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Gordon Chan

ゴードン・チャン　/　ごーどん・ちゃん

American film director

January 16, 1960 (age 66)　・　Hong Kong, United States

film director
screenwriter
film producer

My Take

Gordon Chan is one of those Hong Kong filmmakers whose name I knew long before I connected it to specific titles. Sweeping the 1999 Hong Kong Film Awards for both Best Director and Best Screenplay tells me he's a writer-director in the truest sense, not someone handing scripts off and staging coverage. What I find interesting is the breadth implied by his career spanning action, drama and producing, which suggests a craftsman comfortable in commercial machinery without disappearing into it. The Toronto education adds a small cross-cultural wrinkle I'd love to know more about. To me he reads as a steady architect of Hong Kong cinema rather than a flashy auteur.

Overview

Gordon Chan Kar-Seung (Chinese: 陳嘉上; Jyutping: can4 gaa1 soeng6; born January 16, 1960) is a Hong Kong filmmaker.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Gordon Chan
Name (Japanese): ゴードン・チャン
Reading: ごーどん・ちゃん
Born: January 16, 1960 (age 66)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Rat
Origin: Hong Kong, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / film producer / director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Toronto

Awards & achievements

Medal of Honour
1999 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
1999 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3

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