AKA: Chui Hak, Xu Ke
Nationality: Chinese
Birthdate: 01/02/1951
Birthplace: Canton, China
Leading figure of the Hong Kong film scene and head of his own production company, Film Workshop. Hark specializes in kaleidoscopic dramas characterized by frenzied action and a decidedly tongue-in-cheek tone. He is best known in the USA for his complex, breathlessly witty and exciting "Peking Opera Blues" (1986).
Raised in the Chinese section of Saigon, Vietnam
Made first film at age 10
Sent to Hong Kong to study at age 14
Moved to the USA to attend college in Texas