Ling Zifeng
Filmography:
1956: Mother
1960: Red Flag Chronicle
1979: Li Siguang
1982: The Rickshaw Boy
1984: Border Town
1988: A Woman for two
1992: Ripples accross Stagnant Water
Selection:
Ling Zifeng was born in 1917 in Beijing and studied painting at the Beijing Arts Academy and stage design at Nanjing National Theatre Academy. In 1937, he became an art designer at Wuhan’s Film Studios. He started his successful directing career in 1948 with his debut feature Daughters of China, one of the first China-made films after the founding of new China. His career reached a peak after the Cultural Revolution. He died in Beijing in 1999.
