1. Xie Jin rose to prominence in 1957, directing the film Woman Basketball Player No 5, and is considered one of the Third Generation directors of China.
10 Facts About Xie Jin
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Xie Jin was the only Chinese director to date to be a member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as the Directors Guild of America.
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Xie Jin spent his childhood in his hometown, and attended primary school for one year there.
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When returning to Shanghai in 1939, Xie Jin enrolled in Daxia Affiliated High School and Jishan High School.
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In leisure time, Xie took courses at Huaguang Drama School and Jinxing Film Training School.
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In 1941, Xie Jin enrolled in the play department of Jiang'an National Drama School in Sichuan, and was educated by Cao Yu, Hong Shen, Jiao Juyin, Ma Yanxiang, Chen Liting, among other notable figures.
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In 1946, Xie reassumed his study at National Drama School in Nanjing, majoring in directing.
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Xie Jin staged the original production of the Chinese revolutionary opera, On the Docks in the early 1960s and filmed the story in 1972.
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Jia Zhangke remarked it was still risky for Xie Jin to make films about this traumatic period in the 1980s, which he did, when China had started to open up and implement economic reforms.
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Two months later, on the morning of 18 October 2008, Xie Jin's body was discovered in his hotel room in Shangyu.