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Ying Yunwei
Ying Yunwei, (7 September, 1904 - 17 January, 1967) born in Shanghai, China, was a Chinese director and writer. Ying Yunwei at the age of 16 `was a poor student growing up. Yunwei would spend time with an apprenticeship in foreign trade. He was a pioneer of spoken drama and had a successful career in the shipping industry of Shanghai. A confidential police report stated that Ying's power was linked to his close personal relationship with Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong, two of Shanghai's powerful mafia bosses. His apprenticeship in foreign trade however would last up until 1934 where he would promptly resign. In 1921 Ying had participated in an organization known as the Shanghai Drama Association and In August 1930 the China-Leftwing Drama Alliance. Yunwei, during his time in the alliance, participated in the left-wing drama film movement in Shanghai.

Ying Yunwei's film career began in the mid 1930's. During this time he worked for Yuhua, Diantong. Within Yunwei's time here a tabloid journalist revealed that Yihua refused to raise his salary, this resulted in Ying's departure and arrival in Mingxing. In 1934, Shanghai Film Studios reestablished itself within a new left-wing film company known as Diantong. Ying Yunwei would be listed under the director lineup with his film, Plunder of Peach and Plum (Fate of Graduates) (1934). Later in 1934 after his departure from foreign trade Ying Yunwei would organize the Shanghai Amateur Drama Association and in 1936 work as the executive director of Mingxing' s Studio II. When Ying Yunwei was asked about why he joined Mingxing, Ying stated he was a friend of Zheng Zhengqiu and had already been invited nearly a decade earlier.

In his 1938 film, The Eight Hundred Heroes, it is noted that this film was created during the time of the Battle of Shanghai and that the film Ying directed was a way to boost nation morale in the face of Japanese aggression during this time. In his 1934 film, Plunder of Peach and Plum (Fate of Graduates), it is known to be China's debut as the first complete talkie with a film soundtrack.

Death
On January 16, 1967, Ying Yunwei would be pushed down to death during a rebellion within two factions of the Film Bureau. He died at age 62.

Filmography

 * Plunder of Peach and Plum (Fate of Graduates) (1934)
 * Shi Shi Ying Xiong (1935)
 * Life and Death (1936)
 * Ba Bai Zhuang Shi (1938)
 * Storm on the Border (1940)
 * Yi Jiang Nan (1947)
 * Wu Ming Shi (1947)
 * Yi Fan Feng Shun (1948)
 * The Dawning (1948)
 * Xi Ying Chun (1949)
 * Zai Sheng Feng Huang (1951)
 * Fu Nu Chun Qiu (1951)
 * Bu Neng Zou Na Tiao Lu (1954)
 * Song Shu Jie (1956)
 * Zhui Yu (1959)
 * Dou Shi Ting (1960)
 * Zhou Zun Fang De Wu Tai Yi Shu (1961)
 * Wu Song (1963)