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Ann Hui

Director

Ann Hui

Born May 23, 1947 in Anshan, Liaoning Province, China46 films

Ann Hui On-wah (born 23 May 1947 to a Chinese father and a Japanese mother) is a Hong Kong film director, film producer and occasional screenwriter, one of the most critically acclaimed amongst the Hong Kong New Wave.

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Boat People posterFirst watchBoat People19827.6A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the liberation to document the nation, and begins following and documenting the young children from a poor Vietnamese family.View film

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Filmography

46 films as director
  1. 2023ElegiesDirector
  2. 2022Septet: The Story of Hong KongDirector
  3. 2021Love After LoveDirector
  4. 2017Our Time Will ComeDirector
  5. 2014The Golden EraDirector
  6. 2012My WayDirector
  7. 2012Beautiful 2012Director
  8. 2012A Simple LifeDirector
  9. 2010All About LoveDirector
  10. 2009Night and FogDirector
  11. 2008The Way We AreDirector
  12. 2007The Postmodern Life of My AuntDirector
  13. 2003Goddess of MercyDirector
  14. 2002July RhapsodyDirector
  15. 2001Visible SecretDirector
  16. 1999Ordinary HeroesDirector
  17. 1997Eighteen SpringsDirector
  18. 1997As Time Goes ByDirector
  19. 1996The Stunt WomanDirector
  20. 1995Summer SnowDirector
  21. 1993Boy and His HeroDirector
  22. 1991My American GrandsonDirector
  23. 1991Zodiac KillersDirector
  24. 1990Song of the ExileDirector
  25. 1988Starry Is the NightDirector
  26. 1988The Romance Of Book And SwordDirector
  27. 1987Princess FragranceDirector
  28. 1987The Romance of Book and SwordDirector
  29. 1984Love in a Fallen CityDirector
  30. 1982Boat PeopleDirector
  31. 1981The Story of Woo VietDirector
  32. 1980The Spooky BunchDirector
  33. 1979The SecretDirector
  34. 1978Below the Lion Rock: The BridgeDirector
  35. 1978ICAC: A ManDirector
  36. 1978ICAC: Homeward BoundDirector
  37. 1978ICAC: Steak FeeDirector
  38. 1978ICAC: Black and WhiteDirector
  39. 1978ICAC: Section NineDirector
  40. 1978ICAC: InvestigationDirector
  41. 1978Below the Lion Rock: The RoadDirector
  42. 1978Below the Lion Rock: The Boy from VietnamDirector
  43. 1976Social Worker: Ah SzeDirector
  44. 1976Social Worker: "Boy"Director
  45. 1976Dragon, Tiger, Panther (#6)Director
  46. 1976CID: MurderDirector