August First Film Studio

August First Film Studio

Company type	State-run film distributor, production company
Industry	Chinese cinema
Founded	March 1951
Founders	People's Liberation Army
Headquarters	Beijing , China
Key people	Huang Hong
Products	film

August First Film Studio
Traditional Chinese	八一電影製片廠
Simplified Chinese	八一电影制片厂
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bāyī Diànyǐng Zhìpiànchǎng

August First Film Studio, or Bayi Film Studio, is a state-run film studio in China.

History

August First Film Studio was established on August 1, 1952. It was originally called the PLA Film Studio (Chinese: 解放军电影制品厂). In 1956, it was renamed August First Film Studio.

Since 1952, August First Film Studio has produced more than 2400 films, including Tracks In the Snowy Forest, Tunnel Warfare, and Charging Out of Amazon.

Organization

• Department of Feature Film (Chinese: 故事片部)
• Department of Military Education (Chinese: 军教影片部)
• Department of Television (Chinese: 电视部)
• Department of Technology (Chinese: 技术部)
• Department of Three-ring Audio-Visual (Chinese: 三环音像部)
• Videos City (Chinese: 影视基地)

List of heads

№	Name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Ref
1	Situ Huimin	司徒慧敏	1952	1953
2	Chen Bo	陈播	1952	1966
3	Zhang Shaoting	张少庭	1966	1968
4	Peng Bo	彭渤	1968	1975
5	Liu Jia	刘佳	1975	1978
6	Zhang Jinghua	张景华	1978	1985
7	Xiao Mu	萧穆	1985	1992
8	Wang Xiaotang	王晓棠	1992	1998
9	Zheng Zhenhuan	郑振环	1998	2001
10	Ming Zhenjiang	明振江	2001	2011
11	Huang Hong	黄宏	2011	2015
12	TBD		2015	present

External links

• Official website