This award should have been awarded to "Big Brother" a long time ago. His more than 60 years of acting career, leading and promoting the development of Hong Kong action films, is well deserved.
So after Sammo Hung, who in the Hong Kong film industry is worthy of this highest honor award?
The main purpose of the Hong Kong Film Awards "Lifetime Achievement Award" is to commend film workers who have made outstanding contributions to the development of Hong Kong films. Less than 20 people have won this award.
For example, Shaw Brothers' Run Run Shaw, great directors Chang Cheh and Chu Yuan, martial arts director Liu Jialiang, screenwriter Ni Kuang, Jiahe's Chow Wenhuai, He Guanchang and the cold-faced comedian Xu Guanwen.
Well-known directors Wu Siyuan and Zhang Xinyan, famous actors Huang Manli, Xiao Fangfang, Li Lihua, Xie Xian, Hu Feng, famous Cantonese opera performing artists Bai Xuexian and Fang Yanfen, and Hong Kong's first female film distribution worker Lai Xiaoping.
Because the "Lifetime Achievement Award" is awarded to living filmmakers, some special honors are also set up to pay tribute to deceased filmmakers.
For example, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui have won the Eternal Glory Award for Performing Arts , Run Run Shaw has won the Century Film Achievement Award, Bruce Lee has won the Chinese Film World's Glorious Star .
After Sammo Hung, I personally feel that the following 10 Hong Kong filmmakers are now eligible to receive the "Lifetime Achievement Award". (Ranked in no particular order)
01. World Kung Fu Superstar Jackie Chan
After Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan is the most influential Kung Fu superstar in the world and a symbol of Chinese Kung Fu culture.
's single Academy Award Lifetime Achievement Award is enough to demonstrate its status.
As for the Hong Kong Film Awards, Jackie Chan's luck is really bad. He was nominated for Best Actor 10 times, but never won.
However, his team "Marriage Class" has won several Best Action Design Awards. At the 24th Academy Awards, Jackie Chan also won the Professional Spirit Award, and Ang Lee presented the award to him.
For Sammo Hung to win the award this time, it would be best to invite Jackie Chan and the former members of the Seven Little Blessings to present the award to the senior brother.
In the next year, we can consider giving it to Jackie Chan, and then Sammo Hung to award him the award.
02, The world's number one martial arts director Yuen Woo-ping
Yuen Jia Ban, led by Yuan Woo-Ping, was as famous as Liu Jia Ban, Hong Jia Ban and Cheng Jia Ban in the 1980s, and jointly created a glorious era of Hong Kong action movies.
The biggest advantage of Eighth Master Yuan Heping is that he knows how to take advantage of everyone's strengths and design actions differently for each person.
For example, when he collaborated with Jackie Chan in "Snake" and "Drunken Master", he can satisfy Jackie Chan's humorous style.
collaborated with Tsui Hark and Jet Li on the "Once Upon a Time" series. He was able to grasp the director's freehand requirements and design the Foshan Shadowless Foot.
worked with Ang Lee on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and he was able to design a romantic, beautiful and elegant bamboo forest battle.
collaborated with Stephen Chow in "Kung Fu", and he was able to present Stephen Chow's unconstrained ideas.
When CCTV was preparing to film "Water Margin", they invited him to serve as the martial arts instructor, and he was the only choice.
The Wachowski sisters' "The Matrix" and Quentin Quentin's "Kill Bill" also had action designs, and many Hollywood movies later imitated them.
78-year-old Yuan Heping has not said about retiring. He is currently preparing to film the movie version of "The Bodyguard" and hopes that Ba Ye will achieve greater success again.
03, after martial arts masters Tsui Hark
Chang Cheh and King Hu, Tsui Hark took up the banner of Hong Kong martial arts films and became a new benchmark.
Although Tsui Hark's first film "Butterfly" is a martial arts film, it is anti-traditional and mixed with suspense, horror, thriller and other elements.
During this period, he and Xu Anhua, Tam Jiaming, Fang Yuping, Yan Hao, etc. jointly promoted the development of the new wave of Hong Kong films. After
's "Chaos Trilogy", he joined New Art City, started a commercial film model, and together they created the "Best Partner" series.
After establishing a film studio, he invited John Woo to shoot the "A Better Tomorrow" series, and Cheng Xiaodong to shoot "A Chinese Ghost Story", and invited idol King Hu to direct "The Swordsman". He himself created the image of a martial arts master for Jet Li, Huang Feihong.
During this period, Tsui Hark was always seeking change and innovation, creating different types of movies. In 1989, he even collaborated with the mainland on "Terracotta Warriors".
Tsui Hark is also very obsessed with special effects. From inviting a Hollywood team in "The New Shushan Swordsman" to using the most advanced digital imaging special effects in "The Legend of Shushan", he has always been at the forefront.
In addition to martial arts, Tsui Hark was also involved in the field of animation very early, such as "Happy Ghost, Happy Ghost", he tried it; in the 1990s, he also worked with the Japanese team to produce "Xiao Qian", which was the first real three-dimensional film in Hong Kong. Computer animation.
Now this martial arts master has returned to the traditional Jin Yong martial arts novels and filmed "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Greatest Hero". We look forward to him making new breakthroughs.
04. Shi Nansheng, a generation of female film tycoons.
Fang Yihua manages Shaw Brothers and is in charge of TVB. She is a well-deserved generation of female film tycoons.
Shi Nansheng is no less generous. He once served as the administrative director of "Lide" and is McDonald's right-hand man.
is better known as the housekeeper of Xinyi City. She is responsible for the company's personnel, administration and finance.
Thanks to her strong management skills, Xinyi City has risen very quickly. In just a few years, it has become a Romance of the Three Kingdoms with Shaw Brothers and Jiahe. After
and Tsui Hark established a film studio, the two teamed up perfectly to create one classic and best-selling film after another, such as the "A Better Tomorrow" series, "A Chinese Ghost Story" series, "Once Upon a Time in the Sky" series, "New Dragon Gate" Inn" etc.
Although she later divorced Tsui Hark, they were still partners and she was still the vice president of the film studio.
In 2017, Shi Nansheng won the Golden Photography Award (similar to the Lifetime Achievement Award) at the 67th Berlin Film Festival.
05, Hui Anhua, the first Chinese-language female director
html, won the Academy Award for Best Director 06 times, a record that no one has broken yet.
Moreover, she directed "Woman 40" and "Sister Peach", which once won the best film, best director, best screenwriter and best actor and actress at the same time, achieving two Grand Slams.
Xu Anhua's works are not limited to a certain theme. He has adapted Zhang Ailing's works, filmed Jin Yong's martial arts novels, and also told his own stories.
When it comes to women's issues and social phenomena, she never holds a high banner, but uses delicate techniques to present them, giving people a warm presence.
06, John Woo, the master of violent aesthetics
John Woo studied under the martial arts master Zhang Che, replaced the swords with guns, and brought the aesthetics of violence to the extreme. At the invitation of his old friend Tsui Hark,
injected his personal failure experience into the film "A Better Tomorrow" and created his own unique film style.
's subsequent films, "Dragon", "Blood on the Street", "Across the World" and "Hot Detective", made him internationally recognized, and Quentin and the Wachowski sisters also paid tribute.
John Woo is the most successful Hong Kong director in Hollywood and has made important contributions to the exchange of Chinese and Western films.
"Face" and "Mission: Impossible 2" have all achieved good results. After
returned from Hollywood, it also handed over the costume war blockbuster "Red Cliff", the disaster-themed "Peace Wheel", and the producer "Sword Rain".
The most regrettable thing is that a few years ago, due to health reasons, I quit the filming of "Seven Band".
07, "King of Sunglasses" Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai's movies have a strong personal style. With the blessing of Du Kefeng and Zhang Shuping, they have formed a unique aesthetic style.
I like Wong Kar-Wai's movies and love them to the death. I don't like his movies because I think his movies are boring, difficult to understand and the stories are fragmented.
Wong Kar-Wai's movies mostly explore the emotional issues of loneliness and confusion. Excellent lines, wonderful light and shadow, and shots show people's inner world.
Wong Kar-wai is famous for his slow work and meticulous work, so much so that a Wong Kar-wai Victims Alliance appeared on the Internet, including Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Tony Leung, etc. The only one who can defeat him is Faye Wong.
The popularity of "Flowers" may have changed some people's views on Wong Kar-Wai. Although it was torture to make his movies, he gained more.
08 and "Godfather of Gangster Films" Johnnie To
Sir To won three Academy Awards for Best Director for "Gunfire", "Ptu" and "Underworld" respectively.
later became dissatisfied with the selection rules of the Hong Kong Film Awards and complained about Sammi Cheng, so he did not attend for many years.
If the Academy Awards awards him, I wonder if Sir Du will have a big reconciliation?
Johnnie To's Galaxy Image was founded when Hong Kong cinema was at its lowest point. It has persisted to this day and has produced many excellent films.
Although Mr. Du has reduced his production now, he has always made his own contributions to Hong Kong films. For example, he once took the lead in filming "Seven Band", which is a poem written for Hong Kong films.
The Fresh Wave Project he launched has cultivated many new talents in the Hong Kong film industry. Only by passing on the fire can we inject new vitality into Hong Kong films.
09, drama master Chung King Fai
Hong Kong drama master, has a very high status in the world.
He was the one who proposed the wireless artist training class back then and was the instructor for the first four sessions.
Later, this training class, known as the Whampoa Military Academy in the entertainment industry, produced many big names such as Stephen Chow, Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung, Andy Lau, and Liu Qingyun.
In addition, he is also the founding dean of the School of Drama of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He has also contributed many acting talents to the Hong Kong film industry, which can be said to be indispensable.
As a stage actor, he has won the Hong Kong Drama Award for Best Actor seven times and the Best Director Award four times.
What impressed me most about him was actually the movie "God of Gamblers 3", where he played Jin Neng with a scary smile.
10, Jiang Zhiqiang, the number one Chinese in overseas distribution
Anle Pictures boss, was once known as the "Asian Hero" and single-handedly created the blockbuster era of Chinese-language movies.
He is the driving force behind Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Zhang Yimou's "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers".
He is the producer of Jet Li's "Fearless", Jay Chou's "The Untold Secret", Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", and Xu Chengyi's "Monster Hunt".
Boss Jiang’s vision has never been limited to Hong Kong films, but he has also participated in many high-grossing Hong Kong films, such as the "Chill" series, "Anita Mui", "The Vengeful Lawyer", etc.
It is worth mentioning that Boss Jiang is also one of the producers of Wu Ershan's "Fengshen" series.
In addition to the 10 people introduced above, Stephen Chow, Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung, etc. will also get it in the future, but they are not yet old enough and need to wait a few more years. (Written by: Eleven)
