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Chinese name
  
程小東 (traditional)

Parents
  
Gang Cheng

Role
  
Choreographer

Name
  
Ching Siu-tung

Chinese name
  
程小东 (simplified)


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Awards
  
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography, IIFA Award for Best Action, Filmfare Award for Best Action

Nominations
  
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director, Zee Cine Award for Best Action

Movies
  
The Sorcerer and the, A Chinese Ghost Story, Naked Weapon, Swordsman II, The Swordsman

Similar People
  
Tsui Hark, Siu‑Ming Lau, Joey Wong, King Hu, Raymond Lee

Ching Siu-tung (born 1953), also known as Tony Ching, is a Hong Kong action choreographer, actor, film director and producer, who has directed over 20 films, including the critically acclaimed supernatural fantasy A Chinese Ghost Story (1987). He produced the spectacular clip L'Âme-Stram-Gram for the French star singer Mylène Farmer at a cost of €1 million. He studied in the Eastern Drama Academy and trained in Northern Style Kung Fu for 7 years

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Career

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Ching began as an actor and martial arts instructor working in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1960s and 1970s (his father, Ching Gong, was a Shaw Brothers Studio director, and Ching Siu-tung had been trained in Peking opera as a child), but he made his directorial debut in 1982 with the ground-breaking wuxia classic Duel to the Death.

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Ching worked with producer Tsui Hark on 1987's A Chinese Ghost Story, which became an international sensation, although it was usually Tsui Hark who took most of the plaudits. He continued to work with Tsui Hark, directing sequels to that film in 1990 and 1991, and co-directing all three parts of the Swordsman series, starting in 1990. Other directorial highlights included the highly successful Royal Tramp films (both 1992) which starred Stephen Chow and Brigitte Lin.

Ching Siu-tung Film Reviews Hong Kong Cinema Listings Interviews Time Out Hong

Ching continued his role as action director / choreographer throughout this period, and has continued to work in that role on high-profile international successes like Shaolin Soccer (2001), Hero (2002), and House of Flying Daggers (2004).

In 2002, Ching was nominated twice for Best Action Choreography at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and won in 2003 for his efforts on Hero. That same year, he made his American film debut, directing Steven Seagal in the direct-to-video feature Belly of the Beast. In 2006, he choreographed the action scenes in the Indian superhero film Krrish, for which he won a Filmfare Best Action Award and Zee Cine Award.

In 2008, Ching directed An Empress and the Warriors, in which he also served as action choreographer. The film stars Kelly Chen, Donnie Yen and Leon Lai.

References

Ching Siu-tung Wikipedia


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