Ann Hui On-wah BBS MBE (traditional Chinese: è¨±éž è ¯; simplified
Chinese: è®¸éž å Ž; pinyin: XÇ" Ä€nhuá; Hepburn: Kyo Anka; born 23
May 1947) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter and
actress. She is one of the most critically acclaimed Hong Kong New
Wave filmmakers. She is known for her films about social issues in
Hong Kong. Her film works cover different categories, including:
literary adaptation, martial arts masterpieces, semi-autobiographical
works, female issues, social phenomena, political changes, and also
thrillers. She served as the president of the Hong Kong Film
Director's Guild from 2004 to 2006.Hui has won numerous awards for her
films. She won Golden Horse Awards (GHA) for Best Director three
times(1999, 2011, 2014); Best Film at the Asia Pacific Film Festival;
Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director six times (1983, 1996, 2009,
2012, 2015, 2018). There are only two films won Grand Slam for Hong
Kong Film Awards (means a film won best picture, best director, best
screenplay and best actor and actress at the same time), they are
Summer Snow and A Simple Life, both are directed by Ann Hui. She was
honored for her lifetime accomplishments at the 2012 Asian Film
Awards. In 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
(AMPAS) invited Hui to become a member.On 23 May 1947, Hui was born in
Anshan, Liaoning province, Manchuria. Hui's father was Chinese and her
mother was Japanese. In 1952, Hui moved to Macau, then Hong Kong at
the age of five. Hui attended St. Paul's Convent School.
Chinese: è®¸éž å Ž; pinyin: XÇ" Ä€nhuá; Hepburn: Kyo Anka; born 23
May 1947) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter and
actress. She is one of the most critically acclaimed Hong Kong New
Wave filmmakers. She is known for her films about social issues in
Hong Kong. Her film works cover different categories, including:
literary adaptation, martial arts masterpieces, semi-autobiographical
works, female issues, social phenomena, political changes, and also
thrillers. She served as the president of the Hong Kong Film
Director's Guild from 2004 to 2006.Hui has won numerous awards for her
films. She won Golden Horse Awards (GHA) for Best Director three
times(1999, 2011, 2014); Best Film at the Asia Pacific Film Festival;
Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director six times (1983, 1996, 2009,
2012, 2015, 2018). There are only two films won Grand Slam for Hong
Kong Film Awards (means a film won best picture, best director, best
screenplay and best actor and actress at the same time), they are
Summer Snow and A Simple Life, both are directed by Ann Hui. She was
honored for her lifetime accomplishments at the 2012 Asian Film
Awards. In 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
(AMPAS) invited Hui to become a member.On 23 May 1947, Hui was born in
Anshan, Liaoning province, Manchuria. Hui's father was Chinese and her
mother was Japanese. In 1952, Hui moved to Macau, then Hong Kong at
the age of five. Hui attended St. Paul's Convent School.
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