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Birthday:
1919-01-01
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Tang Cheng

Overview

Tang Cheng (唐澄) (1919–86) was one of the most accomplished and versatile animation practitioners in the history of Chinese animation and the first female animation scriptwriter and director in the People’s Republic of China (PRC, 1949–present). Animation in the PRC was once famous for its ‘Chinese school’ aesthetics, in which female professionals influenced all dimensions of the form, from animation techniques to aspects of narration and artistic style. Tang Cheng was best known for directing or co-directing representative Chinese school animated films. However, her early career in animation screenwriting has been largely forgotten. This article not only highlights her role as a scenarist commissioned to write the screenplays of the didactic fairy tales Old Lady’s Jujube Tree (1958) and Radish Is Back (1959) but also analyses how the spirit of collectivism and childlike simplicity revealed in her screenwriting affected her later directorial productions such as Little Tadpoles Looking for Mother (1961), Havoc in Heaven (1961, 1964) and The Deer Bell (1982).

Known for

Directing
2012 The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven Directing Director 58
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2005 Where is Mama Directing Director 59
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1982 The Deer's Bell Directing Director 59
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1978 Is It an Elephant or Not? Directing Director N/A
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1965 Heroic Little Sisters of the Grassland Directing Director N/A
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1961 The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven Directing Assistant Director 61
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1959 The King of the Forest Directing Director N/A
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1959 The Radish Comes Back Directing Director N/A
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1958 Grandma’s Jujube Tree Directing Director N/A
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1958 Dr. Gu’s New Discovery Directing Action Director 59
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Writing
1959 The Radish Comes Back Writing Writer N/A
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