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Zhu Shilin

Zhu Shilin

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.

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Known For

  • Spirit and Flesh
  • Sweet as Honey
  • Love at First Sight
  • The Eternal Love
  • Sorrows of the Forbidden City
  • Festival Moon
  • National Customs
  • 海上大观园
  • 人约黄昏后
  • Symphony of Lianhua
  • A Love Beauty
  • 不求人
  • The Beggarly Girl
  • 第二代
  • 草木皆兵
  • The Wedding Night
  • The Flower Girl
  • Eternity
  • Tung Hsiaowen
  • The Third Generation
  • San feng qiu huang
  • Tonight and Every Night
  • The Dividing Wall
  • Should They Marry?
  • Vistas of Art
  • 各有千秋
  • The Lost Pearl
  • Tears of a Mother
  • Garden of Repose
  • The Modern Couple
  • A Widow's Tears
  • The Living Corpse
  • Coming Home
  • Husband Hunters
  • New and Old Times