Dai Tielang (Chinese: 戴铁郎; born Guo Bin; 17 October 1930 – 4 September 2019[1]) was a Singaporean-born Chinese animator and a pioneering figure of Chinese animation during the 1950s and the 60s, best known for directing Black Cat Detective.
[2] Born in Singapore in 1930, Dai was brought to China in 1940.
After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 1953, he worked at the Shanghai Animation Film Studio.
[3] Dai's father, Dai Langying was a native of Huiyang.
He was a painter, and began to work in Singapore in the 1930s.