Allen Fong

Allen Fong
Allen Fong
Born	10 July 1947 (age 77)
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1981–1997
Awards	; Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Director; 1982 Father and Son; 1983 Ah Ying; 1987 Just like the Weather ; Best Film; 1982 Father and Son; 1983 Ah Ying; ;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	方ほう育いく平たいら
Simplified Chinese	方ほう育いく平たいら
Transcriptions
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Allen Fong Yuk-ping (方ほう育いく平たいら) (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.^[1] His 1983 film Ah Ying was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Filmography

Father and Son (1981)
Ah Ying (1983)
Just like the Weather (1986)
Dancing Bull (1990)
A Little Life-Opera (1997)
Tibetan Tao (documentary, 2000)

References

^ 第だい一屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單 (in Chinese). Hong Kong Film Awards. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
^ "Berlinale: 1984 Programme". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-22.

External links

Allen Fong at IMDb

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[1] 第だい一屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單 (in Chinese). Hong Kong Film Awards. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

[Berlinale-2] "Berlinale: 1984 Programme". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-22.

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