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Biography of Chor Yuen
Chor Yuen was born Cheung Po-kin, on 8 October 1934 (HKID birth year: 1933) in Canton, his father the Cantonese spelfilm star Cheung Wood-yau. He studied Chemistry at Sun Yat-sen University in Canton, but dropped out in Year Two (1955) to seek medical treatment in Hong Kong. He then started working as Ng Wui's assistant director and scriptwriter, and had since then stayed in the film industry.
He joined Kong Ngee Motion Picture Production Company in 1957 and learnt directing from Chun Kim before making his directorial debut with The Natural Son (1959). In 1960, he rose to fame after directing the realist classic The Great Devotion. He formed Rose Motion Picture Company with his future wife Nam Hung in 1962, releasing Rose in Tears (1963) as the company's inaugural title. Chor Yuen soon became one of the most sought-after directors in Cantonese cinema, with cherished titles like the actioner Black Rose (1965), the suspense bio The Violet Girl (1966)
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3. Mass Camp in Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema
Chao, Shi-Yan. "3. Mass Camp in Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema". Queer Representations in Chinese-language Film and the Cultural Landscape, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020, pp. 143-198. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048540075-006
Chao, S. (2020). 3. Mass Camp in Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema. In Queer Representations in Chinese-language Film and the Cultural Landscape (pp. 143-198). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048540075-006
Chao, S. 2020. 3. Mass Camp in Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema. Queer Representations in Chinese-language Film and the Cultural Landscape. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 143-198. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048540075-006
Chao, Shi-Yan. "3. Mass Camp in Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema" In Queer Representations in Chinese-language Film and the Cultural Landscape, 143-198. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048540075
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Bruce Lee
Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
This article is about the martial artist. For other uses, see Bruce Lee (disambiguation).
In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Lee.
Bruce Lee[b] (born Lee Jun-fan;[c] November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy which was formed from Lee's experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist and Taoist philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought.[2] With a film career spanning Hong Kong and the United States,[4][5][6] Lee is regarded as the first global Chinese film star and one of the most influential martial artists in the history of cinema.[7] Known for his roles in five feature-length martial arts films, Lee is credited with helping to popularize martial arts f