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Evan Yang

39 movies

Known for
Directing
Born
Dec 26, 1920
Died
Mar 29, 1978 (age 57)
Place of birth
Beijing, China
Also known as
Kot Long Chu · Wen I · Evan Yang · Yanqi Yang

Biography

Evan Yang or Yi Wen (Chinese: 易文; pinyin: Yi Wen; November 26, 1920 – March 29, 1978), originally named Yang Yanqi (simplified Chinese: 杨彦岐; traditional Chinese: 楊彥岐) was a Hong Kong-Chinese director and songwriter. His father was Yang Qianli, a politician and university professor. His uncles and aunts include architect Yang Xiliu(S. J. Young), animator Cy Young, entrepreneur Yang Xiren and Yang Renlan (mother of sociologist Fei Xiaotong).

Evan Yang moved to Wu County, Jiangsu in 1925. In 1936, he wrote his first script In The Era which was unaccepted. In 1937, he moved to Shanghai with family. In 1941, he graduated from St. John's University, Shanghai. He started writing film script in Hong Kong from 1948 and started using the name "Evan Yang" from 1951.

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Behind the camera (39)