About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1902-01-01
Place of birth:
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Li Ping-Qian

Overview

Li Pingqian (1902 – 18 November 1984), also known as Jack Pingqian Li, was a Chinese filmmaker who directed over 100 films in his career in mainland China and Hong Kong. He is probably best known for his works with actresses Gong Qiuxia and Xia Meng, who each starred in more than a dozen of his films. Moreover, his 1964 Huangmei opera film Three Charming Smiles starring Chen Sisi was a huge hit in China.

Li was born in Hangzhou and was originally given the name Chunchou. He moved to Shangai in the 1920s to begin a career in filmmaking after leaving Hujiang University in 1919, where he studied sociology but did not graduate. In 1924, he co-founded Shenzhou Film Company with Wu Xuchang. The company went bankrupt in 1927 and Li joined Tianyi Film Company. He eventually moved on to Mingxing Film Company, until that was destroyed by Japanese bombardments during World War II.

In the 1950s, Li moved to Hong Kong and became directing Cantonese films for companies such as Yonghua and Great Wall Film Company.

Many of Li's earlier works are lost.

Known for

Acting
1926 Nan wei le mei mei Actor N/A
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1925 Unbearable Memories Actor N/A
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Directing
1964 Three Charming Smiles Directing Director 58
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1961 A Dazzling Trap Directing Director N/A
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1960 Rendezvous Directing Director N/A
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1960 Laugh, Clown, Laugh Directing Director N/A
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1956 The Three Loves Directing Director N/A
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1955 It So Happens to a Woman Directing Director N/A
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1953 The Peerless Beauty Directing Director N/A
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1950 Awful Truth Directing Director N/A
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1950 A Strange Woman Directing Director N/A
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1949 Our Husband Directing Director N/A
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1947 Mother and Son Directing Director N/A
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1941 Home Directing Director N/A
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1941 Sheng li si bie Directing Director N/A
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1941 The Merry Widow Directing Director N/A
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1939 The Young Mistress' Fan Directing Director N/A
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1939 The Imperial Maid Fei Zhen'e Directing Director N/A
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1936 Rendezvous Directing Director N/A
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1934 The Classic for Girls Directing Director N/A
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1933 Youngsters of the Time Directing Director N/A
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1932 Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf Directing Director N/A
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1931 Pleasures of the Dance Hall Directing Director N/A
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1927 Princess Iron Fan Directing Director N/A
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1927 Hua Mulan Joins the Army Directing Director 58
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1926 Nan wei le mei mei Directing Director N/A
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The Seaman and the Dancing Girl Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1941 Sheng li si bie Writing Writer N/A
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