繁體中文
唐季禮（Stanley Tong），1960年4月7日生於香港，祖籍廣東江門，是以動作片見稱的導演、動作指導、編劇、監製及製片人。他自小習武，少年時已研習洪拳、太極及跆拳道等武術。1979年底，他以武師身分入行，先後在邵氏、嘉禾、無綫電視及麗的電視任武打演員、武師替身、場記、副導演、製片及編劇，期間曾為周潤發、張曼玉、鍾楚紅、張國榮等擔任替身，累積了全面的製作經驗。1990年，他自組公司並投資拍攝處女作《魔域飛龍》，該片由他獨自執導，獲影評人好評，因而獲嘉禾邀請加盟。1992年他執導《警察故事III超級警察》，打破多個東南亞國家和地區的票房紀錄，並獲提名台灣金馬獎最佳動作指導。1995年的《紅番區》由他執導並兼任動作指導，成為首部在北美超過二千家主流影院上映的港產片，並刷新美國最賣座華語片的紀錄，引進內地後更被視為賀歲檔的重要開端，他亦憑此片獲第十五屆香港電影金像獎最佳動作設計。1996年，他憑《警察故事4之簡單任務》奪得第十六屆香港電影金像獎最佳動作設計及第三十三屆金馬獎最佳動作指導。他自1990年代起長期與成龍合作，是成龍電影的重要拍檔。2000年，他回港創立中美國際影視娛樂公司，同年執導《雷霆戰警》；2005年的《神話》由他執導，獲提名第二十五屆香港電影金像獎最佳動作指導及第二十八屆大眾電影百花獎最佳導演，其後他再拍出《功夫瑜伽》（2017）。《紅番區》在內地上映時取得三千五百多萬元票房，被視為內地賀歲檔的開端。唐季禮能同時勝任導演、動作指導、編劇與監製，是香港動作電影走向國際的重要推手之一。
English
Stanley Tong was born in Hong Kong on 7 April 1960 to a family from Jiangmen, Guangdong, and is a director, action choreographer, screenwriter and producer known for action films. He trained in martial arts from boyhood, studying Hung boxing, tai chi and taekwondo among other styles. He entered the industry as a stuntman at the end of 1979 and worked at Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, TVB and RTV as a martial-arts actor, stunt double, continuity man, assistant director, producer and screenwriter, at one point doubling for stars such as Chow Yun-fat, Maggie Cheung, Cherie Chung and Leslie Cheung. In 1990 he set up his own company and financed and directed his debut feature, The Defector, which drew critical praise and an invitation to join Golden Harvest. Police Story III: Super Cop (1992) broke box-office records across several Southeast Asian markets and earned him a Golden Horse nomination for Best Action Direction. Rumble in the Bronx (1995), which he directed and choreographed, became the first Hong Kong film to open in more than 2,000 North American cinemas, set a record as the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in the United States, and is regarded as a landmark opening for the mainland's Lunar New Year releases; it won him Best Action Choreography at the 15th Hong Kong Film Awards. Police Story 4: First Strike (1996) brought him Best Action Choreography at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards and Best Action Direction at the 33rd Golden Horse Awards. A long-time collaborator of Jackie Chan, he later directed The Myth (2005) and Kung Fu Yoga (2017), while continuing to write, choreograph, produce and direct.
