Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark (徐克 in Cantonese; pinyin: Xu Ke) (b. 1951) is a new wave film director in Hong Kong.Born in Vietnam, he took his secondary education in Hong Kong, then studied at a Texas university. He also edited a Chinatown newspaper in New York City, developed a community theatre group and was active in a Chinatown cable TV program.
He returned to Hong Kong in 1977 and immediately found work in TV. He made his first feature, The Butterfly Murders/Die Bian, in 1979.
Notable works:
- A Chinese Ghost Story (as producer) /Qiannü Youhun
- A Better Tomorrow (as producer)/Yingxiong Bense
- Once Upon a Time in China /Huang Feihong
- and assorted sequels
