Wang Tianlin

Wang Tianlin

Wang Tianlin (September 11, 1928 - November 16, 2010), born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, was born in Shanghai. Director, screenwriter, actor and producer in Hong Kong, China.

In 1950, he directed his first film, the flying swordsman of Emei. In 1956, he directed the musical film Taohua river. In 1959, he directed the comedy "happy family", which won the best director award at the 7th Asian Film Festival. In 1960, he made the song and dance film love of wild rose. In 1963, he directed the love song and dance film "little children", which won the second golden horse award of Taiwan film. On January 28, 1968, the comedy movie "long live my wife" was released, which won the outstanding feature film award of the 6th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Award. After the 1970s, he was transferred to Hong Kong TVB. In 1976, he supervised the production of the ancient martial arts drama "Book sword love and hatred". In 1979, he supervised the production of the martial arts drama the legend of Chu Liuxiang. On February 28, 1983, the martial arts drama "the story of the Shooting Heroes", which was produced under his supervision, was broadcasted and won the gold medal at the New York International Film and Television Festival. March 16, 1989, starred in the drama "a Lang's story" released. On July 2, 1992, he played in the ancient costume comedy "the judge of death". On January 1, 1998, the gangster movie "dark flower" was released.

In March 2002, he won the lifelong achievement award of the 7th Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award. In 2004, he was named "top 100 directors in Hong Kong film history". In 2005, he starred in the gangster film "Underworld", which won the best supporting actor nominations of the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards. On January 21, 2010, the gangster movie "exterminate the door" was released.

Wang Tianlin died in Hong Kong on November 16, 2010 at the age of 83.

Early experience

Wang Tianlin was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province on September 11, 1928 in Shanghai. His family was in good condition. His father died when he was 10 years old, which made his family in poverty. When he was a freshman in a middle school in Shanghai, he encountered war. He began to follow his uncle, who was a film comprador, to Guangzhou and Zhuhai for a living. Later, he went to Hong Kong for a temporary stay. In 1941, when Hong Kong was occupied, Wang Tianlin fled to Guiyang. In Guiyang, he got a job as a guide to the audience in a theater. In 1947, Wang Tianlin returned to Hong Kong. Under the recommendation of his uncle Wang Pengyi, he worked as a film developer in a film company. Later, he became a recording assistant for the film studio. Later, on the suggestion of a photography assistant named Liang Hong, Wang Tianlin changed his job to recording the film. The first director he followed was Hong Shuyun. Because Hong Shuyun had a big temper and often left the scene, Wang Tianlin had to do all kinds of work for him Many skills have been learned here. In addition, whenever there is a director who is lack of skill or wants to be lazy, he will habitually let Wang Tianlin finish it. As a result, Wang Tianlin gradually "promoted" from Chang Ji to assistant director and deputy director.

Acting experience

In 1950, Wang Tianlin directed the first and second episodes of "flying swordsman of Emei"; in the same year, he shot the ancient costume martial arts film "strange swordsman of the lake", which was co starred by Shi Yanzi, Lin Meimei and Huang Hesheng.

On August 19, 1951, the martial arts film "flying sword Li Fengjiao" was released, starring Shi Yanzi, Luo Yanqing and Lin Jiayi; on October 25, the martial arts film "Kunlun three swordsmen" was released, starring Shi Yanzi, Cao Dahua and Luo Yanqing.

On June 1, 1953, the action movie "Su Qi'er" was released, which was the first movie with Su Qi'er as the leading role; on July 16, the action movie "the first episode of Huang Feihong's saving Haichuang Temple" jointly directed by Ling Yun was released; on July 19, the action movie "the second episode of Huang Feihong's saving Haichuang Temple" jointly directed by Ling Yun was released.

On June 18, 1954, the revolutionary theme film blue blood and yellow flowers, directed by Bu wancang, Gu Wenzong and Luo Wei, was released. On March 3, 1955, the comedy film "true and false Jigong" was released, which was co starred by Shangguan Qinghua, Hong Bo and Liu Enjia.

On February 21, 1956, the musical film "Peach Blossom River" jointly directed by Zhang Shankun was released. On October 5, 1957, director of the horror film "Xiangxi chasing the dead" released, the film by Chen Hou, love, Wang Lin and other co starring.

On July 25, 1958, the song and dance film Yinhai Shengge, directed by Jiang Nan and co directed by Jiang Nan, was released. It is Wang Tianlin's first film.

In 1959, Wang Tianlin joined the International Film Industry Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Dianmao); on November 12, his comedy "happy family" was released, and Wang Tianlin won the best director award of the 7th Asian Film Festival for this film.

On January 27, 1960, the director's love comedy "beauty in the room" was released, which was co starred by Zhongqing, Jinfeng and Jiang Guangchao; on October 4, the song and dance film "love of wild rose" was released, which was selected as the "100 best films" by the Hong Kong Film Awards Association and the Hong Kong Film Review Association in 2005, ranking 64th; on November 30, the director's costume love film was released《 "Spring dawn in cuilou" was released, starring Luo Jianlang and Bai Luming.

On February 14, 1961, the comedy "harmony between the north and the South" was released, which was co starred by Zhang Qing, Liang Xingbo and Liu Enjia. On October 11, 1962, the director's feature film "the family of the north and the South" was released, which was co starred by Ding Hao, Bai Luming and Lei Zhen.

In 1963, he directed the love song and dance film "little children" starring you min, which won the second golden horse award of Taiwan film. On September 9, 1964, the love film "happy encounter between the north and the South" was released; on October 8, the costume film "deep palace resentment" was released, which tells the story of Dong Xiaowan involuntarily involved in the palace struggle, and won the third Golden Horse Award of Taiwan film.

On January 29, 1965, the costume film "jinyunu", which directed and participated in the screenwriting, was released and won the outstanding feature film award of the 4th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award. On January 15, 1966, the love movie "self indulgence" was released, which was co starred by Bai Luming, Liang Xingbo and Tian Qing.

On October 26, 1967, Su Xiaomei, an ancient costume love film directed by him, was released. It won the first-class feature film award of the 5th Golden Horse Award in Taiwan. On January 28, 1968, the comedy movie "long live my wife" was released, which won the outstanding feature film award of the 6th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Award.

On September 10, 1969, director of the action comedy "nerve knife" released, the film by Tian Qing, Qin Yun, Meng Li and other co starring. On December 22, 1970, the martial arts film "stranger" was released, which was co starred by Qin Xianglin, Chen Qing and Zhu Mu.

On October 7, 1971, the action film "pursuit" was released, which was co starred by Yi Yi, Tian Jun and Tang Jing. In 1972, he shot the action movie "champion of death" starring Jiang Ming, Lu Ping and Zhang Qingqing.

In 1973, Wang Tianlin joined TVB. In 1974, he directed the action movie "Shandong boss" starring Jiao Jiao and Qin Xianglin, and in the same year, he supervised the TV series "marriage between crying and laughing" starring Chen Zhenhua, Li Siqi and Ou Jiahui.

In 1976, he supervised the production of martial arts drama "the love and hatred of swordsmen", in which Wang Tianlin introduced "Weiya" into the shooting of TV drama for the first time; in the same year, he supervised the production of ancient martial arts drama "the mystery of Lu Xiaofeng's golden Peng" starring Liu Songren, Huang Xingxiu and Huang Yuncai.

In 1977, he supervised the production of the martial arts drama "before and after the decisive battle of the legend of Lu Xiaofeng" starring Liu Songren, Huang Xingxiu and Zheng Shaoqiu, which won the silver award of "New York International Film and Television Festival".

In 1978, he supervised the ancient costume martial arts drama "the battle of Wudang in the legend of Lu Xiaofeng" starred by Liu Songren, Huang Xingxiu and Zheng Shaoqiu; in the same year, he supervised the ancient costume martial arts drama "Xiao Shilang" starred by Xie Xian, Li Siqi and Guan Cong; since then, he supervised the ancient costume martial arts drama "the amorous swordsman of Xiao Li Feidao" starring Zhu Jiang, Huang Yuanshen and Huang Xingxiu. On September 3, 1979, Chu LiuXiang's martial arts drama, CO starring Zheng Shaoqiu, Zhao Yazhi and Wang Mingquan, premiered.

On June 26, 1980, the comedy adventure film "stupid woman, big thief, stupid detective" was released, which was the last work of Wang Tianlin's directing career; on September 15, the TV drama "the king of a thousand kings" was released, which was co starred by Xie Xian, Wang Mingquan and Ren Dahua; in the same year, the love drama "Beijing spring dream" was produced, which was starred by Wang Mingquan and Liu Songren.

On January 12, 1981, his action comedy "rogue emperor" was broadcast; on April 13, his action drama "thousand kings meeting" was premiered, which was co starred by Zhou Runfa, Wang Mingquan and Xie Xian; on July 27, his costume drama "female general of Yangmen" was broadcast, which was co starred by Wang Mingquan, Feng Baobao and Shi Xiu.

On November 29, 1982, the supervised love drama "thousands of rivers and mountains are always in love" premiered, which was co starred by Wang Mingquan, Xie Xian and LV Liangwei. On February 28, 1983, the ancient costume martial arts drama "biography of the Shooting Heroes", which was supervised by Huang Rihua and Weng Meiling, was broadcast

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