1. Ann Hui is known for her films about social issues in Hong Kong which include literary adaptations, martial arts, semi-autobiographical works, women's issues, social phenomena, political changes, and thrillers.
34 Facts About Ann Hui
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Ann Hui served as the president of the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild from 2004 to 2006.
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Ann Hui won Best Director at the Golden Horse Awards three times ; Best Film at the Asia Pacific Film Festival; and Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards six times.
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Ann Hui was honored for her lifetime accomplishments at the 2012 Asian Film Awards.
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In 2017, the US based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited Hui to become a member.
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On 23 May 1947, Ann Hui was born in Anshan, a Chinese iron-mining city in Liaoning Province.
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In 1952, Ann Hui moved to Macau, then to Hong Kong at the age of five.
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Since her grandfather and father both loved classical literature, Ann Hui learned to recite many ancient Chinese poems.
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When she was in college, Ann Hui worked in the student theater troupe performing as an extra, doing busywork and designing posters.
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In 1972, Ann Hui earned a master's in English and comparative literature from the University of Hong Kong.
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Ann Hui studied at the London Film School for two years.
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Ann Hui wrote her thesis on the works of Alain Robbe-Grillet, a French writer and filmmaker.
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Ann Hui then began working for Television Broadcasts Limited as a scriptwriter-director and produced documentaries such as Wonderful, four episodes of CID, two of Social Worker, and one of the Dragon, Tiger, Panther series.
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The most recognized episode of Ann Hui's is Boy from Vietnam, which is the start of her Vietnam Trilogy.
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Ann Hui explores the characters' reactions to new environments and their responses to their return home.
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Ann Hui served as the president of the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild in 2004.
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Ann Hui directed fewer films herself, as she focused on behind-the-scenes work for other filmmakers.
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Ann Hui said in an interview that she wanted to do more socially conscious projects.
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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.
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Ann Hui was 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.
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Ann Hui gets a pen pal from Hong Kong to help him start over in the United States.
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Six months before filming was set to start, and after the film crew was already on location in Hainan, a cameraman suggested that Ann Hui give the role to Andy Lau.
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Ann Hui gave Lau the role and flew him to Hainan before a proper audition or even seeing what he looked like.
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Ann Hui left television in 1979, making her first feature, The Secret, a mystery thriller based on a real-life murder case and starring Taiwanese star Sylvia Chang.
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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.
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In 2008, Ann Hui directed the highly acclaimed domestic drama, The Way We Are.
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Ann Hui invested 30 million yuan before Yu Dong joined.
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In 2022, Ann Hui was invited to be the Jury President of the 59th Golden Horse Awards.
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In February 2024, Ann Hui served as a jury member at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Ann Hui starts with the female perspective, depicting the hearts of women.
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Ann Hui's films are always full of a sense of drama, but they do not make the audience feel hopeless.
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Ann Hui gives more attention and sympathy to such women, and such films permeate her deep thinking on female destiny.
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Ann Hui revealed her attitudes on her intention of constructing the stories by reflecting the conditions in social reality:.
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Ann Hui has appeared mostly in cameo roles in several films:.