Fruit Chan
Fruit Chan | |
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 Fruit Chan at the Hong Kong Art Centre, 28 July 2017 | |
| Born | 15 April 1959 Guangdong,China |
| Nationality | Hong Konger |
| Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards–Best Director 1998Made in Hong Kong Best Screenplay 2001Durian Durian Golden Bauhinia Awards–Best Director 1998Made in Hong Kong Best Screenplay 2001Durian Durian Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards–Best Director 1998Made in Hong Kong 2015The Midnight After Best Screenplay 2003Hollywood Hong Kong Golden Horse Awards–Best Director 1997Made in Hong Kong 2002Hollywood Hong Kong Best Original Screenplay 1997Made in Hong Kong 2000Little Cheung 2001Durian Durian |
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Fruit Chan Gor(Chinese:Trần quả;born 15 April 1959) is aHong Kongfilmmaker who is best known for his style of film reflecting the everyday life ofHong Kong people.He is well known for using amateur actors (such asSam LeeinMade in Hong Kong,Wong Yau-Nam inHollywood Hong Kong) in his films. He became a household name after the success of the 1997 filmMade in Hong Kong,which earned many local and international awards.
Early life[edit]
Chan was born inGuangdong,China. Growing up, he watched a lot of films fromCommunist countries.[1]
He and his family moved to Hong Kong in July 1971.[1]His family was poor and Chan worked in an electronics factory while finishingForms 1 to 3atnight school.He later got a job as aprojectionistinJordan, Hong Kong,where he developed an interest ininternational cinema.[1]
He later enrolled in a one-year film studies course at the Film Culture Society, garnering admission by lying about his secondary education experience and working odd jobs to pay for tuition.[1]
Career[edit]
He continued his interest in film later on at the Hong Kong Film Culture Centre, a small film club, where he studied script writing and directing. In 1982, after only one year of working at the Hong Kong Film Culture Centre he started his career in the film industry. He began his career as an assistant director to David Lai Dai-Wai in the filmMid-Night Girls.He later worked as an assistant director to mainstream directorsJackie Chan,Kirk Wong,Ronny Yu,andShu Kei.[2]
His break came in 1991 when a film he was working with stopped its production. Chan took this as an opportunity; he used the same studio to directFinale in Bloodstarring Hong Kong film starAndy Lau.[3]However, the outcome of the first of his own films was highly praised by the critics rather than the public. In 1994 he collected a total of 500,000 HKD and film-materials left over by other productions to begin directing his award-winningMade in Hong Kong.[4]AfterMade in Hong Kongcame out he was thought of as the hope for Hong Kong cinema by fellow Hong Kong filmmakers for challenging the stable model of Hong Kong filmmaking. He had become the first filmmaker to, independently of the big studios, challenge the genre of Hong Kong films and make realistic films about the political and social situations going on in Hong Kong at the time. The film was the first part to a trilogy that includedThe Longest SummerandLittle Cheung.
In 2002, Chan was a member of the jury at the24th Moscow International Film Festival.[5]
Chan was selected to head the jury for the 2015Taipei Film Festival.[6]
Style and influences[edit]
Chan lists Japanese directors, particularlyfrom the 1960ssuch asNagisa Ōshima,as his primary influences. Ōshima specifically was the influence for Chan's filmMade in Hong Kong(1997).[2]
Chan's films often focus on the "raw, often bleak, view of life of Hong Kong's working class."[1]
Filmography[edit]
As director[edit]
- Finale in Blood( đại náo quảng hưng thịnh ) (1993)
- The 1997 Trilogy( chín bảy tam bộ khúc ) (referring to the year of Hong Kong'shandoverto the People's Republic of China)
- Made in Hong Kong( Hong Kong chế tạo ) (1997)
- The Longest Summer( năm trước pháo hoa đặc biệt nhiều ) (1998)
- Little Cheung( tế lộ tường ) (1999)
- The Prostitute Trilogy( kỹ nữ tam bộ khúc )
- Durian Durian( sầu riêng phiêu phiêu ) (2000)
- Hollywood Hong Kong( Hong Kong có cái hà sống ) (2001)
- Three Husbands( tam phu ) (2018)
- Public Toilet( nhân dân nhà vệ sinh công cộng ) (2002)
- Three... Extremes( canh ba 2) (2004) – segment "Dumplings"
- Dumplings( sủi cảo ) (2004)
- Chengdu, I Love You(2009) – segment "1976"
- Don't Look Up(2009), a remake of the 1996 Japanese horror filmDon't Look Up
- Tales from the Dark 1(2013) – segmentJing Zhe
- The Midnight After(2014)
- Kill Time(2016)
- The Abortionist( phá thai sư ) (2019)
- Coffin Homes(2021)
As scriptwriter[edit]
- Bugis Street(1995)
- The 1997 TrilogyChín bảy tam bộ khúc
- Little CheungTế lộ tường (1999)
- The Longest SummerNăm trước pháo hoa đặc biệt nhiều (1998)
- Made in Hong KongHong Kong chế tạo (1997)
- The Prostitute TrilogyKỹ nữ tam bộ khúc
- Hollywood Hong KongHong Kong có cái hà sống (2001)
- Durian DurianSầu riêng phiêu phiêu (2000)
- Public ToiletNhân dân nhà vệ sinh công cộng (2002)
As producer[edit]
- Public ToiletNhân dân nhà vệ sinh công cộng (2002)
- Colour BlossomsMàu hồng phấn (2004)
- A-1 Headline(2004)
- Bliss(2006)
- Still HumanLưu lạc người (2019)
As actor[edit]
- Mrs K(2016)
References[edit]
- ^abcdeWhitehead, Kate (30 March 2002)."Roll on, Fruit Chan".South China Morning Post.Retrieved9 August2021.
- ^abGatto, Robin; Sonatine (May 2002)."Interview Fruit Chan".cinemasie.Retrieved12 April2011.
- ^House of World Cultures."Culturebase.net | The International Artist Database".Retrieved12 April2011.
- ^Fanfan Ko."FilmFestivals".Archived fromthe originalon 26 October 2007.Retrieved12 April2011.
- ^"24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002)".MIFF.Archived fromthe originalon 28 March 2013.Retrieved30 March2013.
- ^Sin, Ben (1 July 2015)."Fruit Chan heads jury for 17th Taipei Film Festival".South China Morning Post.Retrieved8 August2021.
External links[edit]
- Fruit ChanatIMDb
- Fruit Chanat theHong Kong Movie Database
- HK cinemagic entry
- loveHKfilm entry
- Fruit Chan: the Career Interview
- Interview withPang Ho-cheung
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