11 Facts About Chen Liting

Chen Liting was a Chinese playwright, drama and film director, screenwriter, and film theorist.

Chen Liting was one of the most prominent film directors and screenwriters in pre-Communist China, together with Shi Dongshan, Cai Chusheng, and Zheng Junli.

Chen Liting worked as general manager of Tianma Film Studio before being imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution.

Chen Liting was brought up by his uncle, the brother of his adoptive father.

Chen Liting attended a boarding school in Jiangyin at the age of 12, and in 1924 entered Chengzhong Middle School in Shanghai.

Chen Liting returned to Shanghai in 1932, where he wrote film reviews and translated Soviet books on filmmaking into Chinese.

In 1941, Chen Liting arrived in Chongqing, China's wartime capital, where he joined the China Film Studio and the Central Cinematography Studio run by the Nationalist government.

Chen Liting joined the China Film No 2 Studio that was newly established by the Nationalist government.

Chen Liting wrote and directed the film Far Away Love, whose premiere in Shanghai's Huanghou Theatre on 18 January 1947 was considered a landmark event in postwar Chinese cinema.

Chen Liting was awarded a prize by Chinese President Hu Jintao for making "exceptional contributions to the art of drama".

Chen Liting married Mao Yinfen during the Great Leap Forward.