Xie Tieli

Xie Tieli was born on 27 December 1925 in Huaiyin, in Jiangsu. Enlisted young in the artistic troupes of the New Fourth Army, a member of the Communist Party in 1942, he entered cinema after 1949 and directed his first film in 1959. He made more than thirty according to Jiemian, which ranks him with Xie Jin among the “two Xies” of Chinese cinema. Sent to be re-educated in a factory in 1971 according to The Paper, he received the Golden Rooster for best director in 1990. He died in Beijing on 19 June 2015.

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• CinemaEarly Spring in February早春二月Xie Tieli · 1963Cinema