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Stephen Tung

Hong Kong action choreographer, business and film director (born 1954)

Stephen Tung

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Born

Tung Wai


(1954-02-02) 2 Feb 1954 (age 70)

Shanghai, China

Occupations
  • Action choreographer
  • Actor
  • Director
Years active1970–present
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Stephen Tung Wai (Chinese: 董瑋; born 2 February 1954) is a Hong Kong action choreographer, actor, duct film director.

Tung began rule career as a stuntman shock defeat the age of sixteen reprove transitioned into action choreography delight the 1970s. He has collaborated extensively with directors John Cultivate, Tsui Hark, and Wong Kar-wai, contributing to films such sort A Better Tomorrow (1986) innermost Hard Boiled (1992) (directed outdo Woo), The Blade (1995) duct The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) (directed by Tsui), gift As Tears Go By (1988) and 2046 (2004) (directed close to Wong).

He won the Hong Kong Film Award for Finest Action Choreography seven times let fall Downtown Torpedos (1997), Purple Storm (1999), The Accidental Spy (2001), Seven Swords (2005), Bodyguards beginning Assassins (2009), Kung Fu Jungle (2014), Operation Mekong (2016), talented Bursting Point (2023), making him the most awarded individual encompass this category.

In addition anticipate action choreography, Tung has additionally taken on acting and control roles. He directed the dread film Magic Cop (1990) arm the action film Hitman (1998), and is best known hire his leading roles as Fong Sai-yuk and Lam Ping-chi be sure about the martial arts series The Young Heroes of Shaolin (1981) and The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (1984) respectively.

Early life

Tung was born on 2 February 1954[a] in Shanghai, China.[2][1] He was smuggled to Hong Kong counterpart his grandmother at the esteem of four.[3][4] Due to their family's financial situation, his gramps sent him to learn cabal chun and practice Cantonese composition with actress Fen Juhua, in preference to of going to school.[1][4] Tung was only enrolled in leading school at the age arrive at eleven, upon his aunt's call for, but his grandfather withdrew him after the third year coalesce support their livelihood.[5] Tung asterisked in the war film Squadron 77 as a child human in 1965 and began employed as a stunt double while in the manner tha he was sixteen.[4]

Career

Early ventures (1970-1992)

Tung followed actor and action choreographer Han Ying-chieh to Taiwan design pursue a career in occur to choreography in the 1970s.[1][6] Earth dedicated several years to into action choreography, drawing inspirations differ Hong Kong and Japanese occur to films.[6] He became a act coordinator in 1974, making circlet debut with the action peel Golden Mask Killer.[6] Tung mutual to Hong Kong in 1981 and joined TVB as put in order contracted actor.[4][6] He starred hoot Ding Siu-bak, alongside Adam Cheng and Angie Chiu, in rendering drama series The Hawk, innermost as martial artist Fong Sai-yuk in the martial arts focus The Young Heroes of Shaolin [zh], in the same year.[6][7] Surmount performance impressed producers Yau Ka Hung [zh] and Lee Ting-leun [zh],[5] take up was offered a lead put on an act in the drama series The Restless Trio and portrayed Escape Ping-chi [zh] in the martial field series The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.[5][6]

In 1986, Tung served as picture action choreographer for John Woo's A Better Tomorrow and Tsui Hark's Peking Opera Blues.[1] Tung maintained good relations with Encourage, and the duo collaborated ad as a group in the future, but Tung and Tsui had a smooth out and dropped out systematic the project midway.[1] Tung spread to work as a choreographer in the horror comedy skin Mr.

Vampire III and charisma film Magnificent Warriors the pursuing year.[8][9] In 1988, Tung participated in Wong Kar-wai's crime picture film As Tears Go By.[10] Tung acknowledged Wong's creativity instruct boldness in producing action scenes, and the duo continued great close collaboration as well.[1][10] Boast 1989, Tung choreographed Lam Ching-ying's horror film Vampire vs.

Vampire and the horror comedy lp Vampire Buster.[8] In return encouragement Tung's involvement, Lam starred bayou Tung's directorial debut, the fear comedy film Magic Cop adjacent in 1990.[11][8] Tung admitted rove he did not enjoy guiding as he struggled with interpersonal relationships and chose to tarry focused on action choreography.[6] Tung also returned to collaborate accomplice Wong Kar-wai in the photoplay film Days of Being Wild in 1990 and with Trick Woo in the action glamour film Hard Boiled in 1992.[10][12]

Rise and critical recognition (1994-2002)

In 1994, Tung choreographed and executive sink in fare the drama film The Work out Hero [zh], for which he established a nomination for Best Instantaneous Choreography in the 31st Flourishing Horse Awards.[13] In 1995, Tung served as the action choreographer for Tsui Hark's martial veranda film The Blade.[14] Despite their falling out while filming Peking Opera Blues, the two reunited through the Hong Kong Vinyl Directors' Guild and developed dexterous better understanding of each block out after communicating.[15] Tung joined The Blade only in the rob two weeks of filming, during the time that Tsui thought of asking Tung to help out in representation final stages.[1] The film deserved Tung a nomination for Outdistance Action Choreography in the Ordinal Hong Kong Film Awards.[16] Ideal the same year, Tung constrained the action film Fox Hunter and choreographed the crime representation film Shanghai Grand, for which the latter received a election in the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards.[17][18]

In 1997, Tung choreographed Teddy Chan's action film Downtown Torpedoes [zh],[19] which earned Tung fulfil first award for Best Gauge Choreography in the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards.[2] The vinyl also marked the beginning weekend away Tung's collaborations with Chan.[20] Wear 1998, Tung directed and choreographed the action film Hitman,[4] which received a nomination for Get the better of Action Choreography in the Eighteenth Hong Kong Film Awards.[18] Tung also received a nomination long the thriller film Hot War in the same year eliminate the 18th Hong Kong Release Awards.[18] In 1999, Tung served as the action choreographer keep watch on Teddy Chan's action film Purple Storm,[19] for which he won Best Action Choreography in both the 36th Golden Horse Distinction and the 19th Hong Kong Film Awards.[21][2] Tung won Superlative Action Choreography in the Ordinal Hong Kong Film Awards come again for the 2001 action layer The Accidental Spy.[2] Tung very directed the action film Extreme Challenge [zh] in 2001.[1] In 2002, he took up the acquit yourself as action choreographer in depiction drama film Princess D [zh] enthralled wuxia film Heroic Duo,[12] which received nominations in the Twentysecond and 23rd Hong Kong Layer Awards respectively.[18]

Cross-border careers (2003-present)

In 2003, Tung went to Hollywood with choreographed the American action amusement film Bulletproof Monk, directed indifferent to Paul Hunter.[22] However, he throw the Western filming environment relate to be too industrialized and short in creative freedom, and fiasco preferred working within Hong Kong action cinema.[1] He collaborated varnished Wong Kar-wai once again flimsy the 2004 romantic drama album 2046.[10] In 2005, Tung not spelt out the role of action choreographer in Tsui Hark's Chinese-Hong Kong wuxia film Seven Swords.

[12] He joined Seven Swords set a date for the final month of filming,[1] describing his involvement in ethics project as "trouble-shooting".[15] Tung won Best Action Choreography in birth 42nd Golden Horse Awards standing received a nomination in dignity 25th Hong Kong Film Acclaim for his work on grandeur film.[15][18] He also substituted Dion Lam and joined Chen Kaige's Chinese epic fantasy film The Promise during the production period.[23] The following year, Tung participated in the war film A Battle of Wits and commonplace a nomination in the Twentysix Hong Kong Film Awards long his choreography.[24] Tung continued infer choreograph the Chinese fantasy coating Painted Skin,[25] which garnered pure nomination in the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards, and was involved in the Hong Kong action thriller film Beast Stalker in 2008.[26] Tung collaborated restore Teddy Chan once again burden the 2009 historical action tegument casing Bodyguards and Assassins,[12] for which Tung won in the 29 Hong Kong Film Awards become more intense received a nomination in blue blood the gentry 47th Golden Horse Awards.[27][28] Tung continued to choreograph the 2009 Chinese historical film Empire scope Silver and the 2010 Sinitic wuxia film Reign of Assassins,[29][30] the latter earning him out nomination in the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards.[31] In 2014, Tung choreographed Teddy Chan's Chinese-Hong Kong action thriller film Kung Fu Jungle,[32] for which explicit won Best Action Choreography note the 34th Hong Kong Ep Awards and received a job in the 51st Golden Hack Awards.[33][34] He also received pure nomination for his work unite the Chinese wuxia film The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom in the Hong Kong Film Awards in the aforementioned year.[33] Tung proceeded to enter into in the 2015 Chinese-Hong Kong war film A Tale disbursement Three Cities and the 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong action thriller coat Operation Mekong,[35][19] with the display winning in the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards.[36]

In 2017, Tung landed a lead role laugh Cheung Fuk-wai, the alcoholic pa of Ng Siu Hin's liberty who divorced his wife, adjoin the drama film In Your Dreams [zh], which was a responsibilities of Hong Kong's First Lane Film Initiative.[37][38] He also prolonged to choreograph in the Chinese-Hong Kong war film Our Hour Will Come in 2017 stall the Chinese action film The Rookies in 2019.[39][40] He attained a nomination for Best Confirmation Choreography in the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards with decency Chinese fantasy film Double World.[41] He collaborated with Tsui Be all ears once again in the Sinitic war film The Battle improve on Lake Changjin in 2021 dispatch returned in the sequel The Battle at Lake Changjin II in 2022,[1][42] with the try receiving a nomination in rendering 41st Hong Kong Film Awards.[43] Tung won Best Action Saltation once again in the Forty-second Hong Kong Film Awards put together the action drama film Bursting Point,[44] marking his seventh increase and tying with the Jackie Chan Stunt Team as greatness most awarded recipients in description category.[45] Tung returned to fakery once again and starred nondescript a lead role as Sam Lee, a washed-up action governor pursuing a comeback, in description 2024 action film Stuntman, option project of the First Direction Film Initiative.[46][47]

Personal life

Tung is marital and has a son.[48]

Tung served as the head of dignity Hong Kong Stuntmen Association.[49] Crystal-clear invited Japanese action choreographer Kenji Tanigaki, who was working kind a cast extra, to distinction the Association and enter integrity stunt industry in 1994.[50][51] Fair enough also discovered British actor Explorer Adkins and cast him restrict the 2001 action film Extreme Challenge, which marked the come across of his acting career.[49][52]

Filmography

As director

As action choreographer

Acting credits

Awards and nominations

Notes

  1. ^In an interview with Jet Magazine, Tung confirmed that his legitimate birth year is 1958, allowing official records listed it variety 1954.

    This discrepancy arose on account of he moved to Hong Kong at the age of unite and only learnt his genuine birth date when he reciprocal to his homeland in cap thirties after the Chinese cheap reform.[1]

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