Fruit Chan
Date of birth: 1959-04-15
Place of birth: Guangdong, China
Known for: Directing
Also known as: 陈果, 陳果, Chan Guo, Chan Kou, Tin Sam-Fat, Eighteen, Tin Sup-Fat, Fruit Chan Gor, 田十八
Biography
Fruit Chan Gor (born April 15, 1959 in Guangdong, China, is an independent Hong Kong Second Wave screenwriter, filmmaker and producer, who is best known for his style of film reflecting the everyday life of Hong Kong people. He is well known for using amateur actors (such as Sam Lee in Made in Hong Kong, Wong Yau-Nam in Hollywood Hong Kong) in his films. His name became familiar to many Hong Kongers only after the success of the 1997 film Made in Hong Kong, which earned many local and international awards. On August 22, 2007, Chan announced that he will make a film focusing on Bruce Lee's early years, specifically, the Chinese-language film, Kowloon City, will be produced by John Woo's producer Terence Chang. The film will be set in 1950s Hong Kong. Chan's credits include Durian Durian. Also, Stanley Kwan stated that he was talking with Lee's family to make a movie about the late action movie icon. Further, in April, Chinese state media announced that its national broadcaster started filming a 40-part TV series on Bruce Lee to promote Chinese culture for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
Movie Credits
The Law Enforcer
1986-06-11
A police officer is suspended for assaulting gang members who threatened a young woman and her boyfr
Yes, Madam!
1985-11-30
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidde
My Name Is Fame
2006-09-01
Fai, a talented actor who has won the Best New Artist of the Hong Kong Film Awards and always plays
3 Days of a Blind Girl
1993-05-27
Mrs. Ng, who is left temporarily blind after an eye operation. Second day, her husband takes off to
His Fatal Ways
1991-09-13
A righteous straight-laced China Public Security officer with supernatural powers is sent to Hong Ko
Temporary Family
2014-08-21
Lung, a hardworking property agent, is facing a serious situation in life. His girlfriend won't marr
Finale in Blood
1993-11-06
Cheng is an attention-seeking no-hoper who works at a radio station, announcing food prices. But whe
Righting Wrongs
1986-11-27
Jason Chan, a Hong Kong lawyer, is angry at the way the law protects criminals and decides to take t
Lost Souls
1989-08-09
Like many Hong Kong people, the Ling family are hoping to immigrate to Canada - but then they all di
Inspector Pink Dragon
1991-11-07
A blundering Hong Kong police inspector, Ma Yu Long, goes under cover to investigate a high-class bu
Naughty Boys
1986-07-25
Sing, an ex-con who's supposed to dig up the buried loot of his three still-jailed buddies...but whe
Hot Summer Days
2010-02-11
In "Hot Summer Days" a hot summer heat wave engulfs the Chinese territory, while the movie covers th
The Longest Summer
1998-12-31
It is July 1st of 1997, and Hong Kong is bright in celebration. The United Kingdom handover of Hong
Simply Actors
2007-06-19
When undercover cops start losing their lives to drug lords who blame their demise on "poor acting",
My Lucky Stars
1985-02-10
Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamond
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985-08-15
The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners and My Lucky Stars. T
Her Fatal Ways 2
1991-06-13
Mainland Inspector Cheng Shih-Nan once again leaves the Mainland with her cousin Hsiou Sheng to tack
Monkey Business
1982-01-07
Hong Kong comedy film.
Fight Back to School 2
1992-04-09
Star Chow, an officer in the elite police unit, resigns when he is made a scapegoat for a botched in
Mrs K
2017-09-07
"Mrs K" is a story of a woman who gives everything that she has to protect her husband and daughter
The Top Bet
1991-03-07
Sing and Mei are two siblings with special powers which the former uses to gamble. When both are una
Devoted to You
1986-04-11
Jane, born in a lower-class family and neglected by her parents, becomes a rebellious girl. She ente
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1992-02-01
This is a screwball-comedy in Hong Kong style. Chow Yun Fat plays the spoiled village hetman of a ti
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1996-04-20
A young rebel falls for the sister of a local kickboxing champion. In order to stay out of jail, he
The Age of Miracles
1996-02-03
A psychic widow (Anita Yuen) makes a bargain with Death (Roy Chiao) in order to save her son's (Alan
Naked Ambition
2003-10-20
John and Andy, comic section editors of a magazine, become unemployed because of the winding-up of t
Run Papa Run
2008-04-10
A lawyer falls in love with a gang boss, gets knocked up and drags him to the altar. One evening, cr
Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday
1993-04-30
A young boy's journey to puberty. Awkward first time experiences are a combination of jest and melan
Those Merry Souls
1985-05-30
Chiu Chi-Lung and Ng Kuai-Tak are two movie stunt actors in Hong Kong and are suspicious of Lung's f
Arrest the Restless
1992-05-14
Two juveniles get mixed up in a street gang, resulting in the murder of a rival gang leader. A crook
In the Mood for Doyle
2007-08-30
Christopher Doyle is one of the best known and most acclaimed directors of photography in world cine
All's Well, Ends Well 2011
2011-02-02
Popular beautician Sammy (Louis Koo) has the good fortune of being hired as the CEO of a cosmetics c
The Haunted Cop Shop
1987-11-19
The police station used to be the army club during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Many Japane
Women on the Run
1993-11-04
A young woman named Yin dreams of leaving her modest village life for a chance to try to make it big
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
2016-03-04
In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture com
No. 7 Cherry Lane
2019-09-02
Set in Hong Kong in 1967 — a time of complex politics when it was still a British colony — No. 7 Che
Still Human
2018-11-06
A Hong Kong man with a disability hires a Filipino migrant worker to care for him. As they spend mor
Curry & Pepper
1990-05-23
Two best friends and cop partners become the subject of a beautiful news reporter's documentary. The
In Between Loves
1989-10-14
Taxi driver Lung is obsessed with TV news reporter Jenny Tung. He attempts to gain her affection by
Five Lonely Hearts
1992-01-01
Five naive and lively girls, each with a lonely and throbbing heart, in this plain summer vacation,
Family Light Affair
1984-02-02
Fresh from his smashing directorial debut comedy, "Let's Make Laugh", Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting returns
Operation Scorpio
1992-09-10
After an aspiring comic book artist rescues a young girl from a prostitution ring, he submits to the
Heart of Dragon
1985-09-14
A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later
Dragons Forever
1988-02-11
A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting
Keep Rolling
2020-12-03
One of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a “star” for the first time in Man
Love: Amoeba Style
1997-02-27
May Ching has three roommates. Tung is the career minded account executive with a business minded gi
Blossoms Under Somewhere
2024-11-21
A story of two female secondary students, one with spasmophemia and the other dyslexia, getting into