Director

Pan Lei

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Directed movies: 18Directed series: 0All crew credits: 27

TMDB ID: 83542

IMDb ID: nm0659015

Known for: Directing

Born: August 4, 1927

Died: July 22, 2017

Age: 89

Place of birth: Haiphong, Vietnam

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1958 - 1984

Years active: 27

Average TMDB rating: 5.95

Wikidata: Q57322318

Also known as

潘壘 • Peter Pan Lei • Poon Lui • Lu Pan • 潘磊 • 潘垒

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Director (18)Writer (4)Screenplay (2)Script (2)Production Manager (1)

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Biography

Pan Lei (潘壘), a Taiwanese film director and writer, was born on August 4, 1927, whose original name was Pan Chengde(Chinese: 潘承德), also known as Pan Lei(Chinese: 潘磊) and his pen name Xinxi(心曦). After joining the army to fight the Japanese at the border of China and India, he came to Taiwan in 1949 and became a well known writer and journal publisher. He began his film career as a scriptwriter and directed his first film in 1959. His third film Typhoon (颱風; 1962) was outstanding among its contemporary films with its bold presentation of female desire and artistic achievement, which won him the praise of "Father of Taiwanese Art Cinema" (台灣藝術電影之父) and the invitation to make films for the Shaw Brothers. He died on July 22, 2017.

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