Ann Hui
- Name: Ann Hui
- Native name: 許鞍華
- Also Known as: Ann Hui On-wah, 许鞍华, Xu An Hua, Anne Hui, Hui On, Xu Anhua
- Nationality: Hong Konger
- Gender: Female
- Born: May 23, 1947
- Age: 78
Ann Hui was born to a Japanese mother and a Chinese father in Northeastern China in 1947 and settled in Hong Kong with her family when she was 5. After graduating in English and Comparative Literature from Hong Kong University, she studied for two years at the London Film School before returning to Hong Kong
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. Edit Biography
Screenwriter
Title | Rating |
---|---|
The Opium War | 7.3 |
Black Mask | 7.3 |
The Book and the Sword | 6.0 |
Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Yong Yuan De Yin Xue Yan | 0.0 |
Elegies | 0.0 |
Words After Dark | 0.0 |
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong | 7.6 |
Love After Love | 6.6 |
Our Time Will Come | 7.3 |
The Golden Era | 7.3 |
A Simple Life | 7.5 |
All about Love | 6.7 |
Night and Fog | 7.5 |
The Way We Are | 7.4 |
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | 6.4 |
Goddess of Mercy | 6.7 |
Jade Goddess of Mercy | 7.9 |
July Rhapsody | 6.9 |
Visible Secret | 6.0 |
Ordinary Heroes | 6.7 |
Eighteen Springs | 7.1 |
The Stunt Woman | 6.7 |
Summer Snow | 0.0 |
Zodiac Killers | 6.7 |
Song of the Exile | 7.6 |
The Swordsman | 7.3 |
Starry Is the Night | 6.6 |
Love in a Fallen City | 6.8 |
Boat People | 7.6 |
The Story of Woo Viet | 7.0 |
The Spooky Bunch | 0.0 |
The Secret | 7.9 |
Producer
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Fagara | 7.6 |
Visible Secret 2 | 0.0 |
Peony Pavilion | 7.3 |
The Day the Sun Turned Cold | 7.1 |
Art Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Fong Sai Yuk | 7.6 |
Assistant Editor
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Somewhere beyond the Mist | 5.7 |
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
The King of Wuxia
Taiwanese Movie, 2022,
[Herself]
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Keep Rolling
Hong Kong Movie, 2020,
(Main Role)
|
7.7
|
Echoes of the Rainbow
Hong Kong Movie, 2010,
Miss Chan [Big Ears' teacher]
(Guest Role)
|
7.8
|
Simply Actors
Hong Kong Movie, 2007,
[Police chief]
(Guest Role)
|
5.1
|
My Name Is Fame
Hong Kong Movie, 2006,
[Herself]
(Guest Role)
|
6.7
|
Merry Go Round
Hong Kong Movie, 2001,
(Guest Role)
|
6.2
|
Forever and Ever
Hong Kong Movie, 2001,
Dr. Li
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Jiang Hu - The Triad Zone
Hong Kong Movie, 2000,
(Guest Role)
|
6.9
|
Ordinary Heroes
Hong Kong Movie, 1999,
[Director]
(Guest Role)
|
6.7
|
The River
Taiwanese Movie, 1997,
[Director]
(Guest Role)
|
6.9
|
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man
Hong Kong Movie, 1996,
[Herself]
(Guest Role)
|
7.0
|
Summer Snow
Hong Kong Movie, 1995,
[Neighbour]
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Twin Dragons
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
[Gynaecologist]
(Guest Role)
|
7.6
|
Sunshine Friends
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
Chou Tung
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Love Massacre
Hong Kong Movie, 1981,
(Guest Role)
|
6.5
|
TV Show
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Let's "Kong"
Chinese TV Show, 2024, 6 eps
(Ep. 4)
(Guest)
|
0.0
|
Action!
Chinese TV Show, 2021, 10 eps
(Regular Member)
|
8.2
|
Behind the Headlines with Wen Tao
Chinese TV Show, 1998, 5000 eps
(Guest)
|
0.0
|
Celebrity Talk Show Season 4
Hong Kong TV Show, 1990, 13 eps
(Ep. 6)
(Guest)
|
0.0
|
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