Director

Evan Yang

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Directed movies: 14Directed series: 0All crew credits: 22

TMDB ID: 1154735

IMDb ID: nm0947945

Known for: Directing

Born: December 26, 1920

Died: March 29, 1978

Age: 57

Place of birth: Beijing, China

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1954 - 1972

Years active: 19

Wikidata: Q11088295

Also known as

Kot Long Chu • Wen I • Evan Yang • Yanqi Yang • Wen Yi • Yì Wén • 易文 • Yang Yanqi • 杨彦岐 • 楊彥岐

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Director (14)Writer (5)Screenplay (2)Musician (1)

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Biography

Evan Yang or Yi Wen (Chinese: 易文; pinyin: Yi Wen; November 26, 1920 – March 29, 1978), originally named Yang Yanqi (simplified Chinese: 杨彦岐; traditional Chinese: 楊彥岐) was a Hong Kong-Chinese director and songwriter. His father was Yang Qianli, a politician and university professor. His uncles and aunts include architect Yang Xiliu(S. J. Young), animator Cy Young, entrepreneur Yang Xiren and Yang Renlan (mother of sociologist Fei Xiaotong). Evan Yang moved to Wu County, Jiangsu in 1925. In 1936, he wrote his first script In The Era which was unaccepted. In 1937, he moved to Shanghai with family. In 1941, he graduated from St. John's University, Shanghai. He started writing film script in Hong Kong from 1948 and started using the name "Evan Yang" from 1951. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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