Director

Wan Laiming

Directing

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 139355

IMDb ID: nm0481812

Known for: Directing

Born: January 18, 1900

Died: October 7, 1997

Age: 97

Place of birth: 中国,江苏,南京

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1927 - 2012

Years active: 86

Average TMDB rating: 7.7

Wikidata: Q10865150

Also known as

萬籟鳴 • 万籁鸣 • Wàn Làimíng • Laiming Wan • Вань Лай-Мин • Лаймин Вань • Man Lai-Ming • Laiming Man

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Director (8)Art Direction (1)Creator (1)Producer (1)Set Decoration (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Wan Laiming (simplified Chinese: 万籁鸣; traditional Chinese: 萬籟鳴; pinyin: Wàn Làimíng; 18 January 1900 – 7 October 1997) was a Chinese animator. 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 Shanghai Animation Film Studio, he would raise the standard to International level before other historical events affected the industry. Brother of Wan Guchan.