About
Zhu Shilin (27 July 1899 – 5 January 1967), also romanised as Chu Shek Lin, was a Chinese film director and screenwriter, born in Taicang, Jiangsu, China. Zhu began his career in the thriving film industry of Shanghai, directing actresses like Ruan Lingyu with the Lianhua Film Company. After the war, Zhu moved to Hong Kong, where he founded the Longma Film Company along with fellow Shanghai emigrant Fei Mu. Between 1930 and 1964, he directed 80 films. Two of his films, Sorrows of the Forbidden City (1948) and Festival Moon (1953) were ranked in the Hong Kong Film Awards' Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures.
Filmography
The Cricket and the King1966 · Writer
Garden of Repose1964 · Writer, Director
Tung Hsiaowen1963 · Writer, Director
San feng qiu huang1963 · Writer, Director
The Eternal Love1960 · Director, Writer
The Beggarly Girl1959 · Director
Sweet as Honey1959 · Director
Husband Hunters1958 · Director, Writer
The Living Corpse1958 · Director
Tonight and Every Night1958 · Director, Writer
A Widow's Tears1956 · Director
新婚第一夜1956 · Writer, Director
Love at First Sight1955 · Director
Festival Moon1953 · Director
The Dividing Wall1952 · Director
The Show Must Go On1952 · Director
Should They Marry?1951 · Director
The Flower Girl1951 · Director
Sorrows of the Forbidden City1948 · Director
The Third Generation1948 · Screenplay, Director