cover news reporter Yang Fan
On August 23, according to Hong Kong media reports, the famous Hong Kong director Chen Musheng died of advanced nasopharyngeal cancer at the age of 58. Chen Musheng is one of the iconic directors of the golden age of Hong Kong cinema. The director of the virgin as "If there is love in the sky", since then directed a number of classic films such as "Who Am I", "Two Heroes", "New Police Story" , "Keep Talking" , "Anti-drugs", and have won many Hong Kong film awards Award for best film, best director nomination. On August 12, 2016, the martial arts film "Dangerous City" directed by Chen Musheng was released. On the day of the premiere, he took the lead actor Peng Yuyan to Chengdu for a road show. Many fans in Chengdu were impressed by the white-haired director.
Chen Musheng was born on October 7, 1961, and his latest work "Rage" starring Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse, was finished on August 7, 2019. It was during the filming that he was found to be suffering from advanced nasopharyngeal cancer, and the later period of the film has been handed over to his partner for production.
In the 1980s, Chen Musheng joined the Hong Kong TV station and became the assistant director of Du Qifeng in 1983. Helped Qifeng To in directing TV series such as "Flying Fox in Snow Mountain" and "Tale of the Dragon Slayer".
In 1990, directed the first film "If there is love in the sky", which attracted attention after it was released. In 1996, he directed and produced the action film "The Stormtroopers on the Streets", and was nominated for Best Director at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2003, he was nominated for the best director of at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards of for filming the action film "Two Heroes".
In 1998, Chen Musheng directed the action movie "Who Am I" written and starred by Jackie Chan. This is the first time that Chen Musheng has collaborated with Jackie Chan . The film was nominated for Best Picture at the 18th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 35th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards.
In 2004, for directing the action movie "New Police Story" starring Jackie Chan, Chen Musheng was nominated for Best Director at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2008, he directed and produced the police action film "Keep Talk", which was nominated for Best Director at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards.
In 2013, the action film "Sweeping Drugs" directed by Chen Musheng had 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 has two children. His daughter was born in 1994 and his son was born in 2004. Chen Musheng goes home to accompany his wife and children every time he finishes shooting a movie. Besides, when he is not filming, his favorite things to do are reading books and watching movies.
Chen Musheng has been shooting action movies for many years. He is very good in the creation of big scenes, and he has a good grasp of group play. Since he has worked as a TV screenwriter, he has worked hard in the polishing of the script. The plot of each movie can be relaxed and the details are as reasonable as possible. The meticulous attitude is relatively rare among many Hong Kong commercial film directors.
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