WU TIANMING @ ST ANDREWS

An IGCCC event

5 – 9 pm, Monday, 9 April 2018

School 1, The Quads, University of St Andrews

Everyone welcome!

 

Regarded as key mentor of the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, Wu Tianming (1939-2014) was an influential director in his own right, known for acclaimed features such as LIFE (1982), THE RIVER WITHOUT BUOYS (1984), OLD WELL (1987) and KING OF MASKS (1996). He was also the youngest Head of Xi'an Film Studios and made important contributions as producer. Wu was extremely popular and well liked – so much so that his final film, THE SONG OF THE PHOENIX (2013-2016), was completed by his friends after his death and released in China posthumously. The workshop will be an opportunity to explore the life and work of the cinematic master, who remains little known in the West.

 

The film OLD WELL (1987), starring (director) Zhang Yimou, will be screened in full.

 

The workshop will also present recorded contributions from Prof. Chris Berry (King's College, London), Wu’s contemporary veteran film director Xie Fei, and Prof. Wu Guangping (Beijing Film Academy). Live contributions from PhD students Huimin Deng, Jinuo Diao, Peize Li, and September Liu (University of St Andrews).

 

For more information, please contact Lifei Liu (East China Normal University) at [log in to unmask]

 

Zhang Yimou paying tribute to WU TIANMING

 

Dina Iordanova

Professor of Global Cinema and Creative Cultures

Director, IGCCC; Director of Research, Film Studies

University of St Andrews

Scotland, UK

 

 

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