Tsui Siu-ming (; born 1953) is a
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
–based
actor
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,
screenwriter
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,
film producer,
assistant director
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,
production manager, and
action choreographer
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.
Career
A native of
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
, Tsui was once a recognized child star. In addition to being an actor, he also co-wrote and was an uncredited co-director of the 1980 film ''
The Buddhist Fist
''The Buddhist Fist'' (), also known as ''Secret of the Buddhist Fist'', is a 1980 Hong Kong action cinema, Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping with Tsui Siu-ming as an uncredited co-director.
Plot
Orphans Si Ming and ...
''. He also tried his hand at singing during the 1970s and 1980s with such tunes as "The New Chameleon" (新變色龍), "Za Xiang Hu Shan Xing" (再向虎山行) and "Huei Sheng Gu Li Nian Li Qing" (回聲谷裡念離情).
He also produced drama
serials for
Rediffusion Television
Rediffusion Television (, RTV) was a defunct television station in Hong Kong. It was the city's first broadcaster and the first in any British colony or majority-Chinese city.Kitley, Philip. 003(2003). ''Television, Regulation and Civil Soci ...
(
RTV) such as the rating-topper "Chameleon". Tsui worked for ATV in 1998 and became CEO of
Emperor Motion Pictures
Emperor Group is a Hong Kong conglomerate founded by Albert Yeung. Albert Yeung's father, Mr Yeung Shing, opened a watch shop named "Shing On Kee Watch Shop" in 1942, setting the business foundation.[Sundream Motion Pictures
Sundream Motion Pictures Ltd. (), also known as Sundream Pictures is a Hong Kong production company and distributor. It is a subsidiary of pay TV provider i-Cable Communications Ltd.
Company
The company commenced business as of 23 March 2005.
F ...]
, a
subsidiary
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of
pay TV
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provider
I-CABLE Communications Ltd., producing films such as ''
Twins Mission'' and ''
Eye in the Sky''.
References
External links
*
Tsui Siu-ming biography at the Hong Kong Movie DatabaseHK cinemagic entry
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1953 births
Hong Kong male child actors
Hong Kong film producers
Hong Kong screenwriters
Living people
Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012
Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017