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Allen Fong is a Actor and Director Chinois born on 10 july 1947
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.
Currently he is the guest lecturer at Hong Kong Baptist University.
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Allen Fong
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.
Currently he is the guest lecturer at Hong Kong Baptist University.
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Filmography of Allen Fong (7 films)
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Summer Snow (1995)
, 1h41Directed by Ann Hui
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Roy Chiao, Josephine Siao, Ann Hui, Manfred Wong, Stephen Fung, Tseng Chang
Rating77%
Summer Snow 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 trying cope with the upheavals in her family. Her supportive mother-in-law has just died and her husband, who is a driving test examiner, is not giving her the support.
The Golden Girls (1995)
, 1h34Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Cheung Tat-ming, Ada Choi, Allen Fong, Vincent Kok, Nancy Kwan, Sean Lau
Roles Assistant director
Rating65%
, 1h23Directed by Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Lo Lieh, Cora Miao, Lo Wei, Allen Fong, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun
Roles Taxi Driver
Rating58%
Shanghai Blues (1984)
, 1h43Directed by Tsui Hark
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Sylvia Chang, Sally Yeh, Rachel Lee, Loletta Lee, Shing Fui On, Manfred Wong
Roles Beggar
Rating71%
Dung Gwok-man and Aak-suk are both clowns of a night club, after the breaking out of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Gwok-man is inspired by patriotism thought, and prepared for joining the army. The Japanese battleplanes are bombing Shanghai, Gwok-man meet with a young girl named Aak-syu and they agree that they would meet at Suzhou Bridge after the war. Ten years pass, and Gwok-man returns to Shanghai to look for Aak-syu, but only meets several vagrant veterans.
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A Little Life-Opera (1998)
Directed by Allen Fong
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama
Actors Yang Kuei-Mei, Winston Chao
Rating68%
Xueyan (雪雁, played by Yang Kuei-Mei) is a 40-something single mother who lives in the coastal region of Fujian province. She has a daughter in her late teens and is part of a part-time Min opera troupe from the village. When she is invited to perform with her troupe members for a show, she comes across Sanpeng (三朋, Winston Chao), a former troupe actor who is now a businessman. Meanwhile, the troupe struggles to survive as modernity and Western habits clash with the traditional performance art.
Ah Ying (1983)
, 1h50Directed by Allen Fong
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama
Rating68%
Ah Ying est une jeune fille issue d'une famille modeste qui rêve de devenir actrice et d’échapper au petit deux-pièces où s’entasse toute la famille. Elle s’inscrit aux cours du « centre culturel du cinéma de Hong Kong » et, rencontre là un réalisateur tout juste rentré des Etats-Unis, avec un projet qu'il ne parvient pas à concrétiser. Le cours fascinant Ah Ying, ils restent à discuter ensemble à la fin ; le réalisateur s'intéresse de plus en plus à elle et se lance dans un projet de documentaire sur elle et ses proches.
Father and Son (1981)
, 1h37Directed by Allen Fong
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama
Actors Liu Kai-chi
Rating69%
Un jeune homme rentre chez lui après des études aux USA. Issue d'une famille modeste, il se remémore le passé, ses désaccords avec un père sévère alors que lui ne rêvait que de cinéma. Son père n'est plus là, seuls restent des souvenirs de celui qui voulait tant la réussite de son fils.