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Hong Kong film production company and film distributor
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Film Workshop Co. Ltd.
Company typeProduction company
IndustryHong Kong cinema
FoundedApril 1984
HeadquartersKwun Tong, Hong Kong, China
Key peopleTsui Hark
Nansun Shi

Film Workshop Co. Ltd. (simplified Chinese: 电影工作室; traditional Chinese: 電影工作室), is a Hong Kong production company and film distributor. It was founded in April 1984 by producer/director Tsui Hark and his now ex-wife, Nansun Shi. Already a director with box office hits, Tsui wanted to create a workshop where the foremost filmmakers could work on films with artistic merit, and at the same time, films that could be commercially rewarding for the financiers behind his projects. The company has not produced a film since 2017.

Films

In 1984, Film Workshop's first film, Shanghai Blues, turned out to be both a critical and commercial success in Hong Kong; and so were the two subsequent films that Tsui directed: Working Class and Peking Opera Blues. At this time, Tsui invited other directors to join in. With Tsui producing, John Woo directed A Better Tomorrow, which grossed US$4.5 million locally to set a new record as the highest grossing motion picture in Hong Kong. After having a falling out during the making of A Better Tomorrow 2, they both split to produce their own films.

Film Workshop continued to produce the films that Tsui either produces or directs. This included films such as A Better Tomorrow 2, A Better Tomorrow 3, the Once Upon a Time in China film series and Seven Swords.

Filmography

References

  1. "SHIH, QUEEN OF THE SEA". filmworkshop.net. 2024-07-19.
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