费穆(1906—1951),字敬庐,号辑止,原籍苏州,生于上海,1916年全家迁居北京;小学毕业后,进法文高等学堂学习。由于爱好电影,约在二十年代末考入华北电影公司,担任翻译英文字幕和编写说明书的工作。1932年费穆到上海,加入联华影业公司一厂,开始电影编导工作。 在联华的导演中,费穆有三多:看书多,看事多,看影戏多。好学深思,喜欢独立思考。从思想上看,他是个民主主义者,虽然对不合理的社会制度不满,同情被压迫的劳动群众,却又不完全赞同左翼文艺工作者的社会政治观点。他认为电影应当担负起“文化的任务”,反映“真实的社会现象”,同时必须重视形式的创造。他曾说:“有了新的内容,一定要有新 Fei Mu (1906-1951), the word King House, No. stop, originating in Suzhou, was born in Shanghai, in 1916 the whole family moved to Beijing; after graduating from primary school, into the French higher learning. He was admitted to North China Film Company about the end of 1920s as a hobby of the movie, as a translator of English subtitles and writing manuals. Fei Mu in 1932 to Shanghai, joined UMC Film Factory, began film editing work. In the director of Lianhua, Fei Mu has more than three: read more, watch things, watch more movies. Studious thinking, like independent thinking. Ideologically, he was a democrat. Although he was dissatisfied with the unreasonable social system and sympathized with the oppressed working masses, he did not fully agree with the social and political views of left-wing literary and art workers. He believes that the film should assume the “cultural mission” and reflect the “real social phenomenon,” and at the same time it must attach importance to the creation of forms. He once said: "With new content, there must be new