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Chinese name
  
方保羅 (traditional)

Chinese name
  
方保羅 (simplified)


Name
  
Paul Fonoroff

Role
  
Film critic

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Books
  
At the Hong Kong movies, Silver light

Education
  
Brown University, Peking University, University of Southern California

Movies
  
Once Upon a Time in, Beauty, Helios, Amphetamine

Similar People
  
Scud, Yonfan, Tsui Hark, Kim‑ching Luk

Paul Fonoroff (born 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio) is one of Hong Kong's best known film critics and film historians.

Contents

Paul Fonoroff Hong Kong Cinemagic Film criticactor Paul Fonoroff interviewed

Education

Paul Fonoroff Hong Kong Cinemagic Film criticactor Paul Fonoroff interviewed

Fonoroff studied Chinese language at Brown University and earned his masters in fine arts at the University of Southern California. He also earned a PhD at Peking University in Chinese cinema.

Career

Fonoroff has lived in Hong Kong since 1983. He has written for the South China Morning Post since 1988 and is well respected in the Hong Kong cinema community.

He has published two books, Paul Fonoroff At The Hong Kong Movies, a collection of reviews, and Silver Light, a picture book of Fonoroff's extensive collection of Hong Kong movie memorabilia. At the Movies was criticized for being out of date by reviewers.

Fonoroff hosts movie-related television shows in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English, and has made numerous cameo appearances in Hong Kong films.

Filmography

  • Helios (2015)
  • Drink-Drank-Drunk (2005)
  • Bishonen (1998)
  • Lawyer Lawyer (1997) - Judge
  • Tristar (1996) - Bearded Mormon
  • What a Wonderful Life (1996) - Reporter Going to Canada
  • The Final Option (1994) - Police Official
  • The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty IV (1992) - Reginald Johnston
  • Summer Lovers (1992) - Laserdisc Shop Clerk
  • Once Upon a Time in China II (1992) (uncredited) - British Consul
  • Love: Now You See It... Now You Don't (1992) - Surveyor
  • The Inspector Wears Skirts 4 (1992) - Commander
  • Once Upon a Time a Hero in China (1992) - Indiana Jones
  • Alan and Eric Between Hello and Goodbye (1991) - Hairy Keung
  • References

    Paul Fonoroff Wikipedia


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