Allen Fong
Directing
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.
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Battlefield Network
2001
Shanghai Blues
1984
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
1989
Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns
1983
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
1983
Summer Snow
1995
The Golden Girls
1995
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
Just Like Weather
1986
The Devil’s Box
1984
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Father and Son
1981
Ah Ying
1983
Below the Lion Rock: Choice Of Dreams
1978
Just Like Weather
1986
Dancing Bull
1990
Below the Lion Rock: Old Plough
1978
Below the Lion Rock: Ode To Un Chau Chai
1977
A Little Life-Opera
1998
Below the Lion rock: Nightwalker
1978
Below the Lion Rock: New Life
1979
Below the Lion Rock: Wild Child
1977