[The Epoch Times, Rhagfyr 31, 2022](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Tong Yijia) On December 30, the Beijing Film Academy issued an “obituary”, announcing that Xu Tongjun, a famous director and professor of the Beijing Film Academy’s Department of Directing, will die on December 20, 2022. He died of illness at age 76.
The late “obituary” said that according to Xu Tongjun’s last wish, the family members decided to keep the funeral simple and not hold a farewell ceremony. He also explained that Xu Tongjun’s body had been cremated, and that the college would hold memorial activities at an “appropriate” time next year.
Although the “obituary” did not specify the specific cause of the disease, Nortel professor Wu Qiong bluntly noted in his condolence that “it hurts more than when he was infected with the epidemic”, which seems to suggest that Xu Tongjun died from the epidemic.
Director Xie Fei revealed in his condolence that Xu Tongjun also gave public lectures in October this year, and that his body looked healthy then. Xu Tongjun’s sudden death made Xie Fei call “this is really the darkest moment in the epidemic period”. Another netizen left a message confirming that he went to Xu Tongjun’s class in September. He did not expect him to leave so suddenly, and he did not hear that he had any serious illness before his death. People speculate that Xu Tongjun may have died from the an epidemic. The land media “Sina.com” directly reported on “Director Xu Tongjun died of the epidemic”.
According to the data, Xu Tongjun graduated from the acting department of the Beijing Arts Academy in 1966. In 1978, he was transferred to teach in the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy. The professional course is the mentor of famous directors such as Tian Zhuangzhuang, Chen Kaige, Lou Ye, Wang Xiaoshuai, Han Sanping, Huang Jianxin, Guan Hu, etc. After retirement, Xu Tongjun also taught for a long time in the advanced courses of the director’s department, and was employed by Qingdao Film Academy (formerly Beijing Film Academy Qingdao Modern Creative Media Academy) as a directing director.
While teaching, Xu Tongjun also directed many film and television dramas with the main theme. For example, in 1986, “Zhenzhen’s Hair House” won the “Excellent Film Award of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television” that year, and then directed “AIDS Patient”, “Desert Enmity” and many other red films. TV dramas such as “Oh, Kunlun”, “Love Stories in the Hutong”, and “The Man of Muyun” which he directed won the official “Flight Award”. In addition, Xu Tongjun also served as the official judge of the “China Music Video Awards” and “TV Documentary Awards” based on the so-called “political criteria first, artistic criteria second”.
Recently, the CCP has moved from “not dynamic” in the last three years to full liberalization, and has failed to make proper preparations, leading to a surge in the number of infections and deaths. Not only the entertainment industry, but also the scientific and technological circles, medical circles, and government agencies have often reported the death of celebrities, but the official secrets about the cause of death of these people have been kept secret. confidential
On December 27, the National Health and Medical Commission of the Chinese Communist Party said in a press conference on the epidemic that there had been no serious large-scale deaths during the first wave of the peak effect, which raised doubts and strong criticisms from the Chinese. At the same time, funeral homes in mainland China issued an emergency notice to block news of the death from the epidemic.
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