Li Ping-Qian

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-01-01 (82 years old)

Deathday

1984-11-18

Place of Birth

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Li Ping-Qian

Biography

Li Pingqian (1902 – 18 November 1984), also known as Jack Pingqian Li, was a Chinese filmmaker who directed over 100 films in his career in mainland China and Hong Kong. He is probably best known for his works with actresses Gong Qiuxia and Xia Meng, who each starred in more than a dozen of his films. Moreover, his 1964 Huangmei opera film Three Charming Smiles starring Chen Sisi was a huge hit in China. Li was born in Hangzhou and was originally given the name Chunchou. He moved to Shangai in the 1920s to begin a career in filmmaking after leaving Hujiang University in 1919, where he studied sociology but did not graduate. In 1924, he co-fo...

Production

1947

Mother and Son

as Director

1960

Rendezvous

as Director

1961

A Dazzling Trap

as Director

1927

1933

1941

The Merry Widow

as Director

1936

Rendezvous

as Director

1941

Home

as Director

1960

1950

Awful Truth

as Director

1941

1941

Sheng li si bie

as Director

1934

1949

Our Husband

as Director

1964

1950

A Strange Woman

as Director

1953

1956

The Three Loves

as Director

1926

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