Hsu Li-Kong

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Hsu Li-Kong ( Chinese  徐立功 , Pinyin Xu Li Gong * 27. December 1943 ) is a Taiwanese film producer , film director , screenwriter and current president of Zoom Hunt International Productions Co. Ltd .

Life

Hsu Li-Kong studied at Fu-Jen Catholic University from 1963 to 1967 and graduated with a master's degree in philosophy. He then worked for the Taiwanese broadcaster before moving to the government information bureau . He then became director of the National Film Archive from 1979, from where he reformed the Golden Horse Film Festival from 1980 . He divided the film festival into a purely Chinese and an international section. After about 10 years he left the film archive and moved to the central Motion Picture Corporation as a producer , from where he sponsored films by Taiwanese directors such as Ang Lee and Tsai Ming-liang . In 1997 he left the company to start his own production company Zoom Hunt International Productions .

After Hsu Li-Kong had already produced Ang Lee's films Pushing Hands , The Wedding Banquet and Eat Drink Man Woman , it was Tiger and Dragon , for which he did not receive nominations for best film at the Independent Spirit Awards and Oscars , but not even for best - English language film at the BAFTA Film Awards .

His brother is the former executive Yuan Hsu Lide ( Chinese  徐立德 ).

Filmography (selection)

  • 1992: Rebels in the Neon Light (Rebels of the Neon God; 青少年 哪吒; Qing shao nian nuo zha)
  • 1992: Pushing Hands (推 手; tuī shǒu) (executive producer)
  • 1993: The Wedding Banquet (The Wedding Banquet;喜宴; Xǐyàn) (production manager)
  • 1994: Eat Drink Man Woman (飲食 男女; Yǐn Shí Nán Nǚ)
  • 1994: Vive l'Amour - Long live love (Vive L'Amour; 爱情 万岁; àiqíng wàn suì)
  • 1998: Marriage Candidates (The Personals; 徵婚 啟事; Zheng hun qi shi)
  • 2000: Tiger and Dragon (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; 臥虎藏龍; Wòhǔ Cánglóng)

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hsu Li-Kong on cineman.com (English), accessed on July 16, 2011
  2. ↑ Alumni list ( MS Excel ; 51 kB) of Fu Jen University (Chinese), accessed on July 16, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Hsu, Li-Kong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Xú Lì Gōng
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Taiwanese film producer, film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1943