On July 2, the reporter learned from many friends of Mr. Qu Jianfang that Qu Jianfang, a famous animation artist, the general director of the series of animation films "The Story of Avanti" and the art design Qu Jianfang died in Shanghai on March 19 this year at the age of 86 due to ineffective medical treatment.
Qu Jianfang's family followed his will and funeral, so he released the news to friends in the industry a few months after his death.
Qu Jianfang has successively served as a landscape painter in the animation group of Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, an art designer and director of the puppet film group, and his representative works include "Genius Acrobat", "This is a Song" and "The Story of Avanti".
The Story of Avanti is a 13-episode puppet animation film released by Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio in 1980, directed and designed by Qu Jianfang, who is also the designer of the cartoon character of "Avanti".
Among them, "Avanti - Planting Gold" won the 1980 Ministry of Culture Excellent Film Award, the Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award, and the honorary certificate of the 1980 American Oscar Film Festival. His series "The Story of Avanti - The Divine Doctor" won the first prize for animated short film at the 1989 Chicago International Children's Film Festival.
"The Story of Avanti" is based on the legendary character Avanti, and the entire animated film is divided into more than a dozen small stories, in which the funny and humorous image of Avanti riding a donkey upside down and his funny jokes are the common memories of generations of Chinese people.
Qu Jianfang mentioned in the program "Lu Yu Has a Date" before his death that "The Story of Avanti" has no contribution fee, and the director also has no contribution fee. Before the 1980s, they were all paid basic salaries, and once the prize was 50 yuan, and there were fourteen or five people in the film crew at that time, so they used the prize money to invite everyone to have a meal together.
Qu Jianfang graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Northeast American College (Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts) in 1957. He is a member of the International Animation Association ASIFA, the Honorary Director of the Asian Animation Art Center, the Vice Chairman of the Animation Film Working Committee of the China Filmmakers Association, a member of the Shanghai Artists Association, the deputy director of the Cartoon Art Committee of the China Television Artists Association, an advisor of the China Animation Society, and a senior consultant of china Animation Group.
Qu Jianfang is also a jury member of the 8th Spanish International Film Festival, a jury member of the 11th Cairo International Children's Film Festival, a final judge of the 1st China (Hangzhou) International Animation Festival "Monkey Award", the chairman of the 2nd Jury and the vice chairman of the 4th Jury, the final jury member of the 1st China (Beijing) International University Animation Festival, the final judge of the 3rd China (Changzhou) International Animation Competition, and the chairman of the jury of the 2006 "Academy Award" of the Chinese Animation Society.
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