Chang Cheh
Chang Cheh (Chinese张彻/张彻, Pinyin Zhang Chè; born February 10, 1923 in Hangzhou, China, † 22 June 2002 in Hong Kong ) was a film director and screenwriter from Hong Kong.
Life
Chang, who is called " God Father of Hong Kong cinema ", was one of the most influential, the most prominent and most prolific directors of the martial arts cinema of the 1960s to the 1980s.
Chang received his policy studies at the National Central University in Chongqing and was in Hong Kong film critic. First screenplays followed; 1947, the first of which was filmed. In 1949 he made his ( ungelistetes ) debut as a director; In 1957, a second film. Permanently he directed since 1965. His big break he experienced in 1967 with the film The one-armed swordsman, who was until then the most successful Hong Kong film of all time.
Many action movies, also influenced by the style of Japanese samurai films like Italo Western, followed. He employed several teams of martial artists / actors, which he used in his films: David Chiang and Ti Lung formed a, Chi Kuan Chung and Fu Sheng a second. The third, which was operated under the name " The ( Five) Venoms ", consisted of Sun Chien, Kuo Chui, Lu Feng, Lo Meng, and Chiang Sheng. Finally, Tung Chi Wah, Tu Yu Ming, Hsu Shao Jien and Chow Lung "The Baby Venoms " were. Nearly 100 films were produced Chang Cheh Director.
In the German -speaking area most of his films were garbled and in many cases altered versions.
Many filmmakers, especially John Woo ( who also worked as an assistant at several of Chang's movies) and Ringo Lam, the procedure of Chang mentioned as one of their biggest influences.