Wellson Chin (born 1957), originally named Chin Chi-leung, was born in Hong Kong and became a film director and producer. He entered the industry in 1978 as a continuity man on Warriors Two, directed by Sammo Hung for Golden Harvest, continuing in that role on Hung's films under the name Chin Leung; from The Magnificent Butcher (1979) he worked as assistant director, long attached to Hung and mainly to Bo Ho Films. In 1986, using the name Wellson Chin, he directed his first feature, a comedy made by Jackie Chan's Golden Way company, a Golden Harvest subsidiary. From 1988 he directed The Inspector Wears Skirts for Golden Way, an action comedy built around several actresses that was a strong box-office performer and led to sequels in 1989 and 1992. In 1992 he formed Bo Yiu Production with screenwriter Kwong Man-wai, another Golden Harvest satellite, releasing the horror films Fourteen Days (1993) and a companion picture in 1994 that helped launch a minor wave of low-budget ghost films. He went on to direct further features through the late 1990s, and in 2003 directed a fantasy written and produced by Tsui Hark. He was also executive director on Stephen Chow's Kung Fu (2004) and CJ7 (2008), and in recent years has directed mainland television drama, his latest feature being a 2013 release.
Wellson Chin rose from continuity man and assistant director in Sammo Hung's team, and in the 1980s built the female-police action comedy series The Inspector Wears Skirts. After 1992 his Bo Yiu Production, formed with Kwong Man-wai, carved out a niche with low-budget ghost films such as Fourteen Days as the local market cooled in the mid-1990s.
Achievements
- 1978 · Entered the film industry as a continuity man on Warriors Two
- 1988 · Directed The Inspector Wears Skirts, a hit action comedy
- 1993 · Formed Bo Yiu Production with Kwong Man-wai and released Fourteen Days