Xie Jin

Known for: Directing
Born: November 23, 1923, Shaoxing，Zhejiang Province，China
Died: October 18, 2008
Movies: 34

Xie Jin (Chinese: 謝晉; pinyin: Xiè Jìn; 21 November 1923 – 18 October 2008) was a Chinese film director. He rose to prominence in 1957, directing the film Woman Basketball Player No. 5, and is considered one of the Third Generation directors of China. Most recently he was known for the direction of The Opium War.

Xie was a popular director amongst the older generations of Chinese, with six of his films being voted Best Picture in the Hundred Flowers Awards. He was the only Chinese director to date to be a member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as the Directors Guild of America.

Best-Known Movies

7.9

Hibiscus Town

1987

8.4

Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain

1984

7.6

The Herdsman

1982

7.2

Two Stage Sisters

1964

6.3

The Opium War

1997

5.5

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

1998

6.7

Legend of Tianyun Mountain

1980

6.6

The Red Detachment of Women

1961

6.2

Woman Basketball Player No. 5

1957

7.0

Penitentiary Angel

1996

Filmography

1998	Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema	Self
1983	Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns	Self
1982	The Herdsman	导演

Directing, Writing & Producing

2002	Woman Soccer Player #9	Director
1997	The Opium War	Director
1996	Penitentiary Angel	Director
1993	An Old Man and His Dog	Director
1992	Morning Star	Director
1991	Bell of Purity Temple	Director
1989	The Last Aristocrats	Director
1987	Hibiscus Town	Director, Writer
1984	Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain	Director
1983	Qiu Jin	Writer, Director
1982	The Herdsman	Director
1980	Legend of Tianyun Mountain	Director
1979	The Cradle	Director
1977	Youth	Director
1976	Pan shi wan	Director
1976	盛大的节日	Director
1975	Chunmiao	Director
1972	On The Docks	Director
1964	Two Stage Sisters	Director, Writer
1962	Big Li, Little Li and Old Li	Director, Screenplay
1961	The Red Detachment of Women	Director
1958	Huang Baomei	Director
1958	大跃进中的小主人	Director
1958	A small story in a big storm	Director
1957	Woman Basketball Player No. 5	Director, Writer
1956	春节大联欢	Director
1955	A Wave of Unrest	Director
1955	水乡的春天	Director
1954	蓝桥会	Director
1951	控诉	Director
1948	望穿秋水	Director

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