Tsui Hark

Tsui Hark
徐克
Tsui Hark at the New York Asian Film Festival, 10 July 2011
Born	Tsui Man-kong (徐文光) (1950-02-15) 15 February 1950 (age 74) Saigon, Vietnam
Occupation(s)	Film director, producer, presenter, screenwriter, actor
Spouse	Nansun Shi ​ ​ (m. 1996; div. 2014)​
Chinese name
Chinese	徐文光
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xú Wénguāng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Chèuih Mahn Gwōng Jyutping Ceoi4 Man4gwong1
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	徐克
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xú Kè Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Chèuih Hāk Jyutping Ceoi4 Hak1

Tsui Hark (Chinese: 徐克, Vietnamese: Từ Khắc, born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-kong (Vietnamese: Từ Văn Quang), is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Tsui has directed several influential Hong Kong films such as Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983), the Once Upon a Time in China film series (1991–1997) and The Blade (1995). Tsui also has been a prolific writer and producer;^[1] his productions include A Better Tomorrow (1986), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), The Killer (1989), The Legend of the Swordsman (1992), The Wicked City (1992), Iron Monkey (1993) and Black Mask (1996). He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema and is regarded by critics as "one of the masters of Asian cinematography".^[2]

In the late 1990s, Tsui had a short-lived career in the United States, directing the Jean-Claude Van Damme–led films Double Team (1997) and Knock Off (1998). Both films were commercially unsuccessful and critically panned; Tsui himself was unsatisfied with his lack of creative control and returned to Hong Kong to continue his career, where he found commercial and critical success with blockbusters such as the Detective Dee film series, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011), and The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014).