Biography

Chinese film director. Honorary director of the Chinese Filmmakers Association, a member of the Film Literature Society and an honorary member of the Chinese Film Directors Association. Gan joined the revolution in 1938 and went to Yan'an, where he studied at the first stage of the Drama Department of the Lu Xun Academy of Arts and stayed after graduation in 1939 as an assistant teacher in the acting class. In May 1942, he attended the Cultural and Art Symposium held in Yan'an and listened to Chairman Mao's speech. In the winter of the same year, he won the gold medal of the Lu Yi Creative Year. 1947, he directed the opera "Fire" performed by...Read More