Cai Chusheng

Cai Chusheng
Born(1906-01-12)January 12, 1906
DiedJuly 15, 1968(1968-07-15) (aged 62)
OccupationFilm director
Years active1930s–1960s
Cai Chusheng
Chinese蔡楚生
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCài Chǔshēng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChoi3 Cho2 Sang1

Cai Chusheng (January 12, 1906 – July 15, 1968) was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era, and was the first Chinese director to win an international film award at the Moscow International Film Festival. Best known for his progressive output in the 1930s, Cai Chusheng was later severely persecuted and died during the Cultural Revolution. His ashes are kept at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing.