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Allen Fong
Born: 10th Jul 1947 Hong Kong, China
Dept: Directing
Allen Fong Yuk-ping (方育平) (born July 10, 1947) is a film director and one of the leaders of the Hong Kong New Wave of the late 1970s and early 1980s. His cinematic style is highly influenced by Italian neorealism. He also usually uses personal or real-life stories as the basis for his films.
Despite his limited number of productions, he is one of the directors to have won "Best Director" three times at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Others who share this achievement are Ann Hui and Johnnie To. He won in 1982 for Father and Son. His 1983 film Ah Ying was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 10
Film: 9 (90%)
Television: 1 (10%)
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Filmography
Original title: 男生女相：華語電影之性別
1998
An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively explor ... view
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Self
Original title: 山水有相逢
1995
A screenwriter gets involved with two actresses who are trying to succeed in the 1960s Hong Kong film industry. ... view
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Assistant Director
Original title: 女人，四十
1995
Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun, who is a housewife in her forties try ... view
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1989
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact ... view
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Taxi Driver
Original title: 美國心
1986
Allen Fong portrays the strains of marriage through the eyes of a young couple. ... view
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Narrator
Original title: 上海之夜
1984
In 1937 Shanghai, a soldier and a young woman have an awkward meet-cute in darkness under a bridge as they seek refuge during a bomb raid. Ten years l ... view
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Beggar
Original title: 鬼戰
1984
Director Tong orders a box to be moved during a shoot. His only thought was move a mound of snow to make the scene look a little better. His crew warn ... view
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1983
Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of filmmakers and figures from the wider fil ... view
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Self
Original title: 星際鈍胎
1983
A second-rate private eye sees a woman's UFO abduction claim as his ticket to fame and fortune. ... view
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Reporter