The Wan Brothers (Chinese: 萬氏兄弟) were 20th century animators born in Nanjing, China.[1] They became the founders and pioneers of the Chinese animation industry[2] and made the first Asian animation feature-length film, Princess Iron Fan in 1941.[3]
Background
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The era in which the Wan brothers operated was a rather challenging one for building an industry.[4] The brothers lived through the Second Sino-Japanese War,[5] World War II and the Cultural Revolution. They also made the famous cartoon animation, Havoc in Heaven.
The brothers
edit| English name | Chinese name | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wan Laiming | 萬籟鳴 | January 18, 1900 | October 7, 1997 |
| Wan Guchan | 萬古蟾 | November 19, 1995 | |
| Wan Chaochen | 萬超塵 | 1906 | October 28, 1992 |
| Wan Dihuan | 萬滌寰 | 1907 | 1990 |
Parents
editTheir father was in the silk business. Their mother was a seamstress.
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ The universal biographical dictionary : or, an historical account of the lives, characters, and works of the most eminent persons in every age and nation from the earliest times to the present : particularly of Great Britain and Ireland
- ↑ Braaten, Rachel; Stokes, Lisa Odham (2020). Historical dictionary of Hong Kong cinema. Lisa Odham Stokes. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-5381-2062-0. OCLC 1119980097.
- ↑ Zhou, Wenhai (2020). "Chinese Independent Animation". Palgrave Animation. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-40697-4. ISBN 9783030406974. ISSN 2523-8086. S2CID 218994949.
- ↑ Sun, Lijun (2020). The History of Chinese Animation. Milton: Taylor & Francis Group. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-000-41627-5. OCLC 1237870952.
- ↑ Zhang, Yingjin; Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). Encyclopedia of Chinese film. Zhiwei Xiao. London: Routledge. p. 351. ISBN 978-0-203-19555-0. OCLC 76898497.