He Ping was a Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer whose main filmography consists of a hybrid genre of Western-wuxia movies.

He Ping began his directorial career in the 1980s, directing stage productions and documentary films. In the 1990s, He directed two major Chinese Westerns, "Swordsmen in Double Flag Town", which won the Grand Prize at the 3rd Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 1992, and "Sun Valley", that won him an Honourable Mention at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1994 he won the Best Director award at the Golden Rooster Awards for his historical movie "Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker".

On January 10, 2023, at the age of 65, He Ping died of heart attack in Beijing.

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