Where was Hu Jinqing born?

Hu Jinqing (1936 March -20 19 May 13), male, from Changzhou, Jiangsu. First-class director of Shanghai Animation Film Studio, former vice president of China Animation Association. Known as the "father of gourd dolls", he is one of the outstanding artists who created and developed Chinese paper-cut animation.

The main works are: paper-cutting, gourd brothers, fisherman, golden conch, ginseng doll, snake-clam rivalry and so on. He has won the excellent film award of the Ministry of Culture, the Golden Rooster Award and the Silver Bear Award for the best short film of the West Berlin International Film Festival.

On May 20 19 13, Hu Jinqing died in Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital at the age of 83.

Chinese name: Hu Jinqing.

Alias: Meidu

Nationality: People's Republic of China (PRC).

Ethnic group: Han nationality

Place of birth: Changzhou, Jiangsu

Date of birth:1March 936

Date of death: 2065438+May 2009 65438+March 2009

Occupation: animation director

Graduate school: Beijing Film Academy.

Main achievements: Lumumba Award of Asian-African Film Festival

Best film award

China Golden Rooster Award for Best Art Film

Excellent film award of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television

Representative works: gourd brothers, ginseng dolls, snipe mussels compete.

The life of the character

Hu Jinqing,1born in March, 936, was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu. His pen name is Modu. Good at paper-cutting and animation.

From 65438 to 0953, he graduated from Beijing Film Academy majoring in animation. Later, he worked in Shanghai Animation Film Studio and participated in the production of 35 films. The 10 films he directed are all very distinctive. Among them, three newspaper clippings, The Wretched Golden Monkey and The Scarecrow, all won the Excellent Film Award of the Ministry of Culture, and The Rivalry of the mussels also won international awards for four consecutive times. Hu Jinqing made great contributions to the development of paper-cutting. In his early days, he co-founded and studied China's first newspaper clipping with the famous director Wan Guchan. Later, a new paper-cutting process of "napping" was trial-produced and made into ink paper-cutting pieces. Innovative feather craft painting in "Grass Man" won the 1985 Excellent Film Award of the Ministry of Radio and Television and was nominated for the "Golden Rooster Award".

65438-0953, after graduating from Beijing Film Academy, worked as a stylist and action designer in Shanghai Animation Film Studio.

1963, director and action designer.

1985, deputy director of the arts Committee.

1986, director of China Film Association.

Character works

Screenplay works

Goat went home (1977)- screenwriter.

The strong take the bait, catching rats and fighting cocks (1988)-screenwriter.

Mantis Catching Cicada (1988)- Screenwriter.

Gourd King Kong Episode II Fighting Competition (1989)- Screenwriter.

Gourd King Kong Episode 5 Flower Valley Escape (1990)- Screenwriter.

Brainstorm crow (199 1)- screenwriter.

Cat and Mouse (1 992)- screenwriter.

Snow Fox (1997)-screenwriter.

design

General Ao (1956)- Animator.

Crossing Monkey Mountain (1958)- Animator.

Jigong Fighting Cricket (195 Tan 9)- Action.

Fisherman (1959)- Animator and Action.

Wait for tomorrow (1962)- action.

Ginseng doll (1962)- costume design and action.

Golden Conch (1963)- Fashion Design and Action.

Red Army Bridge (1964 crowded)-Action.

Panda Department Store (1979)- Art (production design).

Cao Ren (1985)-Animator.

Hulu Brothers (1988)- styling design.

The first episode of "Little King Kong of the Hulu" returns to the demon fog (1989)- costume design.

Fox School (1992)- Art (production design).

Since ancient times, heroes make friends with young birds, and little Julian saves the city (1996)- art (production design).

Since ancient times, heroes have produced young Zhao Yun's Apprentice and Shepherd's Painting Review (1996)- art (production design).

Director works

Diary of Kobayashi (1965)- Director.

Warsong of 10,000-ton hydraulic press (1972)-Director.

Bow and arrow with sound (1974)- Director.

The goat went home (1977)- Director.

Ding Ding vs the Monkey King (1980)- Director.

Naughty Golden Monkey (1982)- Director.

Fighting between snipe and clam (1983)- Director.

Cao Ren (1985)- Director.

Hulu Brothers (1988)- Director.

The strong take the bait, catching rats and fighting cocks (1988)- Director.

Mantis Catching Cicada (1988)- Director.

Hulu King Kong Episode 3: Dream of Flying Spin (1989)- Director.

The first episode of Gourd King Kong, The Return of the Demon Fog (1989)-directed.

The fourth episode of Gourd King Kong is evenly matched (1990)- directed.

Hulu King Kong Episode 6: Destroying Demons and Ghosts (199 1)- Director.

Zhi Dou Crowe (199 1)- Director.

Cat and Mouse (1992)- Director.

Since ancient times, heroes have made friends with young birds, and rescue stories are few and far between (1996)- director.

Since ancient times, heroes have been the directors of Zhao Yun's apprentice and shepherd boy's painting review (1996).

Snow Fox (1998)- Director.

Personal life

Hu Jinqing was once a famous "dancing prince" in a film studio. Tango, rumba, he is good at everything; He has an active personality, can play the violin, and likes to talk about music and tell jokes with colleagues. In the photo taken by his wife, his face resembles that of Hong Kong actor Lin Baoyi. "Many girls like him." .

Main honor

196 1 year, ginseng doll won the honorary prize of the 4th Leipzig International Short Film and Documentary Film Festival in German Democratic Republic.

1964 "Golden Conch" won the Lumumba Prize at the 3rd Asian-African Film Festival in Indonesia.

1979 Renzi won the Silver Mermaid Award for Best Children's Film at the First Alexandria International Film Festival in Egypt.

1982 Director's newspaper clipping Naughty Golden Monkey won the Excellent Film Award of the Ministry of Culture.

1983, ginseng doll won the jury prize of 12 figuera Dafuli International Film Festival.

1984 ink cartoon "Snakes and Clams Fight" won the Best Art Film Award of the 4th China Golden Rooster Award, 1983 Excellent Film Award of the Ministry of Culture; Silver Bear Award for Short Film in the 34th West Berlin International Film Festival of the Federal Republic of Germany; Special Award of the 6th International Cartoon Film Festival in Zagreb, Yugoslavia; Special Award of Toronto International Cartoon Film Festival, Canada.

1985 "Grass Man" won the excellent film award of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television.

1987 "Grass Man" won the first prize of children's film in Group C of the second international animation film festival in Qishan, Japan.

1988 "mantis catching cicada" won the group award of the first Shanghai International Animation Film Festival; Second prize in Group F of the 3rd International Animation Film Festival in Hiroshima, Japan.

1989 The animated film Hulu Brothers (the third and fourth episodes) won the Excellent Film Award of the Ministry of Radio and Television 1986- 1987 and the third China Children's Film Award.

1990 Bite of the Strong won the first prize in Group E of the 3rd International Animation Film Festival in Hiroshima, Japan.

Copyright dispute

June 5438+February 65438+February 2009, an article entitled "Xiao Xin's father left, so many people commemorated. Huluwa's father has depression. Who cares? "The post appeared on the Internet and spread quickly, causing enthusiastic response from netizens. According to the post, Hu Jinqing, the director of the domestic classic cartoon "Huluwa", suffers from severe depression, and appeals to netizens to send postcards for themselves and bring him some warmth and care. Edwina, a Douban user who initiated the activity, expressed the hope to gather network power and let the animators feel the care of the post-80s generation.

Only one day after the event was launched, more than 3,000 people participated, and many foreign netizens sent postcards. Post-80s netizens are the main participants in this activity. Everyone grew up watching Hu's cartoons, and the postcards sent were touching.

"Granddaughter" responded: I want to compete with the American Film Factory for copyright.

Just one day after the post was posted, a netizen who claimed to be Hu's granddaughter, Miss Xiao Hu, also angrily criticized the poster online. "No matter what the purpose of the sponsor of this activity is, first of all, I want to declare that please don't publish the address of the party without the consent of others. Did you ask my grandfather's permission? " In addition, Miss Xiao Hu also stressed that the poster's illness is all a rumor. "My grandfather is just old and his ears are not good. Sometimes if you can't hear clearly, you say that his understanding of depression is poor. " But what made her most angry was the "manuscript" mentioned by the poster, which positively mentioned that she had filed a lawsuit with the film studio: "I have to wonder what your relationship with the film studio is, just to emphasize that my grandfather has no manuscript, and the copyright of Huluwa belongs to the film studio, right? ! Yes! We are now suing the American film studio for copyright issues. Let's see for ourselves whose gourd doll is! The beauty studio is really deceiving others! Even if my grandfather really becomes like that, it is definitely forced by the film studio! Look at what they did to my grandfather, how to go to court with my grandfather! "

Shanghai Film Group: I visited the elderly and avoided talking about copyright.

On June 5438+February 65438+March 2009, Wang, vice president of Shanghai Film Group, confirmed that Hu Jinqing did suffer from depression, and his condition was not as serious as netizens thought. The trade unions and party committees of Shanghai Film Group have always been very concerned about Hu Lao and expressed their condolences and concern to him many times. Mr. Wang refused to respond to the copyright lawsuit disclosed by Miss Xiao Hu.

Lawyer's statement: the specific situation is difficult to be clear, and the copyright is difficult to determine.

Who is the owner of this "gourd doll"? Lawyers said that according to the relevant laws and regulations of copyright, the author who created this work must enjoy copyright, but the basic facts of the original author and the film company are not comprehensive, so the situation is more complicated. "If the author is entrusted to create a work, this copyright should be determined according to the contract at that time. If it is not stated that the work belongs to both parties, then the work should belong to the client. " In addition, there is another situation: "If a script is to be made into a film, the film work is a process of re-creation and is attached to the script work. Of course, the film is also a brand-new product. If the discussion is about the ownership of the film itself, then this copyright should belong to the film producer. "

Anecdotes of characters

Hu Jinqing insisted on the pursuit of art and made many beautiful cartoons, but his efforts were always hidden in the great "collective" achievements. The "Huluwa" created by him has brought fond memories to the childhood of a whole generation, but he himself has been forgotten by the public for more than 20 years.

If it weren't for an "oolong" message on the Internet that he had depression, Hu Jinqing would probably live in peace. Although, his "gourd baby" has long been an indelible memory in the hearts of a whole generation.

These memories are recorded in greeting cards flying like snowflakes: a girl born after 80 in Wuhu said that she would hum the melody of "gourd baby" from time to time; A kindergarten teacher in Shenzhen is trying to introduce this film to the children after 00 in her class. Even, a person who didn't leave his name wrote that this cartoon was "watched hand in hand" with Xiaoling, his deskmate, in the fifth grade, and "there were many wonderful times that year".

"Huluwa" is not an image in myths and legends, but a concept completely derived from Hu Jinqing. 1984, when the film studio planned to turn the novel Ten Brothers into a cartoon, director Hu Jinqing insisted on replacing the characters in 10 with seven "Gourd Seven Brothers" with the same appearance but different colors. And many villains, including "Emperor" and "Wei", should also be simplified as "snake" and "scorpion". His reason is simple. If not, the money invested by the factory simply can't afford it. He even left "malicious words" to the leader: "If you don't promise, I won't shoot!"

But he's really procrastinating. With the consent of the factory, he not only rewrote the script according to his own ideas, but also acted as a director to divide the lens and draw scenes for this cartoon.

As a "paper-cut", the shooting process of Hulu Brothers is like a shadow play. The staff need to cut the characters into pieces of paper with movable joints first, then put on different actions on the big background pattern, and then shoot them one by one. The comic book of 13 needs thousands of scenes and takes two years to shoot.

He also painted the cartoon image of "Huluwa". At that time, the factory openly solicited models. As a result, among a bunch of images of "Shenwa" and "Doll", the shirtless "Wild Child" painted by Hu Jinqing was selected.

"This image must have national characteristics and a little wildness," Hu Jinqing said. "I borrowed the image of a' rich boy' next to Guanyin Bodhisattva, and finally painted it as a rough barefoot."

This process of "sea selection" was later repeatedly emphasized by Hu Jinqing: "Although I finally chose the image I painted, others also did a lot of work. This film was completed with the help of many people."

Indeed, in the eyes of most people, the whole Hulu Brothers is a collective work. Even if Hu Jinqing participated in the director, screenwriter and image design of Hulu Brothers, it is hard for the audience to find this. In the subtitles of the credits, he used three different names, Hu Jinqing and Jin Qing, and his pen name "Mudu". "Otherwise, they are all my own names, which are ugly."

After the cartoon was officially broadcast, it caused a sensation. Television stations in almost every prefecture-level city have purchased the right to broadcast the cartoon, and the sales of video tapes and VCDs have exceeded 1 10,000. For Hu Jinqing personally, he only knows that the film "made some money" because he soon received a new task of shooting the sequel "King Kong Cucumber Baby". However, his own life has hardly changed. When people cheer for the gourd doll on the screen, no one will care who painted it.

"At that time, the audience only paid attention to which studio made the film, and did not pay attention to which creator." A staff member of the film studio explained, "It was not an era of respecting individuals."

In fact, in the animation industry for more than 40 years, all the awards and praises won by Hu Jinqing's works were also named after the "collective". But he doesn't dislike such a "collective". He only pursues art. In the 1960s, when the film studio aimed at participating in international competitions and there was no profit pressure, he was in charge of styling design in Golden Conch. In this 30-minute animated short film, he fully realized his artistic inspiration: every rock, coral and tree were carefully carved, and even the lace on the neckline and cuffs of the protagonist and the tiny curly hair like screws were "carved".

Even when the Hulu Brothers was filmed later, the cost was limited. 13 episode of the whole cartoon, the whole soundtrack only uses an electronic organ. Hu Jinqing still insists on sketching out every character and every scene in detail. Even when he sleeps at night, he often gets up suddenly and sits back at his desk to write and draw, just to "write down the inspiration in his dreams."

However, in the face of the impact of commercialization, Hu Jinqing, who has been engaged in animation for nearly 50 years, feels more and more clearly that he can't change too many things: "We don't want to invest too much money, so animation is a small cost. The cost of each grid (1/24 seconds) is only a few dollars, while the cost of American animation can reach tens of thousands of dollars. How can this compare with them? "

He saw that most of the current cartoons are always "violent and lack of connotation". Some cartoons, such as Blue Cat, Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, have good dialogue and arrangement, but "the actions are too simple". Although they can earn some money, their artistic vitality will not last long.

"A good cartoon should be interesting, thrilling and humorous, but most importantly, it must have connotation." Hu Jinqing said that in "Gourd Brothers", all kinds of tricks used by snake spirits, including "soft knife", "hard shoes" and "beating the sap", mean something, but it is difficult to do this in today's cartoons.

In his later years, he just wanted to stay at home, watch TV, surf the Internet and visit his young granddaughter Doby. He is getting farther and farther away from the public memory. Even when The Huluwa Brothers was adapted into a movie in 2008, no one remembered the "Huluwa Dad" who had written an outline of the story and painted characters.

"These people who bring us good memories should not be forgotten." Some netizens left a message.

The death of a character

On May 20 19 13 15, Hu Jinqing, the "father of cucurbit dolls" and director, died in Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital at the age of 83. He is one of the outstanding artists in the creation and development of Chinese paper-cut animation, and also an animation expert and master in Shanghai Animation Film Studio.