Fruit Chan facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Fruit Chan
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Fruit Chan at the Hong Kong Art Centre, 28 July 2017
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Chen Guo
15 April 1959 Guangdong, China
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| Nationality | Hong Konger |
| Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Director 1998 Made in Hong Kong Best Screenplay 2001 Durian Durian Golden Bauhinia Awards – Best Director 1998 Made in Hong Kong Best Screenplay 2001 Durian Durian Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Director 1998 Made in Hong Kong 2015 The Midnight After Best Screenplay 2003 Hollywood Hong Kong Golden Horse Awards – Best Director 1997 Made in Hong Kong 2002 Hollywood Hong Kong Best Original Screenplay 1997 Made in Hong Kong 2000 Little Cheung 2001 Durian Durian |
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Fruit Chan Gor (Chinese: 陳果) is a famous Hong Kong filmmaker. He was born on April 15, 1959. He is well known for making movies that show the everyday lives of people in Hong Kong.
Fruit Chan often uses actors who are not professionals. For example, he cast Sam Lee in Made in Hong Kong. He became very famous after his 1997 film Made in Hong Kong won many awards.
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Early Life and Film Dreams
Moving to Hong Kong
Fruit Chan was born in Guangdong, China. When he was young, he enjoyed watching movies from different countries. In July 1971, he and his family moved to Hong Kong.
Working and Studying
His family was not rich. Fruit Chan worked in an electronics factory to help out. He also went to night school to finish his early education. Later, he got a job as a projectionist in Jordan, Hong Kong. This job helped him learn more about movies from all over the world.
Learning About Film
He really wanted to make films. He joined a one-year film studies course. He worked odd jobs to pay for his classes. This was his first step into the world of filmmaking.
Fruit Chan's Film Career
Starting in Movies
Fruit Chan continued to study film at a small film club. He learned how to write scripts and direct movies. In 1982, he started working in the film industry. He began as an assistant director. He helped famous directors like Jackie Chan and Ronny Yu.
His Big Break
In 1991, a movie he was working on stopped production. Fruit Chan saw this as a chance to direct his own film. He used the same studio to make Finale in Blood. Critics liked this movie a lot.
Made in Hong Kong
In 1994, he gathered about 500,000 Hong Kong dollars. He also used leftover film materials from other movies. With these, he directed his award-winning film, Made in Hong Kong.
This movie was a huge success. Many people in Hong Kong cinema saw him as a new hope. He was one of the first filmmakers to make realistic movies. These films showed the social and political situations in Hong Kong at that time. Made in Hong Kong was the first part of a series of three films. The other two were The Longest Summer and Little Cheung.
Film Festival Roles
Fruit Chan has also been a judge at important film events. In 2002, he was a jury member at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. In 2015, he led the jury for the Taipei Film Festival.
Fruit Chan's Film Style
Showing Real Life
Fruit Chan's movies often focus on the "raw, often bleak, view of life of Hong Kong's working class." This means his films show the tough, real-life experiences of ordinary people in Hong Kong.
Main Influences
He says that Japanese directors, especially those from the 1960s, have influenced him a lot. One director, Nagisa Ōshima, was a big inspiration for his film Made in Hong Kong.
Directed Films
- Finale in Blood (大鬧廣昌隆) (1993)
- The 1997 Trilogy (九七三部曲) (These films are about the year Hong Kong was returned to China)
- Made in Hong Kong (香港製造) (1997)
- The Longest Summer (去年煙花特別多) (1998)
- Little Cheung (細路祥) (1999)
- Durian Durian (榴槤飄飄) (2000)
- Hollywood Hong Kong (香港有個荷里活) (2001)
- Three Husbands (三夫) (2018)
- Public Toilet (人民公廁) (2002)
- Three... Extremes (三更2) (2004) – a part called "Dumplings"
- Dumplings (餃子) (2004)
- Chengdu, I Love You (2009) – a part called "1976"
- Don't Look Up (2009) (This was a remake of a Japanese horror film)
- Tales from the Dark 1 (2013) – a part called Jing Zhe
- The Midnight After (2014)
- Kill Time (2016)
- The Invincible Dragon (2019)
- Coffin Homes (2021)
See also
In Spanish: Fruit Chan para niños
