Ching Siu-tung [SEP] occupation
Ching Siu-tung
Ching Siu-tung (born 1953), also known as Tony Ching, is a Hong Kong action choreographer, actor, film director and producer, who has directed over 20 films, including the critically acclaimed supernatural fantasy "A Chinese Ghost Story" (1987). He produced the spectacular clip L'Âme-Stram-Gram for the French star singer Mylène Farmer at a cost of €1 million. He studied in the Eastern Drama Academy and trained in Northern Style Kung Fu for 7 years
film, Tsui Hark noted that director Ching Siu-Tung wanted to work with him. Ching Siu-Tung had previously worked as a director and an action choreographer on various Film Workshop productions such as "Peking Opera Blues" and "A Better Tomorrow II". Hark suggested developing "A Chinese Ghost Story", describing it as a love story which Siu-Tung was not as interested in developing as either a romance film or a non-horror based ghost story. Hark noted that his higher up approached him to