文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

單慧珠

Sandy Shaw Wai-chu

1974年–2000年代

領域:藝術家 · 作家與觀點論述者

繁體中文

單慧珠(Rachel Zen),1951年1月23日在上海出生,未滿十歲便隨家人於1960年移居香港,及後赴台灣升學,畢業於世新大學大眾傳播系。她最初任職麗的電視新聞部記者,1974年轉入無綫電視戲劇組當助理編導,1975年獲升為編導,是當時無綫電視劇組少數的女性編導之一。1977年她轉投香港電台,執導長壽寫實劇《小時候》,以孩童的眼光觀看香港的人情世故,劇集播出後成為不少香港家庭的共同記憶;其後她又長時間在港台拍攝《獅子山下》與《香港香港》兩個單元劇系列。1982年,她執導的《風車裡的小孩》先後獲美國國際康復電影節獎及紐約電影電視節銀獎;1984年為《獅子山下》執導的單元〈天生你才〉再獲多項國際獎項,該劇以人與人互助互愛為題,令她被冠以「人道導演」的稱號。電影方面,1981年她拍成處女作《忌廉溝鮮奶》,同年又在《香港香港》系列執導〈江湖再見〉,該單元正是劉德華首個擔正主演的作品,劉德華亦由此被發掘。她在香港電台前後任職接近二十年,深受港台重研究、重資料的製作傳統影響,不少劇本都先做實地訪問與資料蒐集才落筆,作品多聚焦草根階層、青少年與邊緣社群,着重觀察與分析人性,鏡頭語言平實而不煽情。她尤其擅長以細膩筆觸處理青少年成長與家庭關係,把紀錄片的觀察方法帶進戲劇;在《獅子山下》的創作中,她與一眾編導共同建立起以寫實筆法回應社會問題的傳統,成為往後香港電視劇的重要路線。1990年代中期她淡出香港影視圈,1996年移民美國夏威夷,2002年一度回港為無綫製作外判劇《情常在》,其後再次離港。她橫跨新聞、電視劇與電影三個崗位,是香港電視寫實劇的重要先行者。

English

Rachel Zen Wai-chu was born in Shanghai on 23 January 1951 and moved to Hong Kong with her family in 1960, later studying mass communication at Shih Hsin University in Taiwan. She first worked as a reporter in RTV's news department, moved to TVB's drama unit as an assistant director in 1974 and was promoted to director in 1975, becoming one of the few woman directors in TVB's drama division at the time. In 1977 she joined Radio Television Hong Kong and directed the long-running realist series When We Were Young, which looked at Hong Kong life through the eyes of children and became a shared memory for many local families; she went on to work for many years on the Below the Lion Rock and Hong Kong Hong Kong anthology series. Her 1982 production The Child in the Windmill won an award at the US International Rehabilitation Film Festival as well as a silver medal at the New York Film and Television Festival, and her 1984 Below the Lion Rock episode Born Talented, about people helping one another, won further international prizes and earned her the label of a humanitarian director. In film, she made her feature debut with Cream Soda and Milk in 1981, and in the same year directed the episode Goodbye, My Love in the Hong Kong Hong Kong series, the first leading role for Andy Lau, who was discovered through it. She spent nearly twenty years at RTHK, where the station's research-driven culture led her to conduct field interviews and gather material before writing, and her work focuses on grassroots people, youth and marginalised communities with a plain, unsentimental style. She was especially skilled at handling youth and family relationships, bringing documentary observation into drama, and together with other directors she helped build Below the Lion Rock into a realist tradition that answered social problems. She retreated from Hong Kong's screen industry in the mid-1990s, emigrated to Hawaii in 1996, and returned briefly in 2002 to produce the TVB drama Love Is Everywhere before leaving again.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

導演、編劇

年期Active period

1974年–2000年代

代表作Notable works

《小時候》《獅子山下》《香港香港》(〈江湖再見〉)

獎項及榮譽Awards & honours

《獅子山下》單元〈天生你才〉獲國際獎項(1984)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-09-12

主要成就 Key Achievements

1977

轉投香港電台,執導長壽寫實劇《小時候》。

Joined RTHK and directed the long-running realist series When We Were Young.

1982

執導《風車裡的小孩》,獲美國國際康復電影節獎及紐約電影電視節銀獎。

Directed The Child in the Windmill, which won a US international film award and a New York television silver medal.

1984

為《獅子山下》執導單元〈天生你才〉,獲多項國際獎項。

Directed the Below the Lion Rock episode Born Talented, which won several international awards.

1981

執導電影處女作《忌廉溝鮮奶》,並在《香港香港》執導〈江湖再見〉,成為劉德華首個主演作品。

Made her feature debut with Cream Soda and Milk and directed Goodbye, My Love, Andy Lau's first leading role.

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

單慧珠是香港電視寫實劇的重要先行者。她為香港電台執導的《小時候》與《獅子山下》,以孩童與草根視角記錄香港人情,成為一代人的集體記憶;1984年的〈天生你才〉連奪國際獎項,為她贏得「人道導演」之名。她亦是少數由電視跨到電影的女性導演,1981年的〈江湖再見〉更成為劉德華的出道起點。

English

Rachel Zen was an early force in Hong Kong's realist television drama. Her RTHK work When We Were Young and Below the Lion Rock recorded Hong Kong life through the eyes of children and ordinary people, becoming collective memories for a generation; her 1984 episode Born Talented won several international prizes and earned her the name of a humanitarian director. She was also one of the few woman directors to move from television into film, and her 1981 episode Goodbye, My Love was Andy Lau's debut.

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