Benny Chan (filmmaker)

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Benny Chan
陳木勝 - Grinned.jpg
Born(1961-10-07)7 October 1961
British Hong Kong
Died23 August 2020(2020-08-23) (aged 58)
Sha Tin, Hong Kong
OccupationFilm director
Film producer
Screenwriter
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳木勝
Simplified Chinese陈木胜
Signature
陳木勝簽名 The signature of Benny Chan.jpg

Benny Chan Muk-Sing (simplified Chinese: 陈木胜; traditional Chinese: 陳木勝; pinyin: Chén Mùshèng; 7 October 1961[1] – 23 August 2020[2]) was a Hong Kong film director, producer and screenwriter.[3]

He was fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese and was nominated for "Best Director" at the 24th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards for the film New Police Story.[4]

Benny Chan died of nasopharyngeal cancer in Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital.

Life and career[]

Chan was born in 1961. He first accepted a job in 1981 at Rediffusion Television working in continuity.[5] The following year, he joined TVB, becoming a production assistant to Johnnie To.[6][7] By 1985, Chan had worked his way up to being a television director, co-directing television series like The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1985).[7] In addition to directing most of the episodes of The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain, he also wrote the scripts for all 40 episodes.[8] Chan had gained experience as an executive director for a couple of films between 1987 and 1988, and had also directed and produced a few television series for Asia Television in 1989.[5]

Chan's debut as a film director began with A Moment of Romance (1990), which was produced by To.[5][9] During the 1990s, he directed films like Big Bullet (1996), Who Am I? (1998), and Gen-X Cops (1999). For his work on Big Bullet, which he co-wrote, directed, and produced,[10] Chan was nominated for Best Director at the 1997 Hong Kong Film Awards.[5] The film also won awards for Best Film Editing at both the Hong Kong Film Awards and the 1996 Golden Horse Film Festival.[6][11] He also continued to work in television, directing episodes of the 1995 adaptation of Fist of Fury starring Donnie Yen.[6][5]

Working in exclusively the film industry since 1998's Who Am I?,[5] Chan continued to work on various projects. Since Who Am I?, he continued to direct more of Jackie Chan's movies, such as New Police Story (2004), Rob-B-Hood (2006), and Shaolin (2011).[6] He also directed Heroic Duo (2003), Divergence (2005), Connected (2008), and The White Storm (2013).[5][7] Prior to his death, Chan was working on Raging Fire, which he gave to a colleague to complete post-production work after his cancer diagnosis.[10][12]

Illness and death[]

In 2019, Chan was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer after feeling unwell while working on Raging Fire.[10][7] During the last few months of his life, he was hospitalized at Prince of Wales Hospital.[5]

On 23 August, 2020, Chan died at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital in Hong Kong.[12]

Filmography as a director[]

References[]

  1. ^ "陳木勝 CHAN Muk Shing Benny" (in Chinese). hkfilmdirectors.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. ^ "【一路好走】《掃毒》導演陳木勝不敵鼻咽癌病逝 終年58歲". hk.appledaily.com (in Chinese). 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Benny Chan". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19.
  4. ^ http://www.hkfaa.com/history/list_24.html
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Lee, Edmund (2020-08-24). "Benny Chan, one of the great action film directors". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Cheang, Michael (2020-08-24). "HK director Benny Chan dead at 58, best known for Jackie Chan's 'New Police Story'". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Yan, Lim Ruey (2020-08-24). "New Police Story director Benny Chan dies at 58". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  8. ^ "Benny Chan, leading film director in the Hong Kong action tradition – obituary". The Telegraph. 2020-08-26. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  9. ^ Lee, Edmund (2020-08-24). "Remembering Benny Chan: action director's top five films". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c "New Police Story director Benny Chan Muk-sing dies at 58". sg.news.yahoo.com. 2020-08-23. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  11. ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "Hong Kong director Benny Chan of New Police Story fame dies at 58". CNA Lifestyle. Retrieved 2020-08-24.

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