Sun Weishi
Sun Weishi was the first female director of modern spoken drama (Huaju) in China. Sun was a rival of Mao’s wife, Jiang Qing, with an enmity between the two that lasted throughout Sun’s life until her ultimate death at Jiang’s hands.
Category Archives: Director
Continue reading
Mina Shum
Mina Shum is the writer and director of award-winning feature films and several short films. I
Safi Faye
Safi Faye is a Senegalese film director and ethnologist who has directed several documentary and fiction films focusing on rural life in Senegal. She was the first woman from sub-Saharan Africa to direct a commercially distributed feature film, Kaddu Beykat (1975).
Jiang Qing
Jiang Qing was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, actor, and major political figure during the country’s Cultural Revolution (1966 to 1976).
Aida Begić
Aida Begić is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter.
Ludmilla Chiriaeff
Ludmilla Chiriaeff CC GOQ was a Latvian-Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director, who created more than 300 ballets for television and stage.