Terence Chang

Terence Chang
Chinese:Trương gia chấn
Terence Chang at Tokyo International Film Festival (2019)
Occupation	Film producer

Terence Chang Chia-Chen(Chinese:Trương gia chấn) is aHong KongandAmericanfilm producer.

Life and career

Chang was born in Hong Kong in 1949.In 1968, he took architecture courses at theUniversity of Oregon;he then went on to study film atNew York Universityin 1974.By 1977, Chang had gone back to Hong Kong to joinGolden Harvest.OnItchy Fingers(1979), where he worked as an assistant producer, Chang metJohn Woo,whom he would develop a longtime friendship and business partnership with.

Chang left Golden Harvest in 1979 to joinRediffusion Television,where he oversaw the station's television production.During his tenure, Chang would befriend writer and producer Johnny Mak, and would join Mak's newly-formed production company in 1981.He is credited as an associate producer onLonely Fifteen(1982),Dragon Force(1982), andEverlasting Love(1984).Everlasting Lovewould be screened at theDirectors' Fortnightsection during the1984 Cannes Film Festival.

In 1985, Chang wrote and directed his debut movie,Escape from Coral Cove(1986).The following year, he joined D&B Films as the head of distribution. In a two year span, he helped promote films likeYes, Madam(1985),Legacy of Rage(1986), andMagnificent Warriors(1987) internationally. This would help bolster the overseas popularity for actors likeMichelle YeohandCynthia Rothrock.At the end of 1987, Chang joinedFilm Workshopas a general manager, where he would start to work closely with Woo.Chang would be the primary production executive for Woo'sThe Killer(1989), andThe Swordsman(1990).

Chang would establish Milestone Pictures with Woo andLinda Kukin 1990. Under this production company, Chang would produce multiple films by Woo, includingOnce a Thief(1991) andHard Boiled(1992).He also would become the managers of writerLilian Leeand regular Woo film starChow Yun-fat.Alongside Kuk, Chang would form Eastern Renaissance Pictures with her, producingTreasure Hunt(1994).

Chang is one ofJohn Woo's longtime friends and favoured producers. Chang produced the1997action hitFace/OffandMission: Impossible 2.

Following the box-office disappointment ofThe Crossing,John Wooand Chang disbandedLion Rock Productions.Following the film, Chang was an executive producer onZhou Quan's filmEnd of SummerandLu Yang's 2014 filmBrotherhood of Blades.

Following the disbandment Lion Rock, Chang created the Hong Kong-based Mannix Pictures, a team which included talent agent Amanda Yang Xin in Beijing and Shanghai-basedLucida Entertainment.

Documentaries

Chang is among the actors, producers and directors interviewed in the documentaryThe Slanted Screen(2006), directed byJeff Adachi,about the representation ofAsianandAsian Americanmen inHollywood.

Kowloon City

On August 22, 2007,Fruit Chanannounced that he will make a film onBruce Lee's early years, specifically, theChinese-languagemovie,Kowloon City.The film will be produced by Chang. The film will be set in 1950sHong Kong.Chang's credits includeMade in Hong Kong,Hollywood Hong KongandDurian Durian.

Stanley Kwanstated that he was talking with Lee's family to make a movie about the late action movie icon. Further, in April, Chinese state media announced that its national broadcaster started filming a 40-part TV series on Bruce Lee to promote Chinese culture for the 2008Beijing Summer Olympics.

Partial filmography

As producer

• The Killer(1989)
• Once a Thief(1991)
• Hard Boiled(1992)
• Hard Target(1993)
• Broken Arrow(1996)
• Face/Off(1997)
• Windtalkers(2002)
• Bulletproof Monk(2003)
• Paycheck(2003)
• Blood Brothers(2007)
• Red Cliff(2008)
• The Crossing(2014)

External links

• Terence ChangatIMDb
• Terence Chang at rottentomatoes