He Ping

Birthday: January 1st, 1957 Date of Death: January 10th, 2023 Place of Birth: Shanxi Province, China

He Ping (Hé Píng) (born 1957 in Shanxi, China) is a Chinese film director, whose main filmography consists of a hybrid genre of Western-wuxia movies. He made three movies along this genre - Swordsmen in Double Flag Town (1991), Sun Valley (1995) and Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2004).

He is an ethnic Manchu whose ancestors were members of the Blue Banners. His mother was the female lead in Communist China's first feature film Bridge (1949).

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