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谷德昭1965年8月15號喺香港出世，原籍山東，畢業於加拿大西門菲沙大學。佢1988年入行，曾跟隨高志森赴加拿大拍戲，返港後為《Beyond日記之莫欺少年窮》擔任編劇同副導，並為《蜜桃成熟時》(1993)、《富貴黃金屋》等片編劇。1992年，佢為周星馳主演嘅《家有喜事》擔任現場編劇，同年亦首次喺《黃飛鴻笑傳》演出。1993年，佢喺《唐伯虎點秋香》飾演文狀元「對穿腸」，一場文鬥戲令佢廣為人識。佢同周星馳長期合作，擔任《破壞之王》(1994)、《國產凌凌漆》(1994)、《食神》(1996)、《算死草》《97家有囍事》等片嘅編劇，其中《食神》嘅橋段至今仍為人津津樂道。1995年，佢自編自導首部喜劇《呆佬拜壽》，正式成為導演；1996年執導嘅《大內密探零零發》票房高踞當年香港華語片第二位。2002年，佢同彭浩翔合編《買兇拍人》，奪得第7屆香港電影金紫荊獎最佳編劇，並入圍第21屆香港電影金像獎最佳編劇。佢執導嘅作品仲有《嫁個有錢人》(2002)、《行運超人》(2003)、《龍咁威2003》、《我要做Model》(2004)、《家有喜事2009》、《神奇俠侶》(2011)同《六福喜事》(2014)，其中《神奇俠侶》入圍第13屆法國多維爾亞洲電影節動作片單元，同年佢亦擔任第30屆香港電影金像獎頒獎禮司儀。另外，佢亦擔任《長江七號》(2008)嘅監製同編劇，該片入圍第28屆香港電影金像獎最佳電影，並喺《少林足球》(2001)客串演出。佢亦係電視同電台節目主持，無論編、導、演都以喜劇節奏同生活化見稱。
English
Vincent Kok Tak-chiu was born in Hong Kong on 15 August 1965, his ancestral home being Shandong, and graduated from Simon Fraser University in Canada. He entered the industry in 1988, following Clifton Ko to Canada on a shoot, and on his return wrote and assistant-directed Beyond's Diary, also writing the screenplays for Crazy Love (1993) and It's a Mad Mad Mad World Too. In 1992 he worked as an on-set screenwriter for Stephen Chow's All's Well, Ends Well and made his acting debut the same year in King of Beggars. In 1993 he played the scholar 'Duichangchang' in Flirting Scholar, whose poetry-duel scene made him widely known. A long-time collaborator of Chow, he wrote King of Destruction (1994), From Beijing with Love (1994), God of Cookery (1996), Lawyer Lawyer and All's Well Ends Well 1997, the gags of God of Cookery still being fondly remembered today. In 1995 he wrote and directed his first comedy, Whatever You Want, becoming a director, and his 1996 Forbidden City Cop ranked second among Hong Kong Chinese-language films at the box office that year. In 2002 he co-wrote You Shoot, I Shoot with Pang Ho-cheung, winning Best Screenplay at the 7th Golden Bauhinia Awards and being nominated for Best Screenplay at the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards. His further directing credits include Marry a Rich Man (2002), My Lucky Star (2003), Dragon Loaded 2003, Super Model (2004), All's Well, Ends Well 2009, Mr. and Mrs. Gambler (2011) and Hello Babies (2014); Mr. and Mrs. Gambler screened in the action section of the 13th Deauville Asian Film Festival and he hosted the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony that year. He also produced and co-wrote CJ7 (2008), nominated for Best Film at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards, appeared in Shaolin Soccer (2001), and works as a television and radio host, his writing, directing and acting all marked by comic timing and everyday humour.
