Senior Animator Mr. Fung Yuk-Song (1940-2025) passed away in Hong Kong on October 20. Fung joined the Shanghai Animation Film Studio after he graduated from the Zhejiang Fine Arts Academy in 1959. He participated in the production of around thirty animated films as designer and director, including The Hens’ Relocation to a New Home (Muji banjia, cel animation, 1979), One Night at the Art Studio (Hualang yiye, cel animation, 1978), and Young Heroes (Zigu yingxiong chu shaonian, cel animation, 1995-1996). He relocated to Hong Kong in 1978 and worked as a film director at the Hong Kong Animation Company. In 1984, he began to work as a film director and production director at the Wang Film Productions in Taiwan. During his stay in Taiwan, he collaborated with King Hu and co-directed Zhang Yu Boils the Sea (Zhang Yu zhu hai, cel animation, mid-1980s). He also directed and produced around 200 TV animation series outsourced from Europe and the U.S. His work In Quest of Magic (Xue xian ji, cel animation, 1992) won the Golden Horse Award in Taiwan in 1992, and he was invited to participate in the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 1993. Another of his works, Golden Dream (Jusheng, 1992), was invited to be shown at the International Animation Festival Hiroshima in 1993. In 1990, he was invited by the Wang Film Productions to establish the Speedy Victory Animation Company (Chisheng yishu gongsi) in Zhuhai, Guangdong province.

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