Qianjiang Evening News·Hourly News Reporter Lu Fang
On August 23, director Chen Musheng passed away from nasopharyngeal cancer at the age of 58. It is reported that he felt unwell during the directing of "Anger" starring Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse . After that, he went for a checkup. Unfortunately, he was found to be in the late stage of nasopharyngeal cancer. The later work of the film was handed over to others.
Chen Musheng
Chen Musheng was transferred to hospital a few days ago, but unfortunately died two days later.
In the 1980s, Chen Musheng joined the Hong Kong TV station and became the assistant director of Du Qifeng in 1983.
In 1990, he directed the first film "If there is love in the sky", which starred Andy Lau and Wu Qianlian, which attracted attention after its release. Andy Lau drove the scene of Wu Qianlian on a motorcycle. Over the past 30 years, it has been imitated and paid tribute by many film and television clips.
In 1996, he directed and produced the action film "The Stormtrooper's Streets of Fury", which was nominated for Best Director at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards.
In 1999, he directed Nicholas Tse, Feng Delun , and Li Cansen starring "Special Police New Human".
In 2003, he was nominated for Best Director at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards for filming the police action film "Two Heroes" starring Liming and Ekin Cheng.
In 2004, he was nominated for Best Director at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards for directing the action film "New Police Story" starring Jackie Chan .
In 2008, he directed and produced the police action film "Keep Talking" , and was nominated for Best Director at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards.
In 2013, he directed the action film "Anti-drugs", starring Liu Qingyun, Louis Koo and Zhang Jiahui, with a gross box office of nearly 220 million and won 8 nominations including Best Picture and Best Director at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards.
Chen Musheng is a Hong Kong director who emerged in the 1990s.
Chen Musheng never went to college. He described himself as a miscellaneous boy, because he was not a college graduate and lacked experience, so he learned from different jobs and different people every day.
In the mid-1980s, Chen Musheng, who had just graduated from high school, accidentally saw an advertisement for a producer from Li’s TV station in the newspaper and wrote to try it out. During the interview, he met Shi Nansheng, and she hired Chen Musheng. It became an important turning point in Chen Musheng's career.
The first work of Chen Musheng's director's career is the TV series "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" produced by Wang Tianlin and co-directed with Johnnie To.
He unearthed his best genre movie-action movie when he was creating "The Stormtrooper's Fury Street". Subsequently, in works such as "Who Am I", "Special Police New Human", "Sanchakou", "Baby Project", "Men's True Colors", "Anti-drug" and other works, he incorporated action film elements into different themed stories. In Chen Musheng's career as a director,
has been nominated for Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards five times for his "Storm", "Two Heroes", "New Police Story", "Keep Talking" and "Anti-drug".
Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Louis Koo, Liu Qingyun, Nicholas Tse, Zhang Jiahui, etc. have worked with him many times. The feature of
Chen Musheng's action film is to arrange the action scenes in a building full of reinforced concrete. In the empty, cold and even slightly dark architectural image, conceive and arrange hot and thrilling high-difficulty actions.
On August 23, I was shocked to learn about the death of director Chen Musheng. The reporter from Qian Bao recalled every bit of interviewing the director. In the eyes of the reporter, Chen Musheng is tall and very friendly to others.
In 2010, a reporter from the Money Newspaper once visited the "New Shaolin Temple" directed by Chen Musheng, starring Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse and Jackie Chan. Chen Musheng personally led the media to tour a "Shaolin Temple" built for filming in Fangyan Mountain in Yongkang.
When talking about the reason for the shooting, director Chen Musheng said: "Because there are a lot of play in "New Shaolin Temple", if you shoot in the Songshan Shaolin Temple, it will cause a lot of damage to the temple. In addition, the Songshan Shaolin Temple has a lot of tourists every day. Filming is not very convenient. Moreover, the scene we have built now is more in line with the needs of the plot."
Chen Musheng, who is famous for "Heavenly Love", has also supervised some feature films.
2015, ChenMu Sheng brought his own producer "Lovely You" starring Miriam Yang and Louis Koo to Hangzhou for a road show.
"Lovely You" is adapted from a real story about a rural kindergarten with only 5 children facing the dilemma of closing. Lu Huihong (played by Miriam Yeung), the principal of the prestigious school, gave up her plan to travel the world with her husband Xie Yongdong (played by Gu Tianle). With the support of her husband, she spared no effort to help this kindergarten tide over the difficulties, and while helping the children solve their difficulties and bravely pursue their dreams, they also gained love and touch.
Chen Musheng said that the 5 young actors in the film were carefully selected from 400 children. They trained for two and a half months before filming. They came to the company for an hour of acting class every day, and then they played games with them. , Let them have fun.
Chen Musheng said with a smile: "It's more tiring to shoot children than to shoot "Sweeping Drugs"." He even joked that his next film is still a Kung Fu film, and it is certain that there are no children in it. After the news of the death of director Chen Musheng broke out, Nicholas Tse, Shu Qi, Feng Delun and others who have worked with him sent messages to mourn.
Nicholas Tse mourned: "Director Chen Musheng has left us. From "Special Police New Mankind", "New Police Story", "New Shaolin Temple", "The True Colors of Men" to "Anger", he is my mentor, whether acting or acting. , It affects me deeply. I will always miss you director Benny."
Feng Delun also posted a photo of the creator of "Special Police New Man" to mourn him. He wrote: "I was shocked to hear the news of the death of director Chen Musheng. He is a strong force in Hong Kong movies. He is also so kind and upright, a true gentleman. We will miss you, please rest in peace."
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