Wan Dihuan (; born 1907, date of death unknown) was a

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filmmaker. 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 animation 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 co ...

industry. His date of birth is unknown.

History

Wan Dihuan assisted his brothers in pioneering many of the film projects up until 1932, when he voluntarily left the

Great Wall Film Company Great Wall Film Company () was one of the first Chinese film production companies based in Shanghai, China, in the 1920s. History The company was founded by Mei Xuechou (梅雪俦) and Liu Zhaoming (刘兆明) in the 1920s. The company's first ...

for his own photography studio.Qing Yun.
Qing Yun
" ''Qing Yun.com.'' Retrieved on 2006-12-19. It is unknown as to whether he succeeded in starting the studio, since the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

would take shape by 1937. It is believed that he only came back in 1941 to assist with ''

Princess Iron Fan Princess Iron Fan () is a character from the 16th century Chinese novel ''Journey to the West''. She is the wife of the Bull Demon King and mother of Red Boy. She is one of the most popular ''Journey to the West'' villains, alongside her husband ...

'' and 1964 ''

Havoc in Heaven ''Havoc in Heaven'', also translated as ''Uproar in Heaven'', is a Chinese donghua feature film directed by Wan Laiming and produced by all four of the Wan brothers. The film was created at the height of the Chinese animation industry in the 1960 ...

''.

Filmography

References

External links

China Movie DB
1907 births Year of death missing Film directors from Jiangsu 20th-century Chinese inventors Cinema pioneers Artists from Nanjing Chinese animated film directors Chinese animated film producers {{animator-stub