Huang Shuqin

Huang Shuqin
Huang Shuqin
黄蜀芹
Born	9 September 1939; Shanghai, China
Died	21 April 2022 (aged 82); Shanghai, China
Occupation	Director
Spouse	Zheng Changfu
Children	Zheng Dasheng 郑大圣
Parents	Huang Zuolin; Jin Yunzhi;
Relatives	Huang Zuoshen (uncle)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黃蜀芹
Simplified Chinese	黄蜀芹
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huáng Shǔqín

Huang Shuqin (9 September 1939 – 21 April 2022)^[1] was a Chinese film director known for her film Woman, Demon, Human (1987). Widely considered the first feminist Chinese film by critics and scholars,^[2] Woman, Demon, Human garnered universal critical acclaim, as well as a nomination for Best Director and a win for Best Writing at the 8th Golden Rooster Awards. Although her film career did not take off until she was well into her forties, she was regarded as one of China's most talented female directors, with a career spanning nearly three decades.^[3]

Huang was also known for the popular television series Fortress Besieged (1990) and Sinful Debt (1995) and she received awards and nominations in both television and film mediums .

^ 导演黄蜀芹去世，享年83岁 (in Chinese)
^ Kang, Kai. "Beyond New Waves: Gender and Sexuality in Sinophone Women‘s Cinema from the 1980s to the 2000s." PhD Dissertation, University of California, 2015.
^ Zhang Mingmeng (张明萌) (2022). 摄影机转动的声音，我没有那么梦寐以求——纪念第四代导演黄蜀芹 [Commemorating the Fourth Generation Director Huang Shuqin]. Southern People Weekly (in Chinese). 710. Guangzhou, Guangdong: Southern Daily Group: 56–63. ISSN 1673-6176.

[1] 导演黄蜀芹去世，享年83岁 (in Chinese)

[:1-2] Kang, Kai. "Beyond New Waves: Gender and Sexuality in Sinophone Women‘s Cinema from the 1980s to the 2000s." PhD Dissertation, University of California, 2015.

[3] Zhang Mingmeng (张明萌) (2022). 摄影机转动的声音，我没有那么梦寐以求——纪念第四代导演黄蜀芹 [Commemorating the Fourth Generation Director Huang Shuqin]. Southern People Weekly (in Chinese). 710. Guangzhou, Guangdong: Southern Daily Group: 56–63. ISSN 1673-6176.

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