Li Ping-Qian

Directing·Jan 1, 1902·Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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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.

Film	Credit
Three Charming Smiles1964 · Director	Director
A Dazzling Trap1961 · Director	Director
Rendezvous1960 · Director	Director
Laugh, Clown, Laugh1960 · Director	Director
The Three Loves1956 · Director	Director
IIt So Happens to a Woman1955 · Director	Director
The Peerless Beauty1953 · Director	Director
Awful Truth1950 · Director	Director
A Strange Woman1950 · Director	Director
Our Husband1949 · Director	Director
Mother and Son1947 · Director	Director
Home1941 · Director	Director
The Merry Widow1941 · Director	Director
Sheng li si bie1941 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Imperial Maid Fei Zhen'e1939 · Director	Director
The Young Mistress' Fan1939 · Director	Director
Rendezvous1936 · Director	Director
The Classic for Girls1934 · Director	Director
Youngsters of the Time1933 · Director	Director
PPoetry Written on the Banana Leaf1932 · Director	Director
PPleasures of the Dance Hall1931 · Director	Director
Princess Iron Fan1927 · Director	Director
Hua Mulan Joins the Army1927 · Director	Director
EEmbarrassing Sister1926 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Unbearable Memories1925 · Actor	Actor
TThe Seaman and the Dancing GirlDirector	Director