Tsui Hark


Actor, Director, Producer

About

Also Known As
Chui Hak, Xu Ke
Birth Place
China
Born
January 02, 1951

Biography

Leading figure of the Hong Kong film scene and head of his own production company, Film Workshop. Hark specializes in kaleidoscopic dramas characterized by frenzied action and a decidedly tongue-in-cheek tone. He is best known in the USA for his complex, breathlessly witty and exciting "Peking Opera Blues" (1986)....

Family & Companions

Nansun Shi
Wife
Co-founded Film Workshop.

Biography

Leading figure of the Hong Kong film scene and head of his own production company, Film Workshop. Hark specializes in kaleidoscopic dramas characterized by frenzied action and a decidedly tongue-in-cheek tone. He is best known in the USA for his complex, breathlessly witty and exciting "Peking Opera Blues" (1986).

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017)
Director
The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2015)
Director
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011)
Director
Missing (2008)
Director
All About Women (2008)
Director
Triangle (2007)
Director
Qi Jian (2005)
Director
Zu Warriors (2005)
Director
Shun liu Ni liu (2000)
Director
Twin Dragons (1999)
Director
Knock Off (1998)
Director
Double Team (1997)
Director
The Blade (1996)
Director
Once Upon a Time in China V (1995)
Director
The Chinese Feast (1994)
Director
Butterfly Lovers (1994)
Director
Green Snake (1994)
Director
Once Upon a Time in China III (1993)
Director
Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
Director
Once Upon A Time In China (1992)
Director
The Raid (1991)
Director
Shiao Au Jian Hu (1990)
Co-Director
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989)
Director
Peking Opera Blues (1987)
Director
Working Class (1985)
Director
We're Going to Eat You (1980)
Director
Die bian (1979)
Director
Die Bian (1979)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

The Mermaid (2016)
A Simple Life (2012)
Twin Dragons (1999)
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997)
Voice
Working Class (1985)
Yes, Madam (1985)
All the Wrong Spies (1982)

Writer (Feature Film)

The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2015)
Screenplay
All About Women (2008)
Screenplay
Missing (2008)
Screenplay
Qi Jian (2005)
Screenplay
Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters (2003)
Screenwriter
Shun liu Ni liu (2000)
Screenwriter
Twin Dragons (1999)
Screenplay
Once Upon a Time in China VI (1997)
Screenwriter
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997)
From Story
Black Mask (1997)
Screenwriter
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997)
Screenplay
The Blade (1996)
Screenwriter
Green Snake (1994)
Screenwriter
Iron Monkey (1994)
Screenwriter
The Chinese Feast (1994)
Screenwriter
Butterfly Lovers (1994)
Screenwriter
Once Upon a Time in China III (1993)
Screenwriter
Swordsman II (1992)
Screenwriter
Dragon Inn (1992)
Screenwriter
Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
Screenwriter
Once Upon A Time In China (1992)
Screenplay
The Raid (1991)
Screenwriter
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
Screenwriter
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)
From Story
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Screenwriter
We're Going to Eat You (1980)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011)
Producer
Missing (2008)
Producer
Triangle (2007)
Producer
Qi Jian (2005)
Producer
Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters (2003)
Producer
Shun liu Ni liu (2000)
Executive Producer
Shun liu Ni liu (2000)
Producer
Once Upon a Time in China VI (1997)
Executive Producer
Black Mask (1997)
Executive Producer
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997)
Executive Producer
The Blade (1996)
Executive Producer
San Seunghoi Tan (1996)
Executive Producer
Iron Monkey (1994)
Producer
Burning Paradise (1994)
Producer
The Chinese Feast (1994)
Executive Producer
The East Is Red (1994)
Producer
Green Snake (1994)
Executive Producer
Butterfly Lovers (1994)
Executive Producer
Once Upon a Time in China III (1993)
Producer
Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
Producer
Swordsman II (1992)
Producer
Once Upon A Time In China (1992)
Executive Producer
Dragon Inn (1992)
Producer
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
Producer
A Better Tomorrow (1990)
Executive Producer
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)
Executive Producer
Shiao Au Jian Hu (1990)
Executive Producer
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989)
Producer
The King of Chess (1989)
Executive Producer
A Chinese Ghost Story (1988)
Producer
Peking Opera Blues (1987)
Producer
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Producer
The Killer (1979)
Producer

Editing (Feature Film)

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997)
Editor
The Blade (1996)
Editor
Shiao Au Jian Hu (1990)
Editor

Music (Feature Film)

Once Upon a Time in China V (1995)
Music

Visual Effects (Feature Film)

The Terra-Cotta Warrior (1990)
Special Effects

Production Designer (Feature Film)

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997)
Production Designer
The Chinese Feast (1994)
Food Designer
Peking Opera Blues (1987)
Production Designer
The Perfect Wife (1983)
Production Designer
All the Wrong Spies (1982)
Production Designer

Life Events

1974

Moved to NYC; worked with Christine Choy on "From Spikes to Spindles"

1977

Upon return to Hong Kong joined Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Ltd as director and producer

1979

Feature directing debut (also from story), "The Butterfly Murders"

1982

Made cameo appearance in "Aces to Go Places"

1983

Became established in Hong Kong with "Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain"

1983

Acted in and directed "All the Wrong Spies"

1984

Co-formed, with wife Nansun Shi, Film Workshop production company

1987

Produced "A Chinese Ghost Story"

1990

Produced and directed "Swordsman", the first in a series of features

1990

Directed "Once Upon a Time in China", the first in a series of films starring Jet Li

1997

Directed first American feature, "Double Team", starring Jean-Claude Van Damme

1998

Reteamed with Van Damme for "Knock Off"

Companions

Nansun Shi
Wife
Co-founded Film Workshop.

Bibliography