Wu Yigong

Wu Yigong was a Chinese film director and producer.

Biography

Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Wu Yigong enrolled in the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1956. After graduation in 1960, he was appointed as an assistant director at Shanghai Haiyan Film Factory.
His first solo film, My Memories of Old Beijing, won the 3rd Golden Rooster Award for best director. His other films include Evening Rain, The Tribulations of a Young Master, and A Confucius Family, among others.
Wu served as president of the Shanghai Film Studio, general manager of the General Shanghai Film Corporation, and president of the Shanghai Film Bureau.
He joined Chinese Communist Party in June 1985, and was an alternate member of 14th and 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Wu died on 14 September 2019 in Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai. He was 80 years old.