Original title: The famous filmmaker Zhao Jun dies at the age of 63
Beijing News (Reporter Zhou Huixiaowan) On January 22, the filmmaker Zhao Jun passed away at the age of 63. Many of Zhao Jun’s friends confirmed the news to the Beijing News reporter. It is reported that Zhao Jun served as the honorary president of the Guangdong Film Industry Association before his death, and has rich experience in the field of Chinese film distribution. In the hearts of all my friends, Zhao Jun was a heroic, courageous, open-minded and free-spirited all his life. Everyone expressed that he could not accept his sudden death and was deeply saddened.
Zhao Jun is known as one of the biggest names in China’s film distribution industry, and enjoys the reputation of “the first person in China’s planned theater box office” in the film culture circle. He used to be the general manager of the former Guangdong Film Company, the deputy general manager of the Pearl River Film Group, the general manager of China Film Southern Film Shinkansen, and the first chairman of Dadi Cinema. He is currently the vice president of the China Film Critics Association and the Guangdong Film Industry Association. Honorary President.
Zhao Jun at work, photo courtesy of Zhao Jun’s friendsAs a native of Guangzhou, Zhao Jun grew up under the nourishment of Cantonese culture since he was a child. In the 1980s, he was one of the earliest group of backpackers in China. He traveled all over the country, enjoyed the famous mountains and rivers of the motherland, and broadened his horizons and patterns. In the industry, Zhao Jun and Gao Jun, the former general manager of the Beijing New Film Association Cinema Line, and Wu Hehu, the former deputy general manager of the Shanghai United Cinema Line, are honored as “the Three Musketeers of Chinese Film Distribution”. He loved movies all his life and once said: “The relationship between film theory, film market and film creation is the relationship between soul, skeleton and flesh and blood.”
Beijing News reporter Zhou Huixiaowan