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Hark Tsui

Producer | Director | Writer

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Tsui Hark recently became the fourth Chinese film director to join the board of judges for the 57th Cannes Film Festival in the feature films category this year.

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Known for Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010), Once Upon a Time in China (1991), The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014), Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)

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Feb 15, 1950 (age 71) | 5' 9" (1.75m)

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Hark Tsui and Michael Man-Kin Chow in The Era of Vampires

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Awards

27 wins & 39 nominations

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121 titles

Projects in Development (1 title)	Budget	Status
The Legend of Famen Temple Director Director See fewer		Development Unknown

Films in Production (1 title)	Budget	Status
The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) Director, Associate Producer Director, Associate Producer See fewer		Filming

Past Film & Video (102 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) Director (segments: : "Conversation in Depth), Writer (segments: : "Conversation in Depth) Director (segments: : "Conversation in Depth), Writer (segments: : "Conversation in Depth) See fewer
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2020) Writer (original author) Writer (original author) See fewer
The Climbers (2019) Producer Producer See fewer		$156K	$487K	$157MM
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018) Director, Editor, Producer Director, Editor, Producer See fewer		$127K	$263K	$90MM
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017) Executive Producer, Writer Executive Producer, Writer See fewer		$58K	$124K	$46MM
Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017) Theater employee (uncredited), Director, Editor, Producer, Writer Theater employee (uncredited), Director, Editor, Producer, Writer See fewer	$63MM	$464K	$880K	$248MM
Sword Master (2016) Producer, Writer Producer, Writer See fewer		$40K	$76K	$15MM
My Beloved Bodyguard (2016) Old Man Old Man See fewer				$52MM
Confession of an Adult Filmmaker (2016) (Short) - Director Tsui Hark Director Tsui Hark See fewer
The Mermaid (2016) Uncle Rich (as Ke Xu) Uncle Rich (as Ke Xu) See fewer	$61MM	$985K	$3.2MM	$554MM
The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer		$51K	$229K	$142MM
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer		$33K	$88K	$99MM
Christmas Rose (2013) Producer Producer See fewer				$3.8MM
One Mile Above (2011) Thanks Thanks See fewer
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011) Director, Producer, Writer (screenplay) Director, Producer, Writer (screenplay) See fewer	$35MM	$95K	$170K	$3.3MM
A Simple Life (2011) Director Tsui (Guest appearance) Director Tsui (Guest appearance) See fewer	CNY 30MM	$43K	$192K	$4.8MM
The Great Magician (2011) Warlord Warlord See fewer	$15MM			$1.7MM
Calibre 9 (2011) Dedicatee Dedicatee See fewer	€45K
Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) Director, Producer Director, Producer See fewer	$13MM	$53K	$460K	$52MM
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! (2010) Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer	CAD 35K
All About Women (2008) Taxi Driver (uncredited), Director (as Tsui Hark), Editor (as Tsui Hark), Producer (as Tsui Hark), Writer (screenplay) (as Tsui Hark), Writer (story) (as Tsui Hark) Taxi Driver (uncredited), Director (as Tsui Hark), Editor (as Tsui Hark), Producer (as Tsui Hark), Writer (screenplay) (as Tsui Hark), Writer (story) (as Tsui Hark) See fewer				$3.4MM
Missing (2008) Director (as Tsui Hark), Producer (as Tsui Hark), Writer (as Tsui Hark) Director (as Tsui Hark), Producer (as Tsui Hark), Writer (as Tsui Hark) See fewer	$8MM			$3.9MM
Triangle (2007) Director (as Tsui Hark), Presenter, Producer (as Tsui Hark) Director (as Tsui Hark), Presenter, Producer (as Tsui Hark) See fewer	$5MM			$4.6MM
In the Blue (2006) Art Consultant, Planner Art Consultant, Planner See fewer
Seven Swords (2005) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer	$18MM			$3.5MM
Xanda (2004) Producer, Writer (screenplay) Producer, Writer (screenplay) See fewer
The Era of Vampires (2003) Producer, Writer Producer, Writer See fewer	$1MM
Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002) Director (as Tsui Hark), Producer (as Tsui Hark), Writer (story) (as Tsui Hark) Director (as Tsui Hark), Producer (as Tsui Hark), Writer (story) (as Tsui Hark) See fewer				$529K
Zu Warriors (2001) Director, Producer, Writer (screenplay) Director, Producer, Writer (screenplay) See fewer	$35MM			$141K
Old Master Q 2001 (2001) Executive Producer, Producer, Writer Executive Producer, Producer, Writer See fewer
Time and Tide (2000) Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer See fewer		$11K	$11K	$244K
Knock Off (1998) Director Director See fewer	$30MM	$5.5MM	$10MM	$10MM
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997) Solid Gold (voice), Editor, Producer, Writer Solid Gold (voice), Editor, Producer, Writer See fewer
Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) Producer (as Tsui Hark) Producer (as Tsui Hark) See fewer	$12MM
Double Team (1997) Director Director See fewer	$30MM	$5MM	$11MM	$11MM
Black Mask (1996) Producer (as Tsui Hark), Writer (screenplay) (as Tsui Hark) Producer (as Tsui Hark), Writer (screenplay) (as Tsui Hark) See fewer		$4.4MM	$13MM	$13MM
Shanghai Grand (1996) Producer (as Tsui Hark) Producer (as Tsui Hark) See fewer
Tri-Star (1996) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer
The Blade (1995) Director, Editor, Producer, Production Manager, Writer Director, Editor, Producer, Production Manager, Writer See fewer
The Chinese Feast (1995) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer
Love in the Time of Twilight (1995) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer
Once Upon a Time in China V (1994) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer
The Lovers (1994) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer
Burning Paradise (1994) Producer Producer See fewer
Iron Monkey (1993) Producer, Writer Producer, Writer See fewer	$11MM	$6MM	$15MM	$15MM
Green Snake (1993) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer
The Magic Crane (1993) Producer, Writer Producer, Writer See fewer
Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993) Producer, Writer Producer, Writer See fewer
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (1993) Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
Swordsman III: The East Is Red (1993) Producer, Writer Producer, Writer See fewer
Swordsman II (1992) Producer, Writer Producer, Writer See fewer
The Master (1992) Director, Producer, Writer (story) Director, Producer, Writer (story) See fewer
Twin Dragons (1992) Card player, Director, Writer Card player, Director, Writer See fewer	$10MM	$2.8MM	$8.4MM	$8.4MM
Once Upon a Time in China II (1992) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer
Once Upon a Time in China III (1992) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer
Dragon Inn (1992) Director (uncredited), Producer, Writer Director (uncredited), Producer, Writer See fewer
Wicked City (1992) Executive Producer, Writer Executive Producer, Writer See fewer	HKD 11MM
King of Chess (1991) Director (uncredited), Executive Producer Director (uncredited), Executive Producer See fewer
Once Upon a Time in China (1991) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer
The Banquet (1991) Director, Writer (story adaptation) Director, Writer (story adaptation) See fewer
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991) Director (uncredited), Producer, Writer Director (uncredited), Producer, Writer See fewer
The Raid (1991) Actor, Director, Producer, Writer Actor, Director, Producer, Writer See fewer
Happy Ghost 4 (1990) Special Effects (animation) Special Effects (animation) See fewer
The Swordsman (1990) Director, Producer Director, Producer See fewer
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) Producer Producer See fewer
Spy Games (1990) Producer Producer See fewer
The Killer (1989) Producer (as Tsui Hark) Producer (as Tsui Hark) See fewer
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989) Director, Editor, Producer, Writer Director, Editor, Producer, Writer See fewer
A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1989) Producer Producer See fewer
Just Heroes (1989) Producer Producer See fewer
Web of Deception (1989) Producer Producer See fewer
Gunmen (1988) Producer Producer See fewer
The Laser Man (1988) Executive Producer (as Tsui Hark) Executive Producer (as Tsui Hark) See fewer
The Diary of a Big Man (1988) Producer Producer See fewer
The Big Heat (1988) Inspector Yiuming Butt (uncredited), Director (uncredited), Producer Inspector Yiuming Butt (uncredited), Director (uncredited), Producer See fewer
I Love Maria (1988) Whisky, Director (uncredited), Producer, Writer (uncredited) Whisky, Director (uncredited), Producer, Writer (uncredited) See fewer
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) Producer Producer See fewer	$5.6MM
A Better Tomorrow II (1987) Presenter, Producer, Writer (story) Presenter, Producer, Writer (story) See fewer
Final Victory (1987) Big Bo Big Bo See fewer
Peking Opera Blues (1986) Director, Producer Director, Producer See fewer
A Better Tomorrow (1986) Music Judge (as Tsui Hark), Presenter (as Tsui Hark), Producer (as Tsui Hark) Music Judge (as Tsui Hark), Presenter (as Tsui Hark), Producer (as Tsui Hark) See fewer				$5MM
Happy Ghost III (1986) Reincarnation Director Reincarnation Director See fewer
Yes, Madam! (1985) Panadol Panadol See fewer
Working Class (1985) Sunny, Director, Producer Sunny, Director, Producer See fewer
Kung Hei Fat Choy (1985) Gold Grabber Gold Grabber See fewer
Shanghai Blues (1984) Pedestrian Who Gets Soaked, Director, Producer Pedestrian Who Gets Soaked, Director, Producer See fewer
Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street (1984) Police Officer in Computer Room, Director Police Officer in Computer Room, Director See fewer
Run Tiger, Run (1984) Grandpa Steak (Guest star) Grandpa Steak (Guest star) See fewer
The Perfect Wife (1983) Planner Planner See fewer
All the Wrong Spies (1983) Japanese Ambassador, Production Designer Japanese Ambassador, Production Designer See fewer
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1983) Actor Actor See fewer
Mad Mission Part 2: Aces Go Places (1983) FBI FBI See fewer
Search for the Gods (1983) Director Director See fewer
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) Blue Army soldier fighting Fat Man, Director Blue Army soldier fighting Fat Man, Director See fewer
It Takes Two (1982) Actor Actor See fewer
Mad Mission (1982) Theater director Theater director See fewer
The Winter of 1905 (1982) Li Shutong Li Shutong See fewer
Chasing Girls (1981) Actor Actor See fewer
All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution (1981) Director, Writer (story) Director, Writer (story) See fewer
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980) Interpol Officer (uncredited), Director, Writer Interpol Officer (uncredited), Director, Writer See fewer
We're Going to Eat You (1980) Director, Writer (screenplay) Director, Writer (screenplay) See fewer
The Butterfly Murders (1979) Director Director See fewer

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Past Television (4 titles)	Episodes
Seven Swordsmen (2005–2006) (TV Series) - Producer, Writer Producer, Writer See fewer
1:99 Shorts (2003) (TV Movie) - Director Director See fewer
Once Upon a Time in China (1996– ) (TV Series) - Director, Producer Director, Producer See fewer
Liegui Aisha (1986–1988) (TV Series) - Director, Producer Director, Producer See fewer

Self (12 titles)
Keep Rolling (2020) Self Self See fewer
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) (TV Mini-series) - Self - Interviewee (1 episode, 2011) Self - Interviewee (1 episode, 2011) See fewer The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream (Nov 12, 2011) Season 1, Episode 11 - Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer
Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong Star (2006) (Short) - Self (as Tsui Hark) Self (as Tsui Hark) See fewer
Action et vérité (2006) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
Festival international de Cannes (2004) (TV Series) - Self - Jury Member / Self (2 episodes, 2004) Self - Jury Member / Self (2 episodes, 2004) See fewer Cérémonie de cloture du 57ème Festival international du film de Cannes (May 22, 2004) Self - Jury Member Self - Jury Member See fewer Cérémonie d'ouverture du 57ème Festival international du film de Cannes (May 12, 2004) Self Self See fewer
Hong Kong Stories (2003) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
+ de cinéma (2001) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2001) Self (1 episode, 2001) See fewer Episode dated 16 November 2001 (Nov 16, 2001) Self (as Tsui Hark) Self (as Tsui Hark) See fewer
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong (2001) (Short) - Self Self See fewer
Hong Kong Superstars (2001) (TV Movie) - Self Self See fewer
Century of Cinema (1998) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1998) Self (1 episode, 1998) See fewer Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (Jun 5, 1998) Season 1, Episode 16 - Self Self See fewer
The Incredibly Strange Film Show (1989) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1989) Self (1 episode, 1989) See fewer Tsui Hark & Stuart Gordon (Oct 20, 1989) Season 2, Episode 5 - Self (as Tsui Hark) Self (as Tsui Hark) See fewer
Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema (1983) (TV Movie) - Self Self See fewer

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Archive Footage (1 title)
Wo zai Zhongguo zuo dianying (2020) (TV Mini-series) - Self (1 episode, 2020) Self (1 episode, 2020) See fewer Zhao Nan: Sheng Yin Mo Fa Shi (Mar 3, 2020) Season 1, Episode 2 - Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer

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