Fung Chi-kong (4 December 1911 - 18 November 1988), also known as Fung Ting-fan, was an early Hong Kong Cantonese-film director and screenwriter, born in Guangzhou to a Panyu family. His talent for writing Cantonese operatic lyrics led to work arranging music at a Shanghai radio station, and in 1930 he joined the screenwriting department of Shanghai's Great Wall Film Company; in 1933 he directed Chen Jinggu, the first Amoy-dialect film made in China. He joined Hong Kong's Fenghuang Film Company in 1934, and his first Hong Kong film as director was the patriotic Focus on the Flames of War (1937). Between 1937 and 1970 he directed two hundred films. On 1 June 1963 he and nine other veteran directors became sworn brothers, known as the 'Ten Great Directors'. He died in Hong Kong in 1988.
Achievements
- 1952 · Directed the Cantonese opera film Kuai Huo Shen Xian.