death_date occupation birth_place yearsactive birth_date simpchinesename tradchinesename article_title name pinyinchinesename goldenroosterawards
18 december 1982 film director shanghai , china 1930s-1980s 01 november 1907 吴永刚 吳永剛 wu yonggang
 wu yonggang wú yǒnggāng '' rain '' ` best picture '' ' 1981 '' evening
wu yonggang

wu yonggang -lrb- november 1 , 1907 -- december 18 , 1982 -rrb- was a prominent chinese film director during the 1930s .
today wu is best known for his directorial debut , `` the goddess '' .
wu had a long career with the lianhua film company in the 1930s , in chongqing during the war , and in the mainland after the 1949 communist revolution .
