Allen Fong
Birthday: 1947-07-10
Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China
Biography: 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.
Movies
The Golden Girls
A screenwriter gets involved with two actresses who are trying to succeed in the 1960s Hong Kong fil...
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Just Like Weather
Allen Fong portrays the strains of marriage through the eyes of a young couple....
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
This is an extremely rare example of science fiction, Hong Kong style, but, fittingly, it's unlike a...
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Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America t...
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The Devil’s Box
Director Tong orders a box to be moved during a shoot. His only thought was move a mound of snow to ...
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Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film arg...
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Summer Snow
Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-l...
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Shanghai Blues
In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air ...
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Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns
Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new gener...
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