According to the official microblog of Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, a member of the Communist Party of China, a director of Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, a second-level animation designer, a member of the China Film Association and the Shanghai Film Association, and a retired cadre, Comrade Jiao Yesong, unfortunately died at 10:52 a.m. on January 27, 2020 at the age of 91 due to ineffective medical treatment. Due to the special period, after consulting with the family, it was decided to postpone the announcement.
Jiao Yesong, the pictures in this article are from the Weibo of Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio
Jiao Yesong, born in August 1929 in Jixian County, Heilongjiang Province, as the creative backbone of the east film southward migration to the film art film group, has made important contributions to the creation of American film animation and the cultivation of young animation talents, is the animation design of "Little Carp Jumping Dragon Gate", "Little Tadpole Finds Mother", "Mudi", "Grassland Hero Little Sister", "Trumpeter" and other films, "Little White Pigeon", "Petite Adventure", "Tiger Learning Art" and other films, one of the screenwriters of "Petite Adventure".
Stills from "The Little Tadpole Finds Mom"
Stills from "The Flute"
Comrade Yuno Matsu is full of enthusiasm for the cause of animation, and the animation he directs is full of childlike fun, edutainment, and deeply loved by children; he often uses the forms that children like to hear and hear to guide them to form correct values. In his later years, Comrade Jiao Yesong still had his heart set on the cause of animation, and not only donated the animation manuscripts he had kept for decades to the American Film Studio for the study of the Chinese animation school, but also said that "if the body is better, it would be better to work for a few more years." Comrade Jiao Yesong is an important participant and witness in the development process of the American Film Studio, in his career, not only put a lot of energy into the artistic creation of the American Film Studio, but also selflessly passed on his rich creative experience to the younger generations of young people, and his contribution to the development of Chinese art films will forever be recorded in the annals of history.