Allen Fong
Directing
July 10, 1947 (79 years old)
Hong Kong, China
10
Acting Credits
11
Directed
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 w...
Known For
Battlefield Network
Shanghai Blues
Beggar
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
Taxi Driver
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Reporter
The Golden Girls
Assistant Director
Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns
Self
Summer Snow
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Self
Filmography
Battlefield Network
2001
9
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
as Self
5.5
The Golden Girls
1995
as Assistant Director
7
Summer Snow
1995
7.5
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
1989
as Taxi Driver
4.5
Just Like Weather
1986
as Narrator
6.6
The Devil’s Box
1984
9
Shanghai Blues
1984
as Beggar
6.9
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
1983
as Reporter
5.7
Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns
1983
as Self