Shi Dongshan

Shi Dongshan

Shi Dongshan (December 29, 1902 - February 23, 1955), formerly known as Shi Kuangshao, was born in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. His native place is Xiashi street, Haining City, Zhejiang Province.

In 1925, he directed his first film Yang Hua hen. In 1928, he directed the plot film strange woman. In 1932, he and Cai Chusheng co directed the plot film "going to the national calamity together". In 1937, he directed the plot film Youth March. In 1939, the plot film "good husband" directed by him was released. In 1945, he wrote and directed the war movie "return my hometown". In 1947, the plot film "eight thousand miles of clouds and moon" directed by him was released. In 1951, he co directed the plot film "the story of new heroes and heroines" with Lu Ban. He won the "special honorary award for director" at the 6th karlovi Farley International Film Festival for this film. In 1954, he was elected deputy to the first National People's Congress. On February 23, 1955, Shi Dongshan committed suicide and died at the age of 53. In 1957, his film theory work "on the lens of the film" was published. In 1999, Shi Dongshan won the "Century Cup" Outstanding Director Award.

Early experience

Shi Dongshan, formerly known as Kuang Shao, was born into a family of intellectuals who loved literature and art. Because he loved a mountain close to home (this mountain is called Dongshan), he changed his name to Shi Dongshan. Kuang Shao was influenced by his family and loved painting and music when he was young. Unfortunately, his father died young, which forced him to support his family abroad. He once worked as a telegraph operator for a long time, but he never gave up his love for art. In 1919, Shi Dongshan stepped out of a small town in the south of the Yangtze River and traveled in Peiping, Tianjin and other places. In 1921, at the age of 19, he finally gave up his stable job as a telegraph operator and joined the Shanghai film company, which was founded by his good friend Dan Yu, as a set designer.

Acting experience

In 1925, he directed his first film Yang Hua hen. In 1926, he directed the drama film "children's and grandchildren's happiness" co starred by Xie Yunqing and Zhou Wenzhu; in the same year, his love film "love of cohabitation" was released. In 1927, he wrote and directed the martial arts costume movie "four swordsmen of the Wang family", which was co starred by Wang Yuanlong, Wang Xuechang, Wang Yingzhi and Wang Naidong; in the same year, he directed the plot movie "beauty trick (Part 1 and Part 2)". In 1928, he directed the plot film strange woman starring Yang Naimei. In 1929, he directed the plot film "absurd general" co starring Chen Yumei, Gao Zhanfei and Tao Yayun; in the same year, his plot film "two heroes fighting Swords" was released. In 1930, Shi Dongshan joined Lianhua film company. In 1931, he directed the love movie "silver man and two stars"; in the same year, he directed the plot movie "hengniang"; after the September 18th Incident, he actively participated in the Anti Japanese national salvation movement and joined the left wing writers League of China. In 1932, he and Cai Chusheng co directed the plot film "going to the national calamity together"; in the same year, he directed the love film "struggle" starring Chen Yanyan and Zheng Junli. On February 9, 1933, the China Film Culture Association was established in Shanghai. At the meeting, Shi Dongshan and other 31 members were elected as executive members and alternate executive members. On October 4, Shi Dongshan secretly came to Shanghai to attend the second meeting of the world anti imperialist war committee. In 1934, the plot film "women" directed by him was released. In 1935, he wrote and directed the plot film "the beginning of man", which tells the rough experience of Zhang Ronggen, a petty bourgeois in Beiping. In 1936, the plot film "song of everlasting regret" directed by him was released; in the same year, the plot film "Carnival Night" was edited and directed by himself, which was adapted from Russian Gogol's play "the imperial envoy". In 1937, he directed the plot film "Youth March" co starred by Hu Ping, Shi Chao and Tong Yuejuan. On July 30, the China film industry staff association was established, and Shi Dongshan and other 39 people were elected as the Standing Committee. At the association, the China film industry Salvation Association (later renamed the China film industry salvation Committee) was established. On August 4, the Shanghai Film writers and directors association was established, Shi Dongshan and nine others were elected as directors. In 1938, he directed the war movie "defend our land", which tells the story of Liu Shan, a young man whose family was destroyed by the Japanese during the September 18th Incident, who fled everywhere with his family. In 1939, the plot film "good husband" directed by him was released. In 1941, he directed the plot film "March of victory" with the theme of "Changsha great victory". In 1945, he wrote and directed the war movie "return my hometown", CO starring Zhang Yi, Tao Jin and Qian Qianli. In August 1946, Wenhua film company was founded. Shi Dongshan, Yang Hansheng, Cai Chusheng, Zheng Junli and others, in the name of "fellow members of Lianhua Company" before the war, formed Lianhua film art club, and rented the original Xujiahui site of Lianhua Company as its photography studio. In 1947, the plot film "eight thousand miles of cloud and moon" directed by him was released. Based on the life of the Anti Japanese drama team during and after the victory of the Anti Japanese War, the film sums up the reality of the social life in the KMT ruled areas during and after the war through the sharp contrast between Jiang Lingyu and Gao Libin, two patriotic youths who went through the hardships of serving the Anti Japanese War and Zhou Jiarong's making a fortune through the war Real. In 1948, he directed the plot film "new boudoir resentment" with the theme of the tragic fate of postwar intellectual women, which was co starred by Bai Yang and Wei Yuping. In February 1949, Shanghai Kunlun film company purchased the production right of Wu Xun Zhuan, and Shi Dongshan was one of the organizers. In the same year, Shi Dongshan returned from Hong Kong to Peiping and published articles on people's daily, such as the theme and key points of film in the future, the current practice of film art, and the article on China in Ta Kung Pao In May, he came to Beijing with CAI Chusheng and others to attend the first Congress of the cultural and art circles. In 1951, he and Lu Ban co directed the plot film "the biography of new heroes and heroines". The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Yuan Jing and Kong Jue. It tells the story of the Yanling brigade of the Anti Japanese self defense force organized by the common people in Baiyangdian area of central Hebei Province at the call of the Communist black Lao Cai. He won the "special honorary award for director" at the 6th karowi Farley International Film Festival for his film. In 1954, he published the film theory work "several characteristics of film art in the form of expression"; in the same year, he was elected deputy to the first National People's Congress. In 1957, his film theory work "on the lens of the film" was published. In 1999, Shi Dongshan won the "Century Cup" Outstanding Director Award.

Personal life

family

Shi Dongshan's wife is Hua Danni, her eldest daughter is Shi Datong, and her youngest daughter is Shi Dali. On March 3, 1929, Hua Danni gave birth to her son Shi Daqian. On April 7, 1985, his son Shi Daqian died.

Death

On February 23, 1955, Shi Dongshan committed suicide and died at the age of 53.

Main works

Directing works

Screenwriter's works

literary works

Take part in the film

Award winning record

Character evaluation

In the movie "eight thousand miles of cloud and moon", Shi Dongshan's superb technical level and artistic talent are fully displayed. In the film, the realistic style of long lens and the artistic expression of montage are fully displayed in his hands. The connection of lens is like flowing clouds and flowing water. The whole work is majestic, grand, delicate and profound. At the same time, the work does not affect its artistic expression because of its semi documentary style, on the contrary, the wonderful film language and full characterization (Haining news online review). At the same time, his films are rich in content and complete in characters, with the generality of history and the reality of life; they are concise, lively and fluent in Art (Netease). In his artistic exploration, he also perfectly integrated realism and freehand brushwork, and explored profound social problems on the theme through the combination of subjective and objective reality. In the selection of themes, he focused more on the petty bourgeoisie and intellectuals, reflecting the artistic taste of Chinese style. In addition, the reappearance of female themes was also Shi Dongshan's unchanging course (Li Qun Ping, Southwest University).

Commemoration of later generations

On the afternoon of June 18, 2014, Wang Xiaokang, on behalf of his mother Shi Datong, donated Shi Dongshan's 1957 second prize medal for excellent film works of the Ministry of culture and Xia Yan's honorary certificate to his former residence.