Anthony Chow, a native of Dabu county in Guangdong and a younger brother of the film producer Raymond Chow, was originally a teacher before entering the film industry in the early 1980s. In 1983 he produced Homecoming, directed by King Hoi-lam. He became managing director of Golden Harvest (Hong Kong) Limited in 1985. Across the mid-1980s and 1990s he produced or presented dozens of films for Golden Harvest and its subsidiaries Yau Wo, Bo Ho and Wei Ho, among them Witch from Nepal (1986), The Yuppie Fantasia (1989), Farewell China (1990), Kawashima Yoshiko (1990), Young and Dangerous 3 (1996), Big Bullet (1996) and Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997). He also presented Golden Harvest's Taiwanese investments such as Gui Hua Xiang (1988). In 1988 he headed Pan-Asia Entertainment, Golden Harvest's artiste-management arm, whose clients included Kara Hui, Irene Wan, Sean Lau and Alex Fong; it was dissolved in 1998. He later served as vice-chairman of Golden Harvest Entertainment and moved to San Francisco after retiring. Working mainly behind the scenes in production and artiste management, he handled a range of genres spanning drama, comedy and action, and also took part in distributing Golden Harvest's films in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
At Golden Harvest, Chow oversaw the production and presentation of dozens of films and managed actors through Pan-Asia Entertainment, taking part in the commercial side of Hong Kong film-making and in talent development in the 1980s and 90s. The pictures he handled spanned drama, comedy and action, reflecting the studio's strategy of making films across several lines at once.
Achievements
- 1983 · Produced the film Homecoming, directed by King Hoi-lam
- 1985 · Became managing director of Golden Harvest (Hong Kong) Limited
- 1988 · Headed Pan-Asia Entertainment, Golden Harvest's artiste-management arm