History of Chinese film should be focused on three separate threads of development.
Mainland China
- early era (Shanghai, 20s and 30s or earlier)
- communist propaganda film making sponsored by government (1960s and 70s)
- recent era that incorporated many joint ventures and projects with international investment.
Hong Kong
- Cantonese movies era (1950s and 60s), mostly Wu Xia film, drama, Cantonese opera on film etc. - e.g. Wah Tat studio.
- Mandarin movies era (1960s on) - e.g. Shaws brothers studio, Golden Harvest studio.
- The come-back of Cantonese movies - (1970s on) - probably spearheaded by Sam Hui with his comedies which brought Cantonese movies back in the spotlight.
Taiwan
- heavily influenced by the Mandarin movies produced in Hong Kong.
Some famous filmmakers for Chinese movies:
Hong Kong
- [Jackie Chan]?
- John Woo
- [Tsui Hark]?
- [Ringo Lam]?
- [Samo Hung]?
- [Yuen Wo Ping]?
- [Wong Jing]?
- [Yuen Biao]?
- [Stanly Tong]?
- [Michelle Yeoh]?
- [David Chiang]?
isn't Ang Lee is from Taiwan? This section is pitifull - could do better! --
Asa