Wan Chao-Chan (; 1906–1992) was born in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

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. He was one of the

Wan brothers The Wan Brothers () were born in the early 20th century in Nanjing, China. They became the founders and pioneers of the Chinese animation industry and made the first Asian animation feature-length film, ''Princess Iron Fan'' in 1941. Background ...

who pioneered the

Chinese animations Chinese animation refers to animation made in China. In China and in Chinese, donghua ( zh, s=动画, t=動畫, p=dònghuà) describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. However, outside of China and in English, ''donghua'' is coll ...

industry.

History

He joined his other brothers

Wan Laiming Wan Laiming (; 18 January 1900 – 7 October 1997) was born in Nanjing, Qing dynasty. He was one of the Wan brothers who pioneered the Chinese animation industry, and is commonly considered as China's first animator. As the director of the Sha ...

in most of the animation projects that came after the experimentations.Travel Channel China. "." "Tieshangongzhufirst-length cartoon." Retrieved on 2006-12-24.

Filmography

References

External links

China Movie DB
Chinese animators Film directors from Jiangsu 20th-century Chinese inventors Cinema pioneers 1906 births 1992 deaths Artists from Nanjing Chinese film directors Chinese animated film directors Chinese animated film producers {{animator-stub