Gordon Chan

Gordon Chan
Chinese name	陳嘉上
Chinese name	陳嘉上 (traditional)
Chinese name	陈嘉上 (simplified)
Pinyin	Chén Jiāshàng (Mandarin)
Born	1960 (age 55–56) Hong Kong
Ancestry	Guangdong, China
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Director 1999 Beast Cops Best Picture 1999 Beast Cops Best Screenplay 1989 Heart to Hearts 1999 Beast Cops Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Screenplay 1997 First Option 2005 A-1 Headline

Gordon Chan Kar-Seung (simplified Chinese: 陈嘉上; traditional Chinese: 陳嘉上; pinyin: Chén Jiāshàng), born in 1960, is a Hong Kong film director, writer and producer. His most notable works include Beast Cops, Fist of Legend, Painted Skin, 2000 AD and Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen. In 2011 he announced and launched the productions for Mural, Four Detectives/Four Marshals, and Painted Skin 2. Though for Painted Skin 2 he dropped out as the director and the director's seat was given to Wuershan. His 1996 film First Option was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival.^[1]

Filmography

Director

• 18 Golden Destroyers (1985)
• The Yuppie Fantasia (1988)
• Diary of a Small Man (1989)
• Brief Encounter in Shinjuku (1990)
• Fight Back to School (1991)
• Inspector Pink Dragon (1991)
• Royal Tramp (1992)
• Royal Tramp 2 (1992)
• Fight Back to School II (1992)
• Game Boy Kids (1992)
• King of Beggars (1992)
• The Long and Winding Road (1994)
• The Final Option (1994)
• Fist of Legend (1994)
• Thunderbolt (1995)
• First Option (1996)
• Armageddon (1997)
• Beast Cops (1998)
• 2000 AD (2000)
• Okinawa Rendez-vous (2000)
• Cat and Mouse (2003)
• The Medallion (2003)
• A-1 Headline (2004)
• Kung Fu Master (2005)
• Undercover Hidden Dragon (2006)
• Mr. 3 Minutes (2006)
• Painted Skin (2008)
• The King of Fighters (2010)
• Mural (2011)
• The Four (2012)
• The Dark Meteors (2012)
• The Four II (2013)
• The Four III (2014)
• Secret Treasure (2015)^[2]

Writer

• Behind the Yellow Line (1984)
• The Yuppie Fantasia (1988)
• Dragons Forever (1988)
• Double Fattiness (1988)
• Heart to Hearts (1988)
• The Big Heat (1988)
• Diary of a Small Man (1989)
• Brief Encounter in Shinjuku (1990)
• Fight Back to School (1991)
• The Cat (1991)
• Hard Boiled (1992)
• Game Boy Kids (1992)
• She Starts the Fire (1992)
• King of Beggars (1992)
• The Long and Winding Road (1994)
• The Final Option (1994)
• The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994)
• Fist of Legend (1994)
• Thunderbolt (1995)
• First Option (1996)
• Armageddon (1997)
• Beast Cop (1998)
• Cat and Mouse (2003)
• The Medallion (2003)
• A-1 Headline (2004)
• Daisy (2006)
• Undercover Hidden Dragon (2006)
• Mr. 3 Minutes (2006)
• Painted Skin (2008)
• Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
• Mural (2011)

Producer

• The Vineyard (1989)
• Neverending Summer (1992)
• 1001 Nights (1995)
• Armageddon (1997)
• Cause We Are So Young (1997)
• Hitman (1998)
• When I Look Upon the Stars (1999)
• Option Zero (2000)
• Okinawa Rendez-vous (2000)
• Heroes in Love (2001)
• Funeral March (2001)
• Every Dog Has His Date (2001)
• Time 4 Hope (2002)
• A-1 Headline (2004)
• Kung Fu Master (2005)
• Curse of Lola (2005)
• Mr. 3 Minutes (2006)
• Painted Skin (2008)
• Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen' (2010)
• Mural (2011)
• Coming Back (2011)

References

1. "20th Moscow International Film Festival (1997)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
2. Kevin Ma (16 July 2014). "Bona launches Secret Treasure". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

External links

• Gordon Chan at the Internet Movie Database
• Gordon Chan interviewed on Hong Kong Cinemagic