Ng See-yuen

Ng See-yuen
Ng in 2007
Born (1944-06-06) 6 June 1944 (age 80)
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • director
  • writer
  • businessman
Years active1970–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese吳思遠
Simplified Chinese吴思远

Ng See-yuen (Chinese: 吳思遠; born 6 June 1944)[1] is a Hong Kong film producer, director, screenwriter and businessman.

He has been active in the Hong Kong film industry since 1970, particularly in action films. He was one of the first filmmakers to find widespread success outside of the major studios of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest as the founder of Seasonal Film Corporation, where he helped launch the careers of Jackie Chan, Jimmy Wang Yu, Corey Yuen, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jet Li and Wu Jing. He has been twice nominated for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film, for The Unwritten Law (1985) and The Soong Sisters (1997).

Ng is an Honorary President of the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild, a former President of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, and was President of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association from 1995 to 2000. He is also a co-founder of the UME Huaxing International Cinema chain, and the owner of the Hong Kong A1 Division basketball club Seasonal.

  1. ^ "NG See-yuen". Database listing. BFI. Archived from the original on 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2008-08-25.

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