He Qun

He Qun (Chinese: 何群; 7 December 1955 – 31 December 2016) was a Chinese filmmaker. A graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, he was an inaugural member of China's "Fifth Generation" movement.[1][2]

In this Chinese name, the family name is He.
He Qun
Born(1955-12-07)December 7, 1955
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
DiedDecember 31, 2016(2016-12-31) (aged 61)
Alma materBeijing Film Academy
OccupationFilm director, Art director
Years active1980s–2016
AwardsGolden Rooster Awards – Best Film:
1994 Country Teachers

Early life

He was born in 1955 in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Like many of his generation, his early life was thrown into turmoil by the Cultural Revolution. His father, an artist, was denounced as a rightist, and He was sent to the outskirts of Beijing where he did manual labor as a welder for six years.[1] In 1978, He was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy in its art department, and was assigned to the Guangxi Film Studio when he graduated in 1982.[1]

Career

He's early career was as an art director, where he worked on many important films of the early Fifth Generation movement, including The Big Parade (1986, directed by Chen Kaige) and Widow Village (1988, directed by Wang Jin).[1]

In 1988, he began his career in direction with the war film Mutiny. Since then, he has directed films of several genres, including gangster films (Westbound Convict Train, 1989), comedies (Once Conned, 1992) and mysteries (The Vanished Woman (1992). In 1993, He found critical success with his rural drama Country Teachers, which won the Golden Rooster Award for best picture.

Selected filmography

As art director
Year English Title Chinese Title Director
1983 One and Eight 一个和八个 Zhang Junzhao
1986 The Big Parade 大阅兵 Chen Kaige
1988 Widow Village 寡妇村 Wang Jin
1990 The Wedding Maidens 出嫁女 Wang Jin

As director
Year English Title Chinese Title Notes
1988 Mutiny 哗变
1989 Westbound Convict Train 西行囚车 Also known as Prison Car to the West
1991 Steel Meets Fire 烈火金刚
1992 Once Conned 上一当
1992 The Vanished Woman 消失的女人 Also known as The Woman Who Disappeared
1993 Country Teachers 凤凰琴
1996 The Strangers in Beijing 混在北京

As actor
YearEnglish titleChinese titleRoleNotes
2001The Grand Mansion Gate大宅门A worker in a pawnshop[3][4]

References
  1. Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). "The Fifth Generation" in Encyclopedia of Chinese Film. Taylor & Francis, p. 164. ISBN 0-415-15168-6.
  2. "导演何群心脏病发辞世 曾客串《大宅门》". sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. 名导何群客串《大宅门》惨遭陈宝国“挤兑”(图). sina (in Chinese). 2011-05-09.
  4. 导演何群心脏病发辞世 曾客串《大宅门》. sina (in Chinese). 2016-12-31.


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