FILM DIRECTOR

Xie Jin

1923 - 2008

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Xie Jin (Chinese: 谢晋; 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 (1997). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Xie Jin is the 998th most popular film director (down from 950th in 2019), the 883rd most popular biography from China (down from 879th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Chinese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Xie Jin ranks 998 out of 2,041. Before him are Martin Frič, Helmut Dietl, Matt Reeves, Irwin Allen, Fyodor Khitruk, and Rodrigo García. After him are Ágnes Hranitzky, Eugeniusz Bodo, Yasushi Akimoto, Gareth Evans, Ben Sharpsteen, and Sion Sono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Xie Jin ranks 302. Before him are Ferenc Sidó, William Guarnere, Jaroslav Pelikan, Pierre Chaunu, Stefan Bozhkov, and Kosta Tomašević. After him are Ladislav Fuks, Adolf Grünbaum, Juan Acuña, Vittorio De Seta, Helen Murray Free, and V. N. Janaki. Among people deceased in 2008, Xie Jin ranks 237. Before him are Van Johnson, Giovanni Viola, Abdulah Gegić, William Wharton, Janwillem van de Wetering, and Nikolai Baibakov. After him are David Gale, Heinz Wewers, Leonard Rosenman, Wu Xueqian, Tom Lantos, and Ola Brunkert.

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In China

Among people born in China, Xie Jin ranks 883 out of 1,610. Before him are Guo Boxiong (1942), Zhou Fang (730), Huang Ju (1938), Chen Zi'ang (661), Lou Tseng-Tsiang (1871), and Wang Guowei (1877). After him are Hau Pei-tsun (1919), Wu Xueqian (1921), Luo Ronghuan (1902), Jia Zhangke (1970), Chi Haotian (1929), and Qiu Ying (1494).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In China

Among film directors born in China, Xie Jin ranks 12. Before him are Chen Kaige (1952), Edward Yang (1947), Lo Wei (1918), Ann Hui (1947), King Hu (1932), and Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952). After him are Jia Zhangke (1970), Zhang Shichuan (1890), Li Han-hsiang (1926), Cai Chusheng (1906), Feng Xiaogang (1958), and James Wong Howe (1899).

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