About

Known credits:
20
Birthday:
1912-10-14
Place of birth:
Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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Cui Wei

Overview

Cui Wei (14 October 1912 – 7 February 1979), born Cui Jingwen, was a Chinese film director and actor. In 1962, Cui won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor as Zhu Laogong in Keep Red Flag Flying (1960).

Cui Jingwen was born on 14 October, 1912 into a poor peasant family. He started working at the age of twelve. Cui was able to attend a school in Qingdao due to the help of a relative but was expelled due to his Communist political activities.

In 1930, having briefly studied scriptwriting at Shandong Provincial Experimental Theatre, he organized the Seagull Theatrical Troupe and wrote stage play scripts. In 1932, he joined the League of Left-Wing Dramatists and traveled to the east and north of China, performing in leftist activities to promote patriontism against the Japanese invasion.

After studying theatre, Cui moved to Shanghai in 1935 and was a part of the leftist theatre movement. He adapted the play Lay Down Your Whip for street performances.

In 1938, Cui joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and taught at the Lu Xun College of Arts in Yan'an. In 1949, he was appointed as director of the Cultural Bureau of the Central and South China District. He was also elected deputy of the Third National People's Congress, member of the 5th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultive Conference, and the China Federation of Literature and Art Circles.

In 1954, Cui made his acting debut as the male lead in The Rebels (1955). In 1955, he quit his job at the CCP to join Beijing Film Studio and starred and multiple other films such as The Spirit of the Sea (1957), New Story of an Old Soldier (1959), and Keep Red Flag Flying (1960). For his performance in the latter, he won Best Actor at the 1st Hundred Flowers Awards.

He also directed and co-directed films such as Song of Youth (1959), an adaptation from Yang Mo's novel of the same name, Zhang Ga, a Boy Soldier (1963), a children's film, and Women Warriors of the Yang Family (1960), which was an adaptation of a traditional opera.

In 1966, Cui was repeatedly subjected to censorship and, in 1968, was imprisoned and sent to reform through labor. He was released in 1972.

Known for

Acting
1960 Keep the Red Flag Flying Actor Zhu Laogong N/A
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1959 Wind from the East Actor city committee secretary 59
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1959 New Story of an Old Soldier Actor Farm head Zhan N/A
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1958 Soul of the Sea Actor Erpeng Dou N/A
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1956 黄花岭 Actor 李洪奎 N/A
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1955 Song Jing Shi Actor Jingshi Song N/A
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1937 Crossroads Actor 59
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Directing
2010 Old Man Directing Director N/A
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1978 风雨里程 Directing Director N/A
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1976 Shan hua Directing Director N/A
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1975 Red Rain Directing Director N/A
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1974 Ping yuan zuo zhan Directing Director N/A
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1964 Safflower of Tianshan Directing Director 59
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1963 Zhang Ga the Soldier Boy Directing Director 59
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1963 穆桂英大战洪州 Directing Director N/A
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1962 Wild Boar Forest Directing Director N/A
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1960 杨门女将 Directing Director N/A
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1959 Song of Youth Directing Director 58
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Mountain Flower Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1958 穆桂英挂帅 Writing Writer N/A
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