Chan Wui-ngai
陳會毅 Chan Wui-ngai | |||||||||||
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Born | (1953-02-06) 6 February 1953 (age 71) Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Actor, stuntman, choreography, director, producer | ||||||||||
Awards | Best Action Choreography 1983 The Prodigal Son 1984 Winners and Sinners 1985 Long Arm of the Law | ||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 陳會毅 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 陈会毅 | ||||||||||
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Chan Wui-ngai, (born 6 February 1953; often credited as Billy Chan) is a Hong Kong actor, stuntman, director, fight choreographer, and film producer.[1]
Chan won the 1983 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography along with Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying and Xia Ling-zhen (Yuen Biao) for his work in The Prodigal Son. In later years, Chan won several more choreography awards.
Biography
Chan was born on 6 February 1953, in Hong Kong with his brother Chan Lung. At the age of 7, he attended the Nah-Hwa Primary School on Hong Kong Island, where he failed his first year, after which his parents withdrew him from the school.
In his teenage years, he was sent to the China Drama Academy, a Peking opera School run by Yu Jim-yuen. Despite being an actor, Chan also trained martial arts. Chan trained rigorously for the next decade, excelling in martial arts and acrobatics. He later left the Peking Opera School.
Later, he attended directing and producing school. Chan start directing martial arts movies. He studied martial arts under Bruce Lee and appeared in several films with Lee, including The Big Boss, Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon.
Film career
Beginning in 1986, Chan directed 15 movies, beginning with New Mr. Vampire, which won several directing awards.[which?] He next directed the film Brotherhood, which starred Ko Chun-hsiung and Chow Yun-fat.
References
- ^ "Hong Kong Cinemagic - Billy Chan Wui Ngai".
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- Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Biao & Chan Wui-ngai for The Prodigal Son (1982)
- Yuen Biao, Lam Ching Ying & Chan Wui-ngai for Winners and Sinners (1983)
- Jackie Chan Stunt Team for Project A (1984)
- Jackie Chan Stunt Team for Police Story (1985)
- Ching Siu-tung for Witch from Nepal (1986)
- Jackie Chan Stunt Team for Project A Part II (1987)
- Jackie Chan Stunt Team for Police Story 2 (1988)
- Jackie Chan Stunt Team for Miracles (1989)
- Ching Siu-tung for The Swordsman (1990)
- Yuen Cheung-yan, Yuen Shun-yi & Lau Kar-wing for Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
- Yuen Woo-ping for Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
- Corey Yuen & Yuen Tak for Fong Sai-yuk (1993)
- Lau Kar-leung & Jackie Chan Stunt Team for Drunken Master II (1994)
- Stanley Tong & Jackie Chan for Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
- Stanley Tong for Police Story 4: First Strike (1996)
- Stephen Tung for Downtown Torpedoes (1997)
- Jackie Chan for Who Am I? (1998)
- Stephen Tung for Purple Storm (1999)
- Yuen Woo-ping for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- Stephen Tung & Jackie Chan Stunt Team for The Accidental Spy (2001)
- Ching Siu-tung for Hero (2002)
- Donnie Yen for The Twins Effect (2003)
- Yuen Woo-ping for Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
- Donnie Yen for SPL: Sha Po Lang (2005)
- Yuen Woo-ping for Fearless (2006)
- Donnie Yen for Flash Point (2007)
- Sammo Hung & Tony Leung Siu-Hung for Ip Man (2008)
- Stephen Tung & Lee Tat Chiu for Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
- Sammo Hung for Ip Man 2 (2010)
- Yuen Bun, Lan Hai Han & Sun Jiankui for Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
- Jackie Chan & He Jun for CZ12 (2012)
- Yuen Woo-ping for The Grandmaster (2013)
- Donnie Yen, Stephen Tung, Yuen Bun & Yan Hua for Kung Fu Jungle (2014)
- Li Chung Chi for SPL II: A Time for Consequences (2015)
- Stephen Tung for Operation Mekong (2016)
- Sammo Hung for Paradox (2017)
- Dante Lam for Operation Red Sea (2018)
- Yuen Woo-ping for Ip Man 4 (2019)
- Donnie Yen, Ku Huen Chiu, Kenji Tanigaki & Nicky Li Chung Chi for Raging Fire (2020/2021)
- Jack Wong Wai Leung for Warriors of Future (2022)
- Stephen Tung for Bursting Point (2023)