Xie Caizhen (Chinese: 谢采真; pinyin: xiè cǎi zhēn) was a Chinese actress, writer and film director recognised to be the first woman in China to direct a film.

[2] The film she directed and which she also wrote and appeared in was named An Orphan's Cry (孤雏悲声) (1925).

[3][4] Xie was active during the 1920s and 1930s silent era of film and originally worked at the Shanghai Shadow Play Company which was established in 1920 by early Chinese film director Dan Duyu.

Here she was cast in two films by Duyu, Return to the Hometown (重返故乡) (1925) and Little Master (小公子) (1925).

The film which was the company's only feature produced during its lifetime was called An Orphan's Cry (孤雏悲声) (1925) and was a melodrama involving a dysfunctional family.