Zhu Shilin

Date of birth

30 Aug 1899

128 years ago at Jiangsu, Cina

Also Known As

Chu Sek-Lun
Chu Shek-Ling
Chuh Shih-Lin
Zhu Shilin
Shek Loong
朱石麟
Zhu Shi-Lin
Shi-lin Zhu
Shih-lin Chuh
Shek-ling Chu
Shekling Chu
Sek-lun Chu
Seklun Chu
Чжу Шилинь
Чжу Ши-линь
Шилинь Чжу
Ши-линь Чжу

Zhu Shilin (27 July 1899 – 5 January 1967), also romanised as Chu Shek Lin, was a Chinese film director and screenwriter, born in Taicang, Jiangsu, China. Zhu began his career in the thriving film industry of Shanghai, directing actresses like Ruan Lingyu with the Lianhua Film Company. After the war, Zhu moved to Hong Kong, where he founded the Longma Film Company along with fellow Shanghai emigrant Fei Mu.

Biography

Between 1930 and 1964, he directed 80 films. Two of his films, Sorrows of the Forbidden City (1948) and Festival Moon (1953) were ranked in the Hong Kong Film Awards' Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures.

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