19 Facts About Ann Hui

Ann Hui On-wah, is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave.

On 23 May 1947, Ann Hui was born in Anshan, a Chinese iron-mining city in Liaoning Province.

When she was in college, Ann Hui worked in the student theater troupe performing as an extra, doing busywork and designing posters.

In 1972, Ann Hui earned a master's in English and comparative literature from the University of Hong Kong.

Ann Hui wrote her thesis on the works of Alain Robbe-Grillet, a French writer and filmmaker.

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The most recognized episode of Ann Hui's is Boy from Vietnam, which is the start of her Vietnam Trilogy.

Ann Hui explores the characters' reactions to new environments and their responses to their return home.

Ann Hui'sbest known works in this category are The Story of Woo Viet and Boat People – the remaining two parts of her Vietnam Trilogy.

Ann Hui said in an interview that she wants to do more socially conscious projects.

Ann Hui is known for making controversial films; the interview, in particular, described the horrors of increased crime and unemployment rates in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong.

Ann Hui is one of the six veteran Hong Kong filmmakers who directed Johnnie To Kei-Fung's highly anticipated anthology film: Septet: The Story of Hong Kong .

Ann Hui gave Lau the role and flew him to Hainan before a proper audition or even seeing what he looked like.

Ann Hui left television in 1979, making her first feature, The Secret, a mystery thriller based on real life murder case and starring Taiwanese star Sylvia Chang.

Ann Hui experimented with special effects and daring angles; her preoccupation with sensitive political and social issues is a recurrent feature in most of her subsequent films.

In 2008, Ann Hui directed the highly acclaimed domestic drama, The Way We Are.

Ann Hui starts with the female perspective, depicting the hearts of women.

Ann Hui'sfilms are always full of a sense of drama, but they do not make the audience feel hopeless.

Ann Hui gives more attention and sympathy to such women, and such films permeate her deep thinking on female destiny.

Ann Hui has appeared mostly in cameo roles in several films:.