On this day, 41 years ago, on April 26, 1984 (March 26, 1984 in the lunar calendar), film director Cheng Yin died of illness in Beijing. On April 26, 1984, film director Cheng Yin died of illness in Beijing. Yin Yin, China film director. Originally known as Cheng Yunbao, he was born in Songjiang, Jiangsu Province (now Shanghai City). After 1937, he actively participated in the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Movement. He went to Yan 'an in 1938 and joined the Communist Party of China in the same year. He successively served as director, political instructor, and deputy president of the Northern Shaanxi Public School and Drama Club, and wrote plays such as "The Countryside of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei","Hu Leela", and "Between the Enemy and the Enemy". During the War of Liberation, he participated in the propaganda work of the Northwest Field Army. After 1947, he successively served as director of Northeast Film Studio and Beijing Film Studio, dean of Beijing Film Academy, and vice chairman of China Film Association. He directed more than ten films, including "Steel Soldier","Battle from the South to the North"(in cooperation with Tang Xiaodan),"Shanghai Girl","Thousands of Rivers and Mountains"(in cooperation with Huachun),"After the Armistice", and "Xi'an Incident". "Steel Soldier" 1950 Director and screenwriter: Yin Yin "Battle from South to North" 1952 Director: Yin Yin "Xi'an Incident" 1981 Yin Yin won the Best Director Award at the Second Golden Rooster Awards