Focus Group Holdings
| Focus Group Holdings | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 2004 |
| Seat |
Hong Kong ,
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| Branch | Media company |
| Website | www.focusgroup.cc |
The Focus Group Holdings Limited ( Focus Group ; Chinese 映 藝 集團 控股 有限公司 / 映 艺 集团 控股 有限公司 , Jyutping Jing 2 Ngai 6 Zaap 3 Tyun 4 Hung 3 Gu 2 Jau 2 Haan 6 Gung 1 Si 1 ) is a media company with Based in Hong Kong , which was founded by the actor and hit or pop singer Andy Lau .
history
The holding company has existed under its current name since 2004, but has direct forerunners whose work can be traced back to the early 1990s. For example, the predecessor company Teamwork Motion Pictures produced the film "Heaven and Earth" by David Lai in 1994. This left 40,000 feet of film rolls, which were passed on to director Fruit Chan as the expired remnant in 1996 . After Chan gathered more expired footage to shoot Made In Hong Kong (1997), Andy Lau's company took over the production of the low-budget film , which was budgeted for 500,000 HKD or US $ 64,000. Another of the 16 works produced by Teamwork Motion Pictures is the action film Fulltime Killer by directors Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai .
In 2001 the company had a rumored debt of HKD 40 million, which is why Lau closed TeamWork Motion Pictures in order to immediately open the almost identical production company TeamWork Group with the participation of the entrepreneur Clement Mak . However, the collaboration lasted only a year. An intense legal dispute with various lawsuits between Lau, Mak and the media company CCT Telecom as the third participant led to the end of the cooperation and teamwork .
After these disputes had been settled, the company was renamed Focus Group Holdings in 2004 to enable a new start. Only three years later Lau sold his company for a rumored 150 million HKD to the media magnate Peter Lam .
One of the first works produced is the feature film A World Without Thieves, made by Feng Xiaogang in 2004, with Andy Lau in one of the two leading roles. As with its predecessor company in the late 1990s, the Focus Group also produced films that were successful at film festivals, including the feature film Tao Jie - A Simple Life (2011) by Ann Hui .
In 2018 a series was produced for the first time in addition to the various feature films with The Trading Floor (starring Yu Nan , China, Francis Ng , Hong Kong, and Joseph Chang, Taiwan). The Focus Group is one of three co-producers, the other two are Fox Networks Group and Tencent Pictures .
successes
Despite the comparatively modest production conditions (amateur actors, low budget, expired film roles) Made In Hong Kong was a hit with both audiences and critics. So he was u. a. Honored at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1998.
Later u. a. Tao Jie - A Simple Life has received numerous awards and nominations, including for example at the 2011 Venice Film Festival , the 48th Golden Horse Awards , the 33rd Durban International Film Festival , the 31st Hong Kong Film Award , the 15th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and the 6th Asian Film Award .
Societies
The Focus Group acts as a holding company for a number of companies specializing in different areas. At its core, everything is covered that has to do with the production of films and related areas in a broader sense. a. another music label .
Focus
- Focus Entertainment - provider and producer of live entertainment
- Focus Films - film production company
- Focus Licensing - Brand Management and Licensing Business
- Focus Music Limited - record label (previously Ever Song Limited )
- Focus Television Production - TV program production company
- Focus Theater - Performing Arts
Topman
- Topman Holdings Limited - Management of intellectual property rights, various group websites
- Topman Global Limited - Artist Management
Others
- Andy World Club - Organization of fan activity around Andy Lau
- Andox - owner of the IP rights to "Andox" and "Box"
- Infinitus Entertainment - film production company
Filmography (selection)
Teamwork Motion Pictures
- 1991: Savior of the Soul (９１ 神雕俠侶)
- 1992: Gameboy Kids (機 Boy 小子 之 真假 威龍)
- 1993: Women on the Run (赤裸 狂奔)
- 1997: Made In Hong Kong (香港 製造) (1997)
- 1998: The Longest Summer (去年 煙花 特別 多)
- 2000: A Fighter's Blues (阿虎)
- 2001: Fulltime Killer (全職殺手)
Focus Films
- 2004: A World Without Thieves (天下 無 賊)
- 2005: The Shoe Fairy (人魚 朵朵)
- 2006: Brothers (兄弟)
- 2006: My Mother is a Belly Dancer (師奶 唔 易 做) (2006)
- 2011: What Women Want (我 知 女人 心)
- 2012: Tao Jie - A Simple Life (桃 姐)
- 2013: Firestorm (風暴)
- 2014: My Voice, My Life (爭氣)
- 2015: Our Times (我 的 少女 時代)
- 2016: The Bodyguard (特工 爺爺)
Infinitus Entertainment
- 2016: From Vegas to Macau III (賭城 風雲 III)
- 2016: Mission Milano (偷 天 特務)
- 2017: Chasing the Dragon (追 龍)
- 2017: The Adventurers (俠盜 聯盟)
Web links
- Official website
- www.infinitusfilms.com - Website of the production company Infinitus Entertainment
- www.focusmusic.cc - website of the record company Focus Music
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ruby Cheung: New Hong Kong Cinema: Transitions to Becoming Chinese in 21st-Century East Asia . Berghahn Books, 2016, ISBN 978-1-78238-703-9 , pp. 115 ( full text / preview in Google book search).
- ^ A b Andy Lau selling his company. In: news.asiaone.com. November 19, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2018 .
- ^ Andy Lau - The Superstar. In: andylausounds.blogspot.com. December 17, 2004, accessed November 29, 2018 .
- ↑ 結束 「天幕」 從新 開始 (End of teamwork to start over) ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). In: mingpaoweekly.com . March 15, 2005 (Chinese).
- ↑ Vivienne Chow: Fox Networks Group Aims High With Asian Series 'Trading Floor'. In: variety.com. July 3, 2017, accessed November 29, 2018 .
- ^ Rebecca Hawkes: FOX, Focus TV, Tencent to take The Trading Floor global. In: rapidtvnews.com. April 25, 2017, accessed November 29, 2018 .