Nansun Shi
Nansun Shi ( Chinese 施南生 , Pinyin Shī Nánshēng , Jyutping Si 1 Naam 4 sang 1 ; born August 8, 1951 in Hong Kong ) is a Hong Kong film producer , presenter and a former senior advisor of the Media Asia Group . She has worked in the Hong Kong film industry for decades and has been instrumental in the development of Hong Kong film since the late 1970s.
Shi was married to film director Tsui Hark from 1996 to 2014 .
life and career
Shi was born in Hong Kong and did a PhD in Statistics and Computing at the Polytechnic of North London in the mid-1970s . She started working for television studios in 1978, working in advertising and programming. Her career as a producer began in 1981 when Karl Maka , Raymond Wong and Dean Shek founded Cinema City Studios . She was also involved in founding Tsui Hark's film production company, Film Workshop Co. , which produced City Wolf , Once Upon a Time in China, and Detective Dee and The Secret of the Phantom Flames .
In April 2011 Shi was announced as a juror in the main competition of the 2011 Cannes International Film Festival . In August 2014 she was named Best Independent Film Producer at the Locarno Festival .
Web links
- Nansun Shi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- 24 hours with Nansun Shi . In: South China Morning Post , October 24, 2004. (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arnauld Lanuque: Interview with 1st grade HK film producer Nansun Shi. In: Hong Kong Cinemagic. October 15, 2003, accessed August 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Winnie Chung: Nansun Shi: 'It's not about inferiority or superiority - it's about how good you are at what you do'. In: South China Morning Post . October 9, 2012, accessed August 31, 2017 .
- ^ The Jury of the 64th Festival de Cannes. In: Festival-Cannes.fr. April 20, 2011, archived from the original on January 20, 2012 ; accessed on August 31, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Arnauld Lanuque: Nansun Shi to receive producer award in Locarno. In: Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014 ; accessed on August 31, 2017 (English).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Shi, Nansun |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 施南生 (Chinese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese film producer and presenter (Hong Kong) |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hong Kong |