Quentin Lee 李孟熙 is a gay film writer and director. He is most notable for ''Ethan Mao'' , '''' , and '''' . Lee also co-directed ''Shopping For Fangs'' with , known for his controversial film ''Better Luck Tomorrow'' . Lee's films are noticeable for containing male lead characters who are Asian and , two minority groups generally not seen as lead characters in mainstream Hollywood films.
Born in Hong Kong, Lee immigrated to Montreal, Canada, when he was 16. He attended , Yale University and for his B.A. in English, M.A. in English and M.F.A. in Film Directing respectively.
Lee's first foray into documentary film, ''0506HK'' , premiered July 2007 at the Vancouver International Film Centre ''Hong Kong Stories'' film series, commemorating the 10-year anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China. The film explored his personal and political perspectives on whether to return to Hong Kong, as well as the evolving cultural and social climate, through interviews with family members and friends living and working in both Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Peter Chan
Peter Chan Meng Wen , also known as Peter Chan Ho-Sun , and born 1962 in Singapore to a pair of parents, is a film director and .
He spent his teens in Singapore, and studied in the United States, where he attended film school at UCLA. He returned to Hong Kong in 2003 and started working in the film industry. He served as a second assistant director and producer to John Woo on ''Heroes Shed No Tears'', which was set in Thailand. He also was a location manager on three Jackie Chan films, ''Wheels on Meals'', '''' and ''Armour of God''.
His directorial debut, ''Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye'', was crowned best film at the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild in 1991. It also won best actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Eric Tsang, who would become a frequent collaborator with Chan.
Chan was a co-founder of United Filmmakers Organization in the early 1990s, which produced a number of box-office and critical hits in Hong Kong, including his own: ''He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father''. Other critical and commercial successes followed, including ''Tom, Dick And Hairy'', ''He's a Woman, She's a Man'' and ''Comrades, Almost a Love Story''.
In the late 1990s, Chan worked in Hollywood, directing ''The Love Letter'', which starred Kate Capshaw, Ellen DeGeneres and Tom Selleck.
In 2000, Chan co-founded Applause Pictures with Teddy Chen and Allan Fung. The company's focus was on fostering ties with pan-Asian filmmakers, producing such films as ''Jan Dara'' by Thailand's Nonzee Nimibutr, ''One Fine Spring Day'' South Korea's Hur Jin-Ho, ''Samsara'' by China's Huang Jianxin, '''' by and Oxide Pang and cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
Chan's , the musical ''Perhaps Love'' closed the Venice Film Festival and was Hong Kong's entry for an Academy Awards nomination in the best foreign film category.
Chan is married to Hong Kong actress Sandra Ng.
* ''Heroes Shed No Tears''
* ''''
* ''News Attack''
* ''Whampoa Blues''
* ''Curry and Pepper''
* ''Alan And Eric : Between Hello And Goodbye''
* ''The Days Of Being Dumb''
* ''Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday''
* ''He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father''
* ''He's A Woman, She's A Man''
* ''Over The Rainbow, Under The Skirt''
* ''Twenty Something''
* ''''
* ''The Age Of Miracles''
* ''''
* ''Who's The Woman, Who's The Man''
* ''Twelve Nights''
* ''Jan Dara''
* ''''
* ''Going Home''
* ''Golden Chicken''
* ''The Eye 2''
* ''Three...Extremes''
* ''The Eye 10''
* ''''
* ''Alan And Eric : Between Hello And Goodbye''
* ''He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father''
* ''Tom, Dick And Hairy''
* ''Trouble, I've Had It All My Days''
* ''The Age Of Miracles''
* ''Comrades, Almost A Love Story''
* ''Who's The Woman, Who's The Man''
* ''''
* ''Project 1:99''
* ''Perhaps Love''
* ''The Warlords''
Biography
He spent his teens in Singapore, and studied in the United States, where he attended film school at UCLA. He returned to Hong Kong in 2003 and started working in the film industry. He served as a second assistant director and producer to John Woo on ''Heroes Shed No Tears'', which was set in Thailand. He also was a location manager on three Jackie Chan films, ''Wheels on Meals'', '''' and ''Armour of God''.
His directorial debut, ''Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye'', was crowned best film at the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild in 1991. It also won best actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Eric Tsang, who would become a frequent collaborator with Chan.
Chan was a co-founder of United Filmmakers Organization in the early 1990s, which produced a number of box-office and critical hits in Hong Kong, including his own: ''He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father''. Other critical and commercial successes followed, including ''Tom, Dick And Hairy'', ''He's a Woman, She's a Man'' and ''Comrades, Almost a Love Story''.
In the late 1990s, Chan worked in Hollywood, directing ''The Love Letter'', which starred Kate Capshaw, Ellen DeGeneres and Tom Selleck.
In 2000, Chan co-founded Applause Pictures with Teddy Chen and Allan Fung. The company's focus was on fostering ties with pan-Asian filmmakers, producing such films as ''Jan Dara'' by Thailand's Nonzee Nimibutr, ''One Fine Spring Day'' South Korea's Hur Jin-Ho, ''Samsara'' by China's Huang Jianxin, '''' by and Oxide Pang and cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
Chan's , the musical ''Perhaps Love'' closed the Venice Film Festival and was Hong Kong's entry for an Academy Awards nomination in the best foreign film category.
Chan is married to Hong Kong actress Sandra Ng.
Filmography
As producer
* ''Heroes Shed No Tears''
* ''''
* ''News Attack''
* ''Whampoa Blues''
* ''Curry and Pepper''
* ''Alan And Eric : Between Hello And Goodbye''
* ''The Days Of Being Dumb''
* ''Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday''
* ''He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father''
* ''He's A Woman, She's A Man''
* ''Over The Rainbow, Under The Skirt''
* ''Twenty Something''
* ''''
* ''The Age Of Miracles''
* ''''
* ''Who's The Woman, Who's The Man''
* ''Twelve Nights''
* ''Jan Dara''
* ''''
* ''Going Home''
* ''Golden Chicken''
* ''The Eye 2''
* ''Three...Extremes''
* ''The Eye 10''
* ''''
As director
* ''Alan And Eric : Between Hello And Goodbye''
* ''He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father''
* ''Tom, Dick And Hairy''
* ''Trouble, I've Had It All My Days''
* ''The Age Of Miracles''
* ''Comrades, Almost A Love Story''
* ''Who's The Woman, Who's The Man''
* ''''
* ''Project 1:99''
* ''Perhaps Love''
* ''The Warlords''
Patrick Yau
Patrick Yau Tat-Chi , born in 1964, is a Hong Kong film director and assistant director best known for making independent films for , the production company owned by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai.
Yau joined TVB when he was 21 and became Johnnie To's assistant director two years later. He became a television producer for in 1991, but left in 1994 to work for To, as an associate director for his fire-fighting film ''''. In 1997, Yau made his directorial debut with his first film, ''The Odd One Dies'' and continued to direct films produced by Milkyway Image, such as ''The Longest Nite'' and ''''. Yau has now returned to his roots, directing for TVB.
* ''The Odd One Dies''
* ''The Longest Nite''
* ''''
* ''The Loser's Club''
* ''Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion''
* ''Fast Track Love''
* ''''
* ''Where a Good Man Goes''
Career
Yau joined TVB when he was 21 and became Johnnie To's assistant director two years later. He became a television producer for in 1991, but left in 1994 to work for To, as an associate director for his fire-fighting film ''''. In 1997, Yau made his directorial debut with his first film, ''The Odd One Dies'' and continued to direct films produced by Milkyway Image, such as ''The Longest Nite'' and ''''. Yau has now returned to his roots, directing for TVB.
Filmography
Director
* ''The Odd One Dies''
* ''The Longest Nite''
* ''''
* ''The Loser's Club''
* ''Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion''
* ''Fast Track Love''
Associate Director
* ''''
* ''Where a Good Man Goes''
Patrick Tam Kar-Ming
Patrick Tam Kar Ming is a Hong Kong film director. He directed the 1987 ''Final Victory'', scripted by Wong Kar-wai.
He is also one of the best film editors in Hong Kong. He edited Wong Kar-wai's ''Days of Being Wild'', contributing the very famous cameo appearance of Tony Leung in the last scene of movie, and ''Ashes of Time'', as well as Johnnie To's ''''.
He is widely regarded as the teacher of Wong Kar-wai by critics.
Tam is now associate professor of School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.
# ''''
# ''Love Massacre''
# ''''
# ''''
# ''Final Victory''
# ''My Heart Is That Eternal Rose''
# ''After This Our Exile''
He is also one of the best film editors in Hong Kong. He edited Wong Kar-wai's ''Days of Being Wild'', contributing the very famous cameo appearance of Tony Leung in the last scene of movie, and ''Ashes of Time'', as well as Johnnie To's ''''.
He is widely regarded as the teacher of Wong Kar-wai by critics.
Tam is now associate professor of School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.
Filmography
# ''''
# ''Love Massacre''
# ''''
# ''''
# ''Final Victory''
# ''My Heart Is That Eternal Rose''
# ''After This Our Exile''
Mabel Cheung
Mabel Cheung is one of the leading film directors in Hong Kong. She is famous for working in migration issues of Hong Kong people, especially before , and overseas Chinese.
Her remarkable masterpieces include the "migration trilogy": '''' , ''An Autumn's Tale'' and ''Eight Taels of Gold'' . '''' marks another peak of her filming career. All four films were made in collaboration with writer Alex Law.
* ''Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan & His Lost Family''
* ''Beijing Rocks''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''Now You See Love, Now You Don't''
* ''Eight Taels of Gold''
* ''An Autumn's Tale''
* ''Illegal Immigrant''
Her remarkable masterpieces include the "migration trilogy": '''' , ''An Autumn's Tale'' and ''Eight Taels of Gold'' . '''' marks another peak of her filming career. All four films were made in collaboration with writer Alex Law.
Filmography as director
* ''Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan & His Lost Family''
* ''Beijing Rocks''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''Now You See Love, Now You Don't''
* ''Eight Taels of Gold''
* ''An Autumn's Tale''
* ''Illegal Immigrant''
Li Han Hsiang
Richard Li Han Hsiang was a Chinese film director. Li directed more than 70 films in his career beginning in the 1950s and lasting till the 1990s.
Li also won the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for his work on the movie ''Xi Shi'' in 1965. Most of his movies in the 1970s and 1980s focused on Chinese historical drama. He died in Beijing due to a heart attack. He was seventy.
Li also won the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for his work on the movie ''Xi Shi'' in 1965. Most of his movies in the 1970s and 1980s focused on Chinese historical drama. He died in Beijing due to a heart attack. He was seventy.
Lawrence Ah Mon
Lawrence Ah Mon or Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong is a South African-born Hong Kong film director. His films are famous for exploring youth problems in Hong Kong, such as ''Gangs'' , ''Spacked Out'' and ''Gimme Gimme'' . Also, Lawrence Ah Mon has made several films about local or subaltern history in Hong Kong, such as the ''Lee Rock'' series and ''Queen of Temple Street'' .
He was born in Pretoria, South Africa.
He has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards twice.
* ''Besieged City''
* ''City Without Baseball''
* ''My Name is Fame''
* ''Gimme Gimme''
* ''Spacked Out''
* ''One and a Half''
* ''Even Mountains Meet''
* ''Three Summers''
* ''Arrest the Restless''
* ''Gangs '92''
* ''Lee Rock III''
* ''Dreams of Glory: A Boxer's Story''
* ''Lee Rock II''
* ''Lee Rock''
* ''Queen of Temple Street''
* ''''
He was born in Pretoria, South Africa.
He has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards twice.
Filmography as director
* ''Besieged City''
* ''City Without Baseball''
* ''My Name is Fame''
* ''Gimme Gimme''
* ''Spacked Out''
* ''One and a Half''
* ''Even Mountains Meet''
* ''Three Summers''
* ''Arrest the Restless''
* ''Gangs '92''
* ''Lee Rock III''
* ''Dreams of Glory: A Boxer's Story''
* ''Lee Rock II''
* ''Lee Rock''
* ''Queen of Temple Street''
* ''''
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