Cui Wei (actor)
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14 October 1912
Cui Wei | |
|---|---|
| 崔嵬 | |
 Cui in 1962 | |
| Born | Cui Jingwen 14 October 1912 Zhucheng, Shandong Providence, China |
| Died | 7 February 1979 (aged 66) |
Cui Wei (Chinese: 崔嵬; pinyin: Cuī Wéi; 14 October 1912 – 7 February 1979), born Cui Jingwen (Chinese: 崔景文; pinyin: Cuī Jǐngwén), was a Chinese film director and actor. In 1962, Cui won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor as Zhu Laogong in Keep Red Flag Flying (1960).[1]
Cui Jingwen was born on 14 October, 1912 into a poor peasant family. He started working at the age of twelve. Cui was able to attend a school in Qingdao due to the help of a relative but was expelled due to his Communist political activities.[2]
In 1930, having briefly studied scriptwriting at Shandong Provincial Experimental Theatre, he organized the Seagull Theatrical Troupe and wrote stage play scripts. In 1932, he joined the League of Left-Wing Dramatists and traveled to the east and north of China, performing in leftist activities to promote patriontism against the Japanese invasion.[2]
After studying theatre, Cui moved to Shanghai in 1935 and was a part of the leftist theatre movement.[3] He adapted the play Lay Down Your Whip for street performances.[4]
