Ng See-yuen
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| Background information | |
| Chinese name | 吳思遠 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 吴思远 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Wú Sīyuǎn (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Ng4 See1 Yuen5 (Cantonese) |
| Born | 1944 (age 72–73) Shanghai, China |
| Occupation | director, producer |
| Years active | 1970–present |
Ng See-yuen, born 1944 in Shanghai is a Chinese director of independent film companies in Hong Kong. He has worked in the Hong Kong film industry since 1970, particularly in Hong Kong action cinema, with roles including film director, producer and screenwriter. Ng is the chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers.
His career in the industry began at Shaw Brothers Studio, where his official title was "Executive". The first film he was involved in was The Chinese Boxer (1970), on which he worked as assistant director to film director Jimmy Wang Yu. In 1975, he founded Seasonal Films Corporation. The first film produced by the company was Secret Rivals in 1976, which Ng also directed.
Ng produced and co-wrote Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) and Drunken Master, which were both the first films directed by Yuen Woo-ping, and Jackie Chan's first real successes at the domestic box office.
In 1985, Ng was the first Hong Kong producer to make a film in the USA that successfully showed the Hong Kong style of action, when he worked with Corey Yuen on No Retreat, No Surrender, which starred then unknowns Kurt McKinney and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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