Yueh Feng

Griffin Yueh Feng
Born 1909[1][2] or
July 29, 1910[3]
Shanghai, China
Died July 3, 1999
Hong Kong
Years active 1929-1974

Griffin Yueh Feng (Chinese: 岳枫) (1909 or July 29, 1910 – March 3, 1999) was a Chinese film director and screenwriter who worked in the Cinema of Hong Kong. He worked at the Shaw Brothers Studio's for many years and directed nearly 90 films.

Biography

Griffin Yueh Feng was born Da Zichun in Shanghai, where he studied at the Asia Photography School, and starred in a film as an extra in 1929. By 1933 he had become a director following some experience as an assistant. In 1949, Yueh relocated to Hong Kong and was employed by the Great Wall Company for some ten years, finally becoming employed as a director at the Shaw Brothers Studio from 1959 where he shot many films between then and 1974 on retiring. He died on July 3, 1999 aged 89.

Awards

He received numerous nominations throughout his career. He won the Golden Horse Best Screenplay awards for the Bitter Sweet (1963).[4] In the 1990s his films gained much more respect and he was accoladed for his lifetime contribution to Hong Kong and Chinese cinema.

Filmography

  • The Raging Tide (1933)
  • My Son Is A Woman (1938)
  • 3 Smiles - Part One (1940)
  • 3 Smiles - Part Two (1940)
  • Three Women (1947)
  • An Unfaithful Woman aka. A Forgotten Woman (1949) (荡妇心)[5]
  • Blood Will Tell aka. Blood-Stained Begonia (1949) (血染海棠红)[6][7]
  • Home Sweet Home (1950)
  • The Flower Street (1950)
  • The Stormy Night (1952)
  • Nonya (1952)
  • Modern Red Chamber Dream (1952)
  • Rainbow Rhythms (1953)
  • Pavilion In The Spring Dawn (1954)
  • Merry-Go-Round (1956)
  • Green Hills And Jade Valleys (1956)
  • The Battle Of Love (1957)
  • Golden Lotus (1957) (金蓮花)[8]
  • A Tales Of Two Wives (1958)
  • Scarlet Doll (1958)
  • The Wayward Husband (1959)
  • Spring Frolic (1959)
  • Our Beloved Son (1959)
  • The Other Woman (1959)
  • For Better, For Worse (1959)
  • When The Peach Blossoms Bloom (1960)
  • Street Boys (1960)
  • The Deformed (1960)
  • The Swallow (1961)
  • The Husband's Secret (1961)
  • Madam White Snake (1962)
  • Revenge Of A Swordsman (1963)
  • Bitter Sweet (1963)
  • The Last Woman Of Shang (1964)
  • Lady General Hua Mu-lan (1964)
  • Between Tears and Smiles (1964), co-director
  • The West Chamber (1965)
  • The Lotus Lamp (1965)
  • Rape Of The Sword (1967)
  • The Dragon Creek (1967)
  • Auntie Lan (1967)
  • Spring Blossoms (1968)
  • The Magnificent Swordsman (1968)
  • The Bells Of Death (1968)
  • The Three Smiles (1969)
  • The Younger Generation (1970)
  • A Taste of Cold Steel (1970)
  • The Golden Knight (1970)
  • Sons and Daughters (1971)
  • The Silent Love (1971)
  • Young Avenger (1972)
  • Trilogy Of Swordsmanship (1972)
  • Martial Hero (1972)
  • The Two Cavaliers, (1973)
  • A Gathering Of Heroes (1973)
  • Village Of Tigers (1974)

References

  1. ↑ Hong Kong Film Programmes Office: "The Writer / Director in Focus II: Griffin Yue Feng"
  2. ↑ Yueh Feng at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
  3. ↑ Yueh Feng at Hong Kong Cinemagic
  4. ↑ HK Film Archive showcases writer and director Yueh Feng's unique directorial style
  5. ↑ Hong Kong Film Programmes Office: Film Screenings: A Forgotten Woman
  6. ↑ Hong Kong Film Programmes Office: Film Screenings: Blood Will Tell
  7. ↑ 100 Must See Hong Kong Movies: Blood Will Tell
  8. ↑ Hong Kong Film Programmes Office: Film Screenings: Golden Lotus

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