Njoo Cheong Seng
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- November 5, 1902
- Place of birth
- Soerabaja, Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies [now Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia]
- Died
- November 30, 1962
Biography
Njoo Cheong Seng (Perfected Spelling: Nyoo Cheong Seng; Chinese: 楊眾生; pinyin: Yáng Zhòngshēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ Tsiòng-sing; 6 November 1902 – 30 November 1962) was a Chinese-Indonesian playwright and film director. Also known by the pen name Monsieur d'Amour, he wrote more than 200 short stories, novels, poems and stage plays during his career; he is also recorded as directing and/or writing eleven films. He married four times during his life and spent several years travelling throughout southeast and south Asia with different theatre troupes. His stage plays are credited with revitalising theatre in the Indies.
Movies directed by Njoo Cheong Seng
- Pantjawarna 1941
- Djantoeng Hati 1941
- Zoebaida 1940
- Kris Mataram 1940
- Air Mata Iboe 1941