticism society. In the same year, he served as the president of Shanghai Xiejin Hengtong Star School (now school of film and television media of Shanghai Normal University).

In 1995, he directed the plot film "daughter's Valley" co starred by Zhao Wei, Li Cuiyun and Ma Lingyan, which won the special honorary award of the 4th National College Students Film Festival. In May, he served as the dean of the school of film and television art and technology of Shanghai University and the chairman of Xie Jin Hengtong film and Television Co., Ltd. In 1996, he served as the artistic director of the biographical film Kong Fansen; in the same year, he served as the executive vice president of the 6th China Federation of literary and art circles; in addition, he also participated in the documentary male and female characters: the gender of Chinese films.

In 1997, Xie Jin won the honorary award of the 2nd Pusan International Film Festival. In the same year, he directed the war film "Opium War", CO starred by Bao Guoan and Su min, which was a gift film created by the Chinese film industry to commemorate the first anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China. The film won the best feature film award of the 17th China Golden Rooster Award and the Huabiao award of the 3rd China excellent feature film award The film was shortlisted for the best director of the 17th China Golden Rooster film award.

In 1998, Xie Jin won the title of "contemporary film master" of the Golden Dragon Award for Chinese literature and artists issued by the Hong Kong (Overseas) literature and Artists Association, and won the outstanding contribution award of Shanghai Literature and art; in the same year, he served as the chairman of the jury of the 4th China Changchun Film Festival; in addition, he published the anthology of articles "my pursuit of directing art".

In 2005, Xie Jin won the lifelong achievement award of the 25th China Golden Rooster film award. In 2007, Xie Jin won the outstanding artistic achievement award of Chinese films in the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival. On October 18, 2008, Xie Jin died at his hotel in Shangyu County, Zhejiang Province, at the age of 85.

Biography of characters

He used to be a film director of Shanghai Film (Group) Co., Ltd., the fourth director and member of the fifth presidium of China Film Association, the fifth and sixth executive vice chairman of China Federation of literary and art circles, and the eighth and ninth standing committee member of the CPPCC National Committee.

Personal life

Xie Jin's father is an accountant in Hong Kong. In 1942, 19-year-old Xie Jin came to Chongqing from Shanghai, where he met Xu Dawen, who was studying in Jiang'an women's middle school. In the autumn of 1946, Xie Jin and Xu Dawen were married in Shanghai, which was witnessed by Hong Shen.

Xie Jin has four children, three men and one woman. Unfortunately, he has two sons with mental retardation. In 1949, Xu Dawen gave birth to her eldest son, Xie Yan. Xie Jiaqing, the youngest son of Xie Jin and Xu Dawen, is a disabled person with mental retardation. On the afternoon of August 23, 2008, Xie Yan, the eldest son of Xie Jin, died of lung cancer at the age of 59.

Main works

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Award winning record

On September 25, 2019, Xie Jin won the personal title of "the most beautiful fighter".

Character evaluation

Xie Jin is the national soul of Chinese movies. He pays special attention to the fate of the nation. His films represent the changes of different times, and can let the audience see the real living conditions of people at that time and the significance of the times. His artistic pursuit of keeping pace with the times and seeking innovation and change is admirable. Keeping pace with the times is Xie Jin's greatest characteristic. In his works, he has a strong sense of social responsibility and patriotic national consciousness, and combined with the film narrative method close to the public, reaching the peak of political and ethical melodrama, shaping a series of successful female images (Huang Shuqin, Yuan Quan, Yin Hong comprehensive review).

Xie Jin's early works always present optimistic and bright emotional color, which is consistent with the era atmosphere of the film. At this stage, the characters in his films are warm and simple, and the narrative style is light and smooth, full of romantic sentiment. Moreover, he is very good at using film language to express his feelings about the style of the times and social needs, and to express most people's mainstream feelings about social life. Xie Jin's films are in line with the psychological habits of Chinese audiences who like to watch happy ending films: good people go through hardships, bad people commit many evils; good people are strong and unyielding, bad people die

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