Stephen Chow's romantic experience, it is better to have more.

1On June 22nd, 962, Stephen Chow was born in Hong Kong to a mainland immigrant family, who lived in the slums of Kowloon. When he was 7 years old, his parents divorced, and he grew up with his sister under the support of a single mother. After finishing high school at St. Mario's English College, he became an office assistant. [9- 10]

Stephen Chow in his youth (17 photos)

1980, Stephen Chow became a special actor of Li TV (predecessor of Asian TV). [ 1 1]

1982, Stephen Chow applied for the first 1 1 training course for wireless TV artists, and failed for the first time. After several twists and turns, he entered the night part of the training class and began to act as an extra in the wireless TV drama. [ 10]

1983, after the training course, Stephen Chow became a wireless artist. Later, he was assigned to host the children's program "Space Shuttle 430" for nearly five years, during which the classic performance was the unit drama "Black and White Zombies" as a program link. [ 1 1- 12]

1987, Stephen Chow was transferred to the drama troupe of wireless TV station, and his first play was "Journey of Life". [ 10] [ 12]

1988 Stephen Chow was appreciated by Li Xiuxian, who played the wandering little brother in the movie "Pioneer of Thunderbolt". Because of his outstanding performance, Stephen Chow won the Best Supporting Actor Award in the 25th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer Award in the Hong Kong Film Awards. Not only attracted the attention of the film industry, but also attracted TV stations to re-examine him and give him more opportunities to play important roles. Later, he starred in TV series such as "Hero on Earth" and "He comes from Jianghu". [ 13]

1990 After playing a series of younger brothers, thieves, hooligans and villains, Stephen Chow took over the role of a gangster in the new film Gambling Saint directed by Liu Zhenwei. The final revenue of the film was HK$ 401320,000, which broke the box office record since the opening of Hong Kong, and Stephen Chow was nominated for the best actor in the Hong Kong Film Awards for the first time. In the same year, director Jing Wong invited Stephen Chow to cooperate in the film Gambling Man, which earned 40.34 million yuan at the box office. Together with Gambling Saint, it ranked first and second in the annual box office list. In just half a year, Stephen Chow became a popular movie star, and even his nickname changed from "Star Boy" to "Star Master". [ 14]

Stephen Chow (1 1)

199 1 Stephen Chow changed the screen image of the gangster in the past, and played an undercover detective in the movie Truant, which broke the box office record again. His other two works of that year also entered the top ten of the box office list. Its box office appeal is comparable to Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat, and it is called "every two weeks 10%" by the media. [ 15- 16]

From 65438 to 0992, Stephen Chow occupied seven seats in the top ten box office charts, and the top five were all his works. Among them, The Happy Family and The Judge of Death broke box office records continuously, and he also won the Best Actor in the Asia-Pacific Film Festival with The Judge of Death, which was called "The Year of Stephen Chow" by the film industry. [ 15- 16]

1993, Stephen Chow won the Hong Kong box office champion for the fourth time in a row with "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang", and he was no longer satisfied with just catering to the audience's joking needs. His works more and more reflect humanistic care and thinking about life, the world and ideals. [ 15]

1994, in the film "Domestic Lingling Lacquer", Stephen Chow officially took the post of director, and from then on, he took full control of the film creation era. [ 16]

1995, Moonlight Box of a Chinese Odyssey and Fairy of a Chinese Odyssey were released in two parts, created by Liu Zhenwei. Although the box office response was bleak, in the following years, with the rampant piracy market and the popularity of the Internet, it became one of the classic films with the highest evaluation by mainland audiences, and even influenced the emotional concepts and expressions of a whole generation to some extent. [ 15]

Stephen Chow

1996, The Gourmet, directed by Stephen Chow, was released, which was also a success and was selected for the Venice International Film Festival. [ 17]

From 65438 to 0999, the autobiographical film king of comedy clearly conveyed Stephen Chow's life experience and won the Hong Kong box office champion again. [ 16] [ 18]

On 200 1, Stephen Chow released "shaolin soccer" after two years' production, which set a box office record of 60.73 million in the depressed Hong Kong film market, and won seven awards such as Best Film Award, Best Director Award, Best Actor Award and Outstanding Young Director Award at the 2 1 Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony. [ 18- 19]

In 2004, the film Kung Fu was released. This time, Stephen Chow no longer paid attention to individual performance, but devoted more to teamwork and overall film creation. The box office revenue of this film in Hong Kong was HK$ 6,654,380+0.27 million, which broke the record held by shaolin soccer and became the highest-grossing Hong Kong film in the history of Hong Kong. He also won the Best Film Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards, the Best Feature Film Award at the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award and the Best Director Award. Kung Fu has also been affirmed overseas: the global box office reached $654.38 +0.05 billion, setting a box office record for China films in dozens of countries and regions, being shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award in the United States and the Best Foreign Language Film Award in the British Film Academy Award, and also being selected as "One of the Top Ten Movies in the World in 2005" by Time magazine. [ 18] [20-2 1]

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In 2008, Stephen Chow directed Changjiang No.7 and made his first attempt at science fiction. The film earned HK$ 5,654.38+0.4 million at the Hong Kong box office, once again becoming the annual box office champion in Hong Kong, and earned RMB 203 million in the Mainland. [ 16] [22]

In 20 13, the director film "The Demon of Journey to the West" broke the box office records of 23 Chinese films, and the global box office reached 2180,000 US dollars, making it the highest box office movie in China. Stephen Chow also retired from the stage through this film. [ 1-2] [23]

20 14 the sci-fi movie mermaid directed by Stephen Chow started shooting and is expected to be released on 20 16. [5] At the same time, the classic film A Chinese Odyssey will be released again in 654381October 24th, and the extended edited version of Kung Fu 3D will also reappear on the big screen. [6-7]