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Revision as of 23:22, 13 May 2019 by Zanhe (talk | contribs) (added Category:Chinese animators using HotCat)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Template:Chinese name Hu Jinqing (Chinese: 胡进庆; 1936 – 13 May 2019) was a Chinese animator and director, and a pioneer in adapting the traditional art of Chinese paper cutting to animation. His film The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam won the Silver Bear for Best Short Film at the 1984 Berlin International Film Festival. He co-directed the popular 1980s animated television series Calabash Brothers.
Biography
Hu was born in 1936 in Changzhou, Jiangsu, Republic of China. He joined the Shanghai Animation Film Studio in the 1950s as a young artist. In 1958, he assisted Wan Guchan, a founder of China's animation industry, in making the first-ever Chinese paper cutting animation film, Zhu Bajie Eating Watermelons. He participated in the production of more than 40 animation films, including The Proud General, The Fisher Boy, The Ginseng Baby, and The Golden Conch.
In 1984, Hu directed the animated short film The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam, based on a Chinese proverb. It won the Silver Bear for Best Short Film at the 1984 Berlin International Film Festival.
In the 1980s, Hu, together with Ge Guiyun and Zhou Keqin, co-directed the animated television series Calabash Brothers. It was extremely popular when aired in 1986 to 1987. The Hulu (Calabash) Babies, the characters they created in the series, have become some of the most popular animated characters in China, only exceeded by Sun Wukong.
On 13 May 2019, Hu died at Shanghai No. 6 People's Hospital, at the age of 83.
References
- ^ "中国经典动画《葫芦兄弟》《鹬蚌相争》导演胡进庆在上海去世". Xinhua. 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Zhou Huixiaowan 周慧晓婉. ""葫芦娃之父"导演胡进庆去世，享年83岁". The Beijing News. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - Zhang, Yingjin (2012). A Companion to Chinese Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-4443-3029-8.
- Ye, Tan; Zhu, Yun (2012). Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-8108-6779-6.