14 Facts About Kuei Chih-Hung

Kuei Chih-Hung was a filmmaker who worked for the Hong Kong-based Shaw Brothers Studios, directing more than 40 films throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s.

Kuei Chih-Hung often depicted the poverty of the public housing system, police corruption and colonial government rule.

Kuei Chih-Hung was born in Guangzhou on 20 December 1937.

At the large Shaw Brothers Studio, Kuei Chih-Hung gained a reputation as one of the most promising assistant film directors on numerous Hong Kong productions.

Kuei Chih-Hung proved a versatile, imaginative filmmaker with a distinctive style that carried through to a number of diverse genres including comedy and horror.

Kuei Chih-Hung continued to challenge himself by directing segments for The Criminals film series, an acclaimed anthology based on actual Hong Kong cases.

The 1980s saw the versatile Kuei Chih-Hung reinventing himself , this time with the popular supernatural fantasy, Hex and its two sequels, Hex vs Witchcraft and Hex After Hex.

Still, Kuei Chih-Hung ingeniously found a way to insert a visual gag at the studio's expense.

Kuei Chih-Hung delved into the wuxia genre for the first time with Killer Constable.

Kuei Chih-Hung made one last film, the comedy Misfire, in 1984, before immigrating to the United States, where he opened a pizza restaurant.

Kuei Chih-Hung died of liver cancer in 1999 at the age of 61.

Kuei Chih-Hung was only ever happy when he knew for a day that a film had worked at the box office, then he'd start worrying again.

Kuei Chih-Hung applied the technical chops of Lau Kar-leung to exploitation material.

Kuei Chih-Hung had Chang Cheh's obsession with violence, but he was willing to offend his audience in a way that Cheh wasn't.