Wang Ping

Biography

Ping Wang is a Chinese film director and actress. She is considered to be the first female director in the People's Republic of China. Leftist womens' liberation became a major influence early in her life and she was a long time supporter of the communist revolution. Her work was financially supported by the state, which provided her with significant access to filmic resources, allowing her to learn the techniques of filmmaking through practice and experiment with film form. She became a respected and influential director. Because gender equality was a significant part of the Communist Party’s plan for economic reform, the following two decades would see a rise in the number of female directors in China.

Directed

1. The East Is Red (1965) — Director
2. The Eternal Wave (1958) — Director
3. The Story of Liubao (1957) — Director
4. Locust Tree Village (1962) — Director
5. Sentinel Under the Neon Lights (1964) — Director
6. Mallow Forest (1969) — Director
7. Beautiful Homeland (1959) — Director
8. We are the 8th Route Army Battalion (1978) — Director
9. Song of the chinese revolution (1986) — Director
10. The Area of Menglongsha (1960) — Director
11. Songs of the Long March (1976) — Director
12. Breaking Through the Darkness (1956) — Director
13. The Sun on the Roof of the World (1990) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Spring River Flows East (1947)
2. The Lights of Ten Thousand Homes (1948) — Mrs. Chen
3. Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon (1947) — Jiangxi neighbor