元奎

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元奎1951年出世，原名殷港民，係香港導演、武術指導、監製同演員，「七小福」之一，師承京劇大師于占元，2022年逝世。佢早年在于占元門下同洪金寶、成龍、元彪等人一齊學藝，七人合稱「七小福」；1970年起佢出任龍虎武師，其後正式擔任武術指導，參與過《新蜀山劍俠》、《龍少爺》、《地獄無門》等片。1982年佢應吳思遠邀請返港執導處女作《龍之忍者》，其後執導《方世玉》、《漫畫威龍》、《賭聖》、《新精武門1991》等數十部電影。元奎亦係李連杰嘅御用動作導演，後來隨李連杰去荷里活發展，為多部荷里活大片設計動作，成績相當耀眼，不過佢為人低調、甚少公開露面。

English

Corey Yuen Kwai (1951–2022), born Yan Kong-man, was a Hong Kong director, action choreographer, producer and actor, one of the Seven Little Fortunes who trained under the Peking-opera master Yu Jim-yuen. He learned alongside Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao, and the seven were billed together as the Seven Little Fortunes. He became a stuntman in 1970 and later a full action director on films such as Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain and Dragon Lord. Invited back to Hong Kong by Ng See-yuen, he directed his debut feature in 1982 and went on to direct dozens of films, among them Fong Sai-yuk, All for the Winner and New Fist of Fury (1991). He was Jet Li's favoured action director and followed him to Hollywood, designing the fights for a string of major American productions with conspicuous success, while remaining a low-profile figure who rarely appeared in public.