Ching Siu-tung

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ching.
Ching Siu-tung
Chinese name 程小東 (traditional)
Chinese name 程小东 (simplified)
Born 1953
Anhui, China

Ching Siu-tung (born 1953), also known as Tony Ching, is a Hong Kong action choreographer, actor, film director and producer, who has directed over 20 films, including the critically acclaimed supernatural fantasy A Chinese Ghost Story (1987). He produced the spectacular clip L'Âme-Stram-Gram the French star singer Mylène Farmer at a cost of €1 million.

Career

Ching began as an actor and martial arts instructor working in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1960s and 1970s (his father, Ching Gong, was a Shaw Brothers Studio director, and Ching Siu-tung had been trained in Peking opera as a child), but he made his directorial debut in 1982 with the ground-breaking wuxia classic Duel to the Death.

Ching worked with producer Tsui Hark on 1987's A Chinese Ghost Story, which became an international sensation, although it was usually Tsui Hark who took most of the plaudits. He continued to work with Tsui Hark, directing sequels to that film in 1990 and 1991, and co-directing all three parts of the Swordsman series, starting in 1990. Other directorial highlights included the highly successful Royal Tramp films (both 1992) which starred Stephen Chow and Brigitte Lin.

Ching continued his role as action director / choreographer throughout this period, and has continued to work in that role on high-profile international successes like Shaolin Soccer (2001), Hero (2002), and House of Flying Daggers (2004).

In 2002, Ching was nominated twice for Best Action Choreography at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and won in 2003 for his efforts on Hero. That same year, he made his American film debut, directing Steven Seagal in the direct-to-video feature Belly of the Beast. In 2006, he choreographed the action scenes in the Indian superhero film Krrish, for which he won a Filmfare Best Action Award and Zee Cine Award.

In 2008, Ching directed An Empress and the Warriors, in which he also served as action choreographer. The film stars Kelly Chen, Donnie Yen and Leon Lai.

Filmography

Director

Year Title Notes
1982 Duel to the Death
1986 Witch from Nepal
1987 A Chinese Ghost Story
1989 Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior
1990 The Swordsman
1990 A Chinese Ghost Story II
1991 The Raid
1991 A Chinese Ghost Story III
1992 Swordsman II
1993 Swordsman III
1993 The Mad Monk
1994 Wonder Seven
1996 Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"
1997 The Longest Day
2000 Conman in Tokyo
2002 Naked Weapon
2003 Belly of the Beast
2008 An Empress and the Warriors
2011 The Sorcerer and the White Snake

Action choreographer

Year Title Notes
1987 A Better Tomorrow II
1992 New Dragon Gate Inn
1997 Bloodmoon
2001 Shaolin Soccer
2002 Hero
2004 House of Flying Daggers
2005 The Royal Swordsmen television series
2006 Krrish
2006 Curse of the Golden Flower
2007 In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
2008 Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam
2013 Krrish 3

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