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Li Ping-Qian
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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 pro…
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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-founded Shenzhou Film Company with Wu Xuchang. The company went bankrupt in 1927 and Li joined Tianyi Film Company. He eventually moved on to Mingxing Film Company, until that was destroyed by Japanese bombardments during World War II. In the 1950s, Li moved to Hong Kong and became directing Cantonese films for companies such as Yonghua and Great Wall Film Company. Many of Li's earlier works are lost.
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1964
Three Charming Smiles
Movie Director
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1961
A Dazzling Trap
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1960
Rendezvous
Movie Director
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1960
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Movie Director
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1956
The Three Loves
Movie Director
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1955
It So Happens to a Woman
Movie Director
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1953
The Peerless Beauty
Movie Director
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1950
Awful Truth
Movie Director
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1950
A Strange Woman
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1949
Our Husband
Movie Director
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1947
Mother and Son
Movie Director
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1943
笑聲淚痕
Movie Director
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1941
Home
Movie Director
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1941
Sheng li si bie
Movie Writer
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1941
The Merry Widow
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1939
The Imperial Maid Fei Zhen'e
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1939
The Young Mistress' Fan
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1936
Rendezvous
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1934
The Classic for Girls
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1933
Youngsters of the Time
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1932
Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf
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1931
Pleasures of the Dance Hall
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1927
Princess Iron Fan
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1927
Hua Mulan Joins the Army
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1926
Embarrassing Sister
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1925
Unbearable Memories
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The Seaman and the Dancing Girl
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