Shichuan Zhang

Zhang Shichuan, also credited as S. C. Chang, was a Chinese entrepreneur, film director, and film producer, who is considered a founding father of Chinese cinema. He and Zheng Zhengqiu made the first Chinese feature film, The Difficult Couple, in 1913, and co-founded the Mingxing (Star) Film Company in 1922, which became the largest film production company in China under Zhang's leadership.

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