Li Hsing

Li Hsing
Born	(1930-05-20)20 May 1930 Shanghai, China
Died	19 August 2021(2021-08-19) (aged 91) Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1959–1986

Li Hsing (Chinese: 李行; pinyin: Lǐ Xíng; born 李子達; 20 May 1930 – 19 August 2021) was a Taiwanese film director. He directed more than 30 films between 1959 and 1986.

Li Zida was born in Shanghai in 1930,^[1] and settled in Taiwan in 1948, studying at National Taiwan Normal University. Li taught for one year, then became a reporter for the Independence Evening Post, a newspaper published by his father Li Yujie, in 1954. While covering culture, education, and entertainment for the Post, Li also acted in a few films. His directorial debut was as co-director for Brother Liu and Brother Wang on the Roads in Taiwan, a two-part film released in 1959. Until 1962, Li worked primarily on Hokkien films, despite being unable to speak Taiwanese Hokkien.^[2][3] His first Mandarin film, was . , which Li co-directed with  [zh], was the first Taiwanese feature film to be shot in color.^[2]

Li died on 19 August 2021, aged 91, of heart failure.^[1][2]

Filmography[]

Three films directed by Li won the Best Director Golden Horse Award:

• 1961 Empress Wu
• 1962
• 1962
• 1962
• (1963)
• (1964)
• Beautiful Duckling (1964)
• Execution in Autumn (1972)
• (1978)
• The Heroic Pioneers (1986)

other selected filmography:

• The Silent Wife (1965)
• The Young Ones (1973)
• Rhythm of the Wave (1974)
• The Story of a Small Town (1978)

References[]

External links[]

• Li Hsing at IMDb 
• Li Hsing at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

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