Summer Snow
2002
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Ann Hui On-wah, BBS MBE (Chinese: 許鞍華; born 23 May 1947) 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. She is known for her films about social issues in Hong Kong which include: literary adaptations, martial arts, semi ...
Ann Hui. Director: Summer Snow. Born in China in 1947, Ann Hui moved to Hong Kong when she was still in her youth. After graduating in English and Comparative Literature from Hong Kong University, she spent two years at the London Film School.
Oct 11, 2022 · In 2020, Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui became the first woman director to win the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement from the Venice Film Festival. Hui has enjoyed one of the most eclectic and diverse careers of any filmmaker in the last 40 years of cinema.
Aug 17, 2021 · Legendary filmmaker Ann Hui is the recipient of the Variety Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award at New York Asian Film Festival 2021. One of the most critically acclaimed Hong Kong...
Ann Hui. Director: Summer Snow. Born in China in 1947, Ann Hui moved to Hong Kong when she was still in her youth. After graduating in English and Comparative Literature from Hong Kong University, she spent two years at the London Film School.
Jul 14, 2024 · Ann Hui’s eclectic films are united by a consideration of the relationship between public and private worlds, of how the weight of history can be brought to bear on even the most intimate personal developments. The director’s beautiful 2002 drama July Rhapsody, now receiving its first stateside theatrical run courtesy of Cheng Cheng Films ...
Sep 9, 2020 · VENICE, Italy (AP) — Hong Kong director Ann Hui paid tribute to her home city as she received a lifetime achievement award from the Venice International Film Festival. The acclaimed director said she wanted to “revert this honor back to Hong Kong,” the city where she grew up.
The Story of Woo Viet (‘Woo Viet’) is an important work in Ann Hui’s filmography. It was the first story she conceived by herself following the end of her partnership with screenwriter and frequent collaborator Joyce Chan. Woo Viet also marked Hui’s departure from the burdens of traditions and the past that were evident in The Secret ...
One of Hong Kong’s most acclaimed film directors, prolific auteur Ann Hui makes movies that shine a light on people who are usually silenced and marginalised.
Ann Hui becomes the first Hong Kong female director honoured with a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.
