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Fei Mu

Fei Mu

Director · Born 1906-10-10 · Shanghai, China

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Biography

Born in Shanghai, China, Fei Mu is considered by many to be one of the major film directors prior to the communist revolution in 1949. Known for his artistic style and costume dramas, Fei made his first film, 1933's Night in the City (produced by the Lianhua Film Company), at the young age of 27, and he was met with both critical and popular acclaim. Continuing to make films with Lianhua, Fei directed films throughout the 1930s and became a major talent in the industry, with films like 1936's Blood on Wolf Mountain and 1935's Song of China. Fei's legacy as one of China's greatest directors was sealed with his 1948 influential masterpiece Spring in a Small Town about a love triangle in post-war China. In 2005, Spring in a Small Town was declared the greatest Chinese film ever made by the Hong Kong Film Critics Association.Fei remained active in this so-called "Second Golden Age" and also directed China's first color film Remorse at Death (1948), which incorporated Beijing Opera and starred Mei Lanfang. Following the Communist revolution in 1949, Fei Mu, along with many other artists and intellectuals fled to Hong Kong. There he founded Longma Film Company ("Dragon-Horse Films") w…

Directed

  1. Spring in a Small Town (1948) — Director
  2. Confucius (1940) — Director
  3. Blood on Wolf Mountain (1936) — Director
  4. Song of China (1935) — Director
  5. Symphony of Lianhua (1937) — Director
  6. The Show Must Go On (1952) — Director
  7. Chengshi zhi ye (1933) — Director
  8. Life (1934) — Director
  9. Remorse at Death (1948) — Director
  10. Sea of Scented Snow (1934) — Director
  11. Murder in the Oratory (1937) — Director
  12. Nightmares in Spring Chamber (1937) — Director