Zhu Shilin

Director · 1899–1967 · Jiangsu, Cina

Biography

Zhu Shilin (27 July 1899 – 5 January 1967), also romanised as Chu Shek Lin, was a Chinese film director and screenwriter, born in Taicang, Jiangsu, China. Zhu began his career in the thriving film industry of Shanghai, directing actresses like Ruan Lingyu with the Lianhua Film Company. After the war, Zhu moved to Hong Kong, where he founded the Longma Film Company along with fellow Shanghai emigrant Fei Mu. Between 1930 and 1964, he directed 80 films. Two of his films, Sorrows of the Forbidden City (1948) and Festival Moon (1953) were ranked in the Hong Kong Film Awards' Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures.

Directed 38

1960s

1964
Garden of Repose
Director
1963
Tung Hsiaowen
Director
San feng qiu huang
Director
1960
The Eternal Love
Director

1950s

1959
The Beggarly Girl
Director
Sweet as Honey
Director
1958
Husband Hunters
Director
The Living Corpse
Director
Tonight and Every Night
Director
1956
A Widow's Tears
Director
新婚第一夜
Director
1955
Love at First Sight
Director
1953
Festival Moon
Director
1952
The Show Must Go On
Director
1951
Spoiling the Wedding Day
Director
The Flower Girl
Director

1940s

1948
Sorrows of the Forbidden City
Director
The Third Generation
Director
1947
各有千秋
Director
1944
不求人
Director
草木皆兵
Director
The Modern Couple
Director
1943
Eternity
Director
第二代
Director
1942
海上大观园
Director
人约黄昏后
Director
The Wedding Night
Director
1941
Resurrection Incense
Director
Spirit and Flesh
Director
A Love Beauty
Director

1930s

1938
Vistas of Art
Director
1937
Symphony of Lianhua
Director
Tears of a Mother
Director
The Lost Pearl
Director
New and Old Times
Director
1935
National Customs
Director
1934
Coming Home
Director
Youth
Director

Wrote 17