List_of_Chinese_film_production_companies_(pre-PRC)

List of Chinese film-production companies before 1949

List of Chinese film-production companies before 1949

Add article description

The following is a list of notable film production companies from Mainland China before the communist revolution in 1949.

C

D

  • Dadi Film Company- (Great Earth), Hong Kong production company active between 1939-1940 that focused on Mandarin-language films, founded by Cai Chusheng and Situ Huimin
  • Datong Film Company- (Great Harmony), Major privately owned production company of the 1940s
  • Dazhonghua- (Great China), first major production company to emerge in post-war Hong Kong, focused on Mandarin-language films
  • Dazhonghua Baihe Film Company- Major production company of the 1920s, later merged into Lianhua
  • Diantong Film Company- Leftist film company active from 1934-1935. Only produced four films.

G

  • Guohua Productions- Founded in the late 1930s by former Mingxing director Zhang Shichuan, major rival of Xinhua Film Company during the "Solitary Island" period

H

  • Huamei Film Company- (China-America Film), early production company founded by American Benjamin Brodsky in Hong Kong. Only produced one film, Lai Man-Wai's landmark 1913 film Zhuangzi Tests His Wife.

K

  • Kunlun Film Company- (Mount Kunlun Pictures), Major privately owned production company in the 1940s, produced the 1949 anti-GMD film Crows and Sparrows

L

M

N

S

  • Shanghai Animation Film Studio
  • Shanghai Yingxi ("Shanghai Films")- Active in the 1920s, later merged into Lianhua
  • South China Motion Picture Co. - Active in mid-1930s.

T

W

X

  • Xianggong Yingye- active in the 1920s, later merged into Lianhua
  • Xibei Film Company
  • Xin Shidai Film Company- Produced Situ Humin's 1938 The Blood Spilt in the Treasure Mountain City.
  • Xinhua Film Company- (New China), leftist film company, active in the 1930s and 1940s

Y

  • Yihua Film Company- Active in the 1930s, produced Leftist films
  • Yiji Film Company

Z

  • Zhongyang Films- (Central) Minor production company, active in the 1930s
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article List_of_Chinese_film_production_companies_(pre-PRC), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.