Leong Po-Chih was born on 31 December 1939 and is a British-Chinese film director.
14 Facts About Po-Chih Leong
Po-Chih Leong has worked in England, Hong Kong, and the United States.
On 31 December 1939, Leong was born in England to parents from Taishan, Guangdong.
Po-Chih Leong's father was a seaman who opened a Chinese restaurant in London's West End.
Po-Chih Leong graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Exeter and studied at the London Film School.
Po-Chih Leong began his career as a trainee film editor at the BBC.
Po-Chih Leong worked on a variety of productions, including the long-running series Panorama.
In 1967, Po-Chih Leong joined TVB and set up its film unit in British Hong Kong.
Po-Chih Leong left TVB in 1969 to form Adpower, one of the first commercial production companies in Hong Kong.
In 1976, Po-Chih Leong co-directed his first Hong Kong film Jumping Ash, an action film set in a drug underworld, where he appeared in this film as Tiger's man.
Po-Chih Leong went on to direct a range of genres from drama to action movies, comedies, horror and satire, in both English and Chinese.
In recent years Po-Chih Leong has made action films starring Steven Seagal, Wesley Snipes, Judd Nelson, Joe Mantegna, and Oscar-winning Marcia Gay Harden.
Po-Chih Leong has directed films for US network television and AMC.
Po-Chih Leong's movies have won multiple awards and have been shown at the Venice, London, Toronto, Locarno, Hong Kong and Edinburgh film festivals, amongst others.