FILM DIRECTOR

Cai Chusheng

1906 - 1968

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Cai Chusheng (January 12, 1906 – July 15, 1968) was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era, and was the first Chinese director to win an international film award at the Moscow International Film Festival. Best known for his progressive output in the 1930s, Cai Chusheng was later severely persecuted and died during the Cultural Revolution. His ashes are kept at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cai Chusheng is the 1,274th most popular film director (down from 1,065th in 2019), the 953rd most popular biography from China (down from 911th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Chinese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Cai Chusheng ranks 1,274 out of 2,041. Before him are Peter R. Hunt, Jaume Balagueró, Andrew Adamson, Stan Brakhage, Tommy Lee Wallace, and José Luis Cuerda. After him are Gregory Ratoff, Feng Xiaogang, Max Hardcore, Peter Berg, Alfred E. Green, and Leon Shamroy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Cai Chusheng ranks 359. Before him are Andrei Abrikosov, Diana Wynyard, Richard Rado, Klaus Egge, Jorge Icaza Coronel, and Snorri Hjartarson. After him are Gerardo Romero, Richard Lawrence, Ernst Krebs, Richard Llewellyn, Betty Bronson, and Satchel Paige. Among people deceased in 1968, Cai Chusheng ranks 238. Before him are Rudolph Dirks, Miguel Murillo, Wendell Corey, Øystein Ore, Ilias Tsirimokos, and Diógenes Lara. After him are Carl Bertilsson, Panagiotis Poulitsas, Nikolai Stepulov, Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Oswald Zappelli, and Harry Hebner.

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In China

Among people born in China, Cai Chusheng ranks 953 out of 1,610. Before him are Gu Kailai (1958), Chen Quanguo (1955), Yao Lee (1922), Liu Chao-shiuan (1943), Li Han-hsiang (1926), and Ilham Tohti (1969). After him are Feng Xiaogang (1958), Huang Xiaoming (1977), Lin Dan (1983), Tashi Namgyal (1893), Ha Jin (1956), and Hu Die (1908).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In China

Among film directors born in China, Cai Chusheng ranks 16. Before him are King Hu (1932), Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952), Xie Jin (1923), Jia Zhangke (1970), Zhang Shichuan (1890), and Li Han-hsiang (1926). After him are Feng Xiaogang (1958), James Wong Howe (1899), Chloé Zhao (1982), Lou Ye (1965), Zhang Yuan (1963), and Wang Xiaoshuai (1966).

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