Bai Shen's life story

Bai Shen (1922 ~ November 5, 22) graduated from the High School Attached to Shanghai Zhizhi College in 1935. In 1938, he joined the "Amateur Drama Club" and "Drama Friendship Club" and began to get in touch with drama performances. In 1939, he joined the New Fourth Army and worked as an actor in the Military Service Corps of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui and the Lu Xun Art Work Corps.

Since p>1941, he has served as an actor of Shanghai Drama Club, Shanghai Meiyi Drama Club, Shanghai Art Troupe and Shanghai Lianyi Drama Club. He has starred in Love Song, hunchback of notre dame, Man Jiang Hong and Wen Tianxiang.

In p>1946, he went to Hong Kong and began to step into the film industry. He successively served as the deputy director and director of film companies such as Greater China, Yonghua, 195s and Longma.

In the meantime, in cooperation with Ou Yangyuqian, opera film directed Fisherman Hate, which skillfully combined freehand brushwork and realistic scenes, enriched the picture level and strengthened the sense of depth; Bai Shen also tried to use a three-wheeled camera to let the camera move freely and find the focus while shooting. The use of this long lens fully embodies the character's character, and the scene is coherent and smooth, with compact structure and strong artistic charm. He also co-directed the feature film "Gods, Ghosts and People" with Comfortable, and co-authored the screenplay "A Board Separated" with Qi Wenshao.

Bai Shen's film creation often reflects real life through the perspective of small people. In 195, Bai Shen also directed Peking Opera art films such as "Fishing to Kill the Family" and "Yutangchun".

In p>1952, he was persecuted for participating in the patriotic and democratic movement and was deported by the British authorities in Hong Kong. After returning to Shanghai, he served as the director of Shanghai Film Studio. In 1955, his film The Storm of the South Island won the second prize of excellent film from 1949 to 1955 by the Ministry of Culture.

In p>1957, he was wrongly classified as a rightist; In 1962, he worked as an actor and director in Anhui Repertory Theatre.

In p>1979, he returned to Shanghai Film Studio as a director. In 1984, he directed the film Under the Bridge and won the first prize of excellent film in 1983 by the Ministry of Culture. In 1986, he directed the film Spring in Autumn and won the Excellent Film Award of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television and the First Shanghai Literature and Art Award.

In p>1991, the film "Falling Wind" directed by him won the Silver Cup Award for Excellent Film in Harbin Ice and Snow Festival.

Bai Shen loved his motherland all his life, and his mind was open-minded. He never wavered in his belief in the Party because of personal gains and losses. He is persistent and rigorous in art, and a number of excellent films such as The Storm of the South Island, Under the Bridge and Spring in Autumn have also become classics in the China film gallery.