Xu Xinfu | |||||||||
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徐欣夫 | |||||||||
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| Born | 1897 | ||||||||
| Died | 8 May 1965 (aged 67–68) | ||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, producer | ||||||||
| Spouse | Gu Meijun | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 徐欣夫 | ||||||||
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Xu Xinfu (Chinese: 徐欣夫; pinyin: Xú Xīnfū; 1897 – 8 May 1965) was a Chinese director and producer. Born in Jiangyin, Jiangsu, he moved to Shanghai for schooling. In 1921, he became involved in the production of Yan Ruisheng, considered the first feature-length film in mainland China. Over subsequent decades, he was involved with numerous films with Shanghai-based companies, mostly Mingxing. Towards the end of the Chinese Civil War, he travelled to Taiwan on a filmmaking project; when his backer pulled funding, he sold his own property to fund the production of Storms on Ali Mountain (1950). Xu remained active in Taiwan through the 1950s, with his film Women in the Army submitted to the 1954 Southeast Asian Film Festival.