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Frankie Chan

Born

Chan Wing-yuk
(1951-11-30) 30 November 1951 (age 73)
British Hong Kong

Occupation(s)

actor, film director, film producer, composer

Years active

1970 - present

Awards

Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Original Score
1996 Fallen Angels

Chinese name

陳勳奇

陈勋奇

Franklin Chan Fan-kei (born 1951) is a Hong Kong-born Chinese martial artist, actor, film director, producer, action director, and composer.

Chan is best known to Hong Kong action cinema fans as the main antagonist in Sammo Hung's The Prodigal Son, in which he faces Yuen Biao in the final reel. Chan has starred in a number of modern action films, most notably Burning Ambition, Outlaw Brothers and Carry On Pickpocket.

Chan also composed music and scores for many films in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, including Writing Kung Fu (1979), Odd Couple (1979), The Young Master (1980), The Buddhist Fist (1980), Armour of God II: Operation Condor (1991), Chungking Express (1994) and Fallen Angels (1995).

In 2011, Chan directed Legendary Amazons, a film about the female Generals of the Yang clan.

Filmography as director

Nochimson, Martha P. (Fall 2005). "Beautiful Resistance: The Early Films of Wong Kar-wai". Cineaste. ProQuest 204855419. Retrieved 4 November 2024 – via ProQuest.

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