Film debut, "The Brave Lad of Canton"

Played bit roles and worked as a stuntman in many Cantonese martial arts films throughout the 1950s

Worked as a martial arts choreographer at the Shaw Brothers studio

Colaborating with prolific Shaw Bros. helmer Chang Cheh, dominated the studio's kung fu film output from the mid-1970s onward

Parted with Chang during the filming of "Marco Polo" in Taiwan

Feature directorial debut, "The Spiritual Boxer", arguably the first HK feature to combine comedy, magic and martial arts (subsequently a popular sub-genre)

Filmed his own intrerpretation of the Wong Fei Hung story--a popular series of kung fu films in which his father had starred--with "Challenge of the Masters"; first film to depict the character as a young man; cast his (informally adoptive) "brother" Lau Kar Fai as Wong Fei Hung

Sole appearance in a horror film, "Evil Cat"; film flopped

After the demise of the Shaw Bros. studio as a filmmaking entity and the decreased populariy of historical kung fu films, enjoyed a major hit as the helmer of "Tiger on the Beat", a contemporary tough cop comedy-thriller

Made major commercial comeback as the helmer of "Drunken Master 2", a hugely successful Jackie Chan kung fu vehicle (also acted)