Wan Chaochen

Wan Chaochen

Wanchaochen (1906.10-1992.10). Nanjing people. He is one of the pioneers of early Chinese art films and one of the four famous brothers of ten thousand families. Born in Nanjing. Influenced by his brother, he loved painting since childhood. At the age of 17, he was admitted to the Department of Western painting of Nanjing art school. Later, he studied decorative painting in Shanghai Oriental Art School. In 1953, he served as a technical director in the production of China's first color puppet film little hero. From 1957 to 1959, Director Ren's puppet films smart goat and Dragon carving won the "puppet Film Award" at Bucharest International Film Festival and silver award at Bucharest puppet film and Puppet Festival respectively. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1959 and served as deputy director of Shanghai Art Film Studio.

brief introduction

In 1924, he entered the film department of Shanghai Commercial Press. In 1925, he entered the activity film department attached to the commercial press. In the same year, he worked with his elder brother Laiming, guchan and his younger brother Dihuan to draw China's first animated commercial film "Shuzhen Donghua typewriter". Participated in the production of China's first animated film "the studio of havoc". Later, he drew national short films in Shanghai "Lianhua", "Star" and "made in China" film companies. In 1930, he joined Shanghai Lianhua film company. In 1938, he worked in the cartoon room of Wuhan China Film Studio. In 1946, he went to the United States to study Hollywood and color animation technology. He joined the association of American film engineers as a member. He returned to China in 1948 and joined Shanghai Film Studio in 1949. In 1953, the puppet film "little hero" was successfully produced in Shanghai Film Group. Later, he served as a technical director in the color puppet films "magic pen" and "Flame Mountain". He joined the Communist Party of China in 1959. Once designed and manufactured a lifting equipment for animation film shooting. Since 1962, he has been the technical deputy director of Shanghai Art Film Studio. He has successively served as advertising film artist of Film Department of Shanghai Commercial Press and deputy director of Shanghai Art Film Studio. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served as director, deputy chief technician, deputy director and consultant of Shanghai art film studio, and the fourth director of China Film Association. The director's puppet films include smart goat and so on. "Dragon carving" won the silver award of the second International Puppet Film Festival in Bucharest, Romania in 1960. As a technical director, the puppet "magic pen" won the gold medal for short film at the third Damascus International Film Festival in 1956 and the special Excellence Award for puppet film at the second Warsaw International Children's film competition in 1957. Art works include "little hero", "camel dance", "smart goat" and so on.

works

Art works include "little hero", "camel dance", "smart goat" and so on.

honor

"Dragon carving" won the silver award of the second International Puppet Film Festival in Bucharest, Romania in 1960. As a technical director, the puppet "magic pen" won the gold medal for short film at the third Damascus International Film Festival in 1956 and the special Excellence Award for puppet film at the second Warsaw International Children's film competition in 1957.