At the age of 89, Lin Wenxiao, a famous animation artist and director of "Snow Boy", passed away in China | Animation | Snow Boy
According to Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, Lin Wenxiao, a famous animation artist, director of "Snowy Children", and first-class animation designer, passed away due to illness at 18:41 on June 7, 2023, at the age of 89.
Lin Wenxiao, born in 1935, is from Danyang, Jiangsu. Graduated from Beijing Film Academy with a major in animation in 1953, and later served as an animation designer and director at Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio. He has successively worked as animation designer in more than 30 art films, such as The Proud General, The Radish Comes Back, The Little Tadpole Seeks His Mother, Mu Di, The Monkey King, The Little sisters of the Prairie Heroes, and Nezha Makes a Trouble in the Sea. After 1978, he served as a director and directed more than 20 animated films, including "One Night at the Gallery," "Snow Child," "Breaking the Incense Burner," "The Golden Monkey Subdues the Demon," "The Clip Saves the Deer," "Echo," "The Fearless Coat," "Supplementary Tickets," "Deer Woman," "Shuke and Beta," and "Heroes of Youth Since Ancient Times.".
The animated film "Snow Child" won the Excellent Film Award of the Ministry of Culture in 1980; The Golden Monkey Subdues the Demon won the 1985 Excellent Fine Arts Film Award of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, the Best Fine Arts Film Award of the 6th Chinese Film "Golden Rooster Award Award", and the Excellent Film Award of the First Shanghai Literature and Art Award; "The Catcher Saves the Deer" won the 1985 Excellent Film Award from the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, the 2nd China Children's and Youth Film "Tong Niu Award", and the Best Short Film Golden Elephant Award at the 5th Kupac International Children's Film Festival in India; "Deer Woman" won the best art film award of the 14th Chinese Film "Golden Rooster Award". After retirement, he was invited multiple times to serve as a professor and graduate supervisor in the animation major at well-known universities across the country. I have collaborated on writing monographs such as "Animation Techniques" and "Fundamentals and Creation of Animation Directors".
"Snowy Children" is Lin Wenxiao's first independent director's animated work, telling a fairy tale story of friendship and courage. The characters are lively and lovely, the music is beautiful and pleasant, and the story is educational and entertaining, touching generations of children.
Animation is Lin Wenxiao's lifelong ideal and pursuit. She witnessed and participated in many firsts of Chinese animation: the first color animated feature film, the first ink animated feature film, the first wide screen animated feature film... In her creation, she expressed the emotions of humans and objects with meticulous actions, gently integrating "truth, goodness, and beauty" into her animation works, planting the seeds of beauty in the hearts of children, and making important contributions to Chinese art films, the "Chinese animation school", and Chinese national animation.