PRODUCTION The Tempest [Baofengyu]
Data Type：bio
Title：About Tsui Hark
Source：The Tempest Special Edition Program (2006)
Place：Taipei
Publisher：Contemporary Legend Theatre [Dangdai chuanqi juchang]
Date：2006
Language：English
Abstract：bio of director
Tsui Hark / Chief Director
Born in 1950, Tsui Hark started his first 8-mm experimental clip at the age of thirteen. In 1979, his first narrative The Butterfly Murders stood out in the martial- arts-riddled movie market with its unique style and mature techniques. In April, 1984, Tsui and his wife Shi Nan Sun found [sic: should be “founded”] their movie studio, whose first work Shanghai Blues was honored the Best 10 in Hong Kong International Film Festival of that year, and then invited to dozens of film festivals overseas.
In 1987, Tsui’s costume narrative A Chinese Ghost Story wins both at box office and critical acclaim, receiving The Best Movie in Oporto Film Festival in Portugal in 1988, and other five Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards and three Hong Kong Film Awards and most of all, the Special Jury Prize at the 1988 Avoriaz Festival in France. A Better Tomorrow, produced by Tsui, was a top grossing success while his Knife Horse Dawn also won international praises. In 1989, his A Better Tomorrow 3: Love and Death in Saigon, which was filmed in Vietnam, continued the success. The same year he produces The Killer, which was soon released and highly praised in the USA. In 1990, A Chinese Ghost Story 2 and Swordsman assured his mastery of knight movies, and won him The Best Director by The Screens.
His following Swordsman 2, Once Upon a Time in China 2, and New Dragon Inn broke box office records in Asia, and led the current of costume drama at the time. Then he co-works with Yim Ho in The King of Chess, which also receives grand awards in Scrittura e Immagine International Film Festival in Italy.
In 2004, apart from directing The Seven Swords, Tsui is invited by Contemporary Legend Theatre to direct his first theatrical work, The Tempest.
Born in 1950, Tsui Hark started his first 8-mm experimental clip at the age of thirteen. In 1979, his first narrative The Butterfly Murders stood out in the martial- arts-riddled movie market with its unique style and mature techniques. In April, 1984, Tsui and his wife Shi Nan Sun found [sic: should be “founded”] their movie studio, whose first work Shanghai Blues was honored the Best 10 in Hong Kong International Film Festival of that year, and then invited to dozens of film festivals overseas.
In 1987, Tsui’s costume narrative A Chinese Ghost Story wins both at box office and critical acclaim, receiving The Best Movie in Oporto Film Festival in Portugal in 1988, and other five Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards and three Hong Kong Film Awards and most of all, the Special Jury Prize at the 1988 Avoriaz Festival in France. A Better Tomorrow, produced by Tsui, was a top grossing success while his Knife Horse Dawn also won international praises. In 1989, his A Better Tomorrow 3: Love and Death in Saigon, which was filmed in Vietnam, continued the success. The same year he produces The Killer, which was soon released and highly praised in the USA. In 1990, A Chinese Ghost Story 2 and Swordsman assured his mastery of knight movies, and won him The Best Director by The Screens.
His following Swordsman 2, Once Upon a Time in China 2, and New Dragon Inn broke box office records in Asia, and led the current of costume drama at the time. Then he co-works with Yim Ho in The King of Chess, which also receives grand awards in Scrittura e Immagine International Film Festival in Italy.
In 2004, apart from directing The Seven Swords, Tsui is invited by Contemporary Legend Theatre to direct his first theatrical work, The Tempest.
