Directing

Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai

Born February 5, 1952 · Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China] (age 74)

Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai (Chinese: 劉鎮偉) is a Hong Kong actor, screenwriter, producer and director. He had studied graphic design in the U.K., then returned to Hong Kong and worked in advertising. He co-founded the film companies Century Films and Wu Zhou Century Films with director Dennis Yu in 1980, and the duo produced various classics during the New Wave Cinema era. With the support of actor-produ…

Known For

Kung Fu Hustle

Kung Fu Hustle · 2004

MovieActionComedy

It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

Chungking Express

Chungking Express · 1994

Chungking Express

MovieDramaComedy

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels · 1995

MovieActionRomance

An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella · 1995

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella

MovieActionAdventure

This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box · 1995

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

MovieActionAdventure

When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.

Days of Being Wild

Days of Being Wild · 1990

Days of Being Wild

MovieCrimeDrama

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

So Close

So Close · 2002

MovieActionThriller

A conflict of interest between two high-kicking assassin sisters is complicated as they're pursued by the criminals who hired them and an equally high-kicking female cop.

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai · 1991

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

MovieActionComedy

While battling a psychic gambler, Sing hurtles back in time to 1937 Shanghai. Now he must come to grips with his family history and get back to 1991.

Filmography

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Kung Fu Hustle

Kung Fu Hustle · 2004

MovieActionComedy

It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

Producer

Chungking Express

Chungking Express · 1994

Chungking Express

MovieDramaComedy

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

Producer

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels · 1995

MovieActionRomance

An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.

Producer

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella · 1995

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella

MovieActionAdventure

This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.

Writer

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box · 1995

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

MovieActionAdventure

When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.

Director

Days of Being Wild

Days of Being Wild · 1990

Days of Being Wild

MovieCrimeDrama

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

Writer

So Close

So Close · 2002

MovieActionThriller

A conflict of interest between two high-kicking assassin sisters is complicated as they're pursued by the criminals who hired them and an equally high-kicking female cop.

Writer

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai · 1991

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

MovieActionComedy

While battling a psychic gambler, Sing hurtles back in time to 1937 Shanghai. Now he must come to grips with his family history and get back to 1991.

Characters

The Legend II

The Legend II · 1993

MovieActionComedy

The hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian emperor and re-establishing the Ming dynasty. The social upheaval is combined with Sai Yuk's personal moral conflict about how to conform to the rigid regime of the brotherhood and on top of that sort out his difficult love life, saddled with two presumptive wives.

Screenplay

Ashes of Time

Ashes of Time · 1994

MovieDramaAction

Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. Throughout five seasons in exile, Ouyang spins tales of his clients' unrequited loves and unusual acts of bravery.

Producer

As Tears Go By

As Tears Go By · 1988

MovieDramaCrime

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

Writer

The Legend

The Legend · 1993

MovieAdventureAction

The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile, Canton kung fu practitioner Fong Sai-Yuk falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a rich merchant.

Screenplay

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

The Eagle Shooting Heroes · 1993

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

MovieActionComedy

A power struggle between the Queen's treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, slapstick battles, and martial arts acrobatics.

Director

Out of the Dark

Out of the Dark · 1995

Out of the Dark

MovieComedyHorror

After being haunted by evil spirits inside a residential building, a security guard seeks help from a mysterious exorcist, who turns out to be an escaped mental patient.

Writer

Fist of Fury 1991

Fist of Fury 1991 · 1991

Fist of Fury 1991

MovieActionComedy

Lau Ching, a Mainlander with an incredibly powerful right arm, arrives in Hong Kong to find his cousin. He befriends with a drifter named Handsome, and a martial artist girl named Mandy. In order to woo her, Ching participates in a fighting competition in hopes of winning a $10 million prize, and must defeat his love rival, Wai, in the ring.

Writer

Hero

Ma Wing Jing and his older brother Ma Tai Chueng arrive in Shanghai to make their fortune at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Be-friending a powerful mobster Wing Jing is given his nightclub in return for saving Tam Sei's life. Unfortunately, another Gangster wants the territory a well. Corruption and violence rule the streets as Wing Jing and Tam Sei must battle not only the rival gangs but the corrupt police officials as well.

Screenplay

All for the Winner

All for the Winner · 1990

All for the Winner

MovieActionComedy

Sing, a dumb, lovable mainlander with supernatural powers comes to China to visit his uncle Tat. When it's revealed that Sing can see through objects, Tat employs him as "The Saint of Gamblers," and proceeds to set him loose in the gambling world.

Director

Just Another Pandora's Box

Just Another Pandora's Box · 2010

Just Another Pandora's Box

MovieComedyFantasy

Qing Ye Se only knows how to be a thief, but he runs into major trouble when he accidentally steals the heart of Rose, an immortal fairy. During a chaotic chase, Qing gets ahold of the Pandora's Box, sending them both back in time to the Three Kingdoms era. Mistaken as a general, Qing is thrown right into the middle of the Battle of Red Cliff. Meanwhile, Rose continues to devise new ways to earn Qing's affection, even if it means having to be someone

Director

The Haunted Cop Shop

The Haunted Cop Shop · 1987

The Haunted Cop Shop

MovieActionComedy

During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the soldiers had a clubhouse, where, on V-J Day, they committed seppuku. Now it's a police station, and its inhabitants burn dolls to keep the souls at peace. However, tonight is the Ghost Festival, when ghosts are allowed one night's leave, and the Colonel has risen, turning those he bites into vampires.

Director

Fist of Fury 1991 II

Fist of Fury 1991 II · 1992

Fist of Fury 1991 II

MovieActionComedy

After the total defeat of his love rival, Ching must now deal with the love rival's brother, Wan To, who seeks revenge against him. When Ching is ambushed by Wan To and his gang in the streets and is at risk, he is rescued and treated by an apprentice of his, Beef Skin, and his feisty sister, Beef Stew. It turns out those two are even harder to handle than Wan To.

Screenplay

The Haunted Cop Shop II

The Haunted Cop Shop II · 1988

The Haunted Cop Shop II

MovieComedyHorror

Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.

Director

Gameboy Kids

Gameboy Kids · 1992

MovieActionComedy

A young genius with an 8-year-old mentality suddenly becomes head of a Hong Kong triad.

Uncle 8 Taels

A Chinese Odyssey Part Three

A Chinese Odyssey Part Three · 2016

A Chinese Odyssey Part Three

MovieAdventureComedy

The third chapter of the cult-classic fantasy saga: A Chinese Odyssey. At the end of 'A Chinese Odyssey 2', Zixia managed to see in advance the outcome of the battle. Now, in order to prevent the unfortunate tragedy, she travels back to the past and make sure that Monkey does not fall in love with her. Monkey is then reincarnated and continues to wait for Bak Jing-jing.

Director

A Chinese Tall Story

A Chinese Tall Story · 2005

A Chinese Tall Story

MovieActionComedy

The young monk Taka and his three disciples are captured by a demonic tree. Taka manages to escape thanks to the magic stick of Monkey King and decided to go free his companions. En route, he encounters a strange ally called Meiyan, a girl who is half-human and half monster. As Taka and his new friend set off on a fantastic adventure they will face many hardships and battles and may very well decide the fate of humanity and the entire universe...

Director