文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

邱禮濤

Herman Yau

1980年代至今

領域:藝術家 · 作家與觀點論述者

繁體中文

邱禮濤(Herman Yau),1961年生於香港,祖籍廣東潮州,是香港電影導演、攝影指導、編劇及監製,作品橫跨恐怖、警匪、愛情與寫實文藝等多種類型。他中學畢業後曾於香港理工學院修讀放射治療,1981年入讀香港浸會學院傳理系,求學期間已到片場當場記,並自資拍攝獨立短片。入行初期他以攝影為主,先後為黃泰來的《我在黑社會的日子》(1989)及羅守耀的《黑拳》(2006)等片掌鏡,亦為許冠文的《神算》(1992)與徐克的《順流逆流》(2000)擔任攝影。1987年,他執導首部電影《靚妹正傳》。1993年,他應李修賢之邀執導《八仙飯店之人肉叉燒包》,以極度血腥的場面震動影壇,其後再拍《的士判官》(1993)及《伊波拉病毒》(1996),成為本地三級片的代表人物之一。他亦執導《陰陽路》系列首六集(1997至1999),以及愛情片《愛情夢幻號》(1999)、社會寫實片《等候董建華發落》(2001)與《性工作者十日談》(2007)、傳記片《葉問:終極一戰》(2013)等。2017年,他憑《拆彈專家》首次獲香港電影金像獎最佳導演提名;2019年的《掃毒2天地對決》成為香港報名角逐奧斯卡最佳國際影片的作品。他曾與友人合辦電影刊物及出版社,2010年出版《一個電影導演的思考與實踐》,並於2015年取得嶺南大學文化研究博士學位。他執導作品逾八十部,多部獲香港電影評論學會大獎選為推薦電影,並曾為香港專業電影攝影師學會及香港電影導演會成員,2020年獲香港浸會大學頒授榮譽大學院士。

English

Herman Yau Lai-to, born in Hong Kong in 1961 with family roots in Chaozhou, Guangdong, is a film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and producer whose work ranges across horror, crime, romance and realist drama. After secondary school he studied radiation therapy at Hong Kong Polytechnic before entering the communication department of Hong Kong Baptist College in 1981; while a student he already worked as a continuity clerk on film sets and made independent short films. He began his career mainly as a cinematographer, shooting features such as Sentenced to Hang (1989) for Taylor Wong and Fatal Contact (2006) for Dennis Law, and serving as director of photography on Michael Hui's The Magic Touch (1992) and Tsui Hark's Time and Tide (2000). In 1987 he directed his first feature, No Regret. Invited by Danny Lee, he made The Untold Story in 1993, a film whose extreme violence shocked the industry, followed by Taxi Hunter (1993) and Ebola Syndrome (1996), which made him a leading figure in Hong Kong's Category III cinema. He also directed the first six instalments of the Troublesome Night series (1997-99), the romance Fascination Amour (1999), the socially engaged From the Queen to the Chief Executive (2001) and Whispers and Moans (2007), and the biopic Ip Man: The Final Fight (2013). His Shock Wave (2017) brought his first Best Director nomination at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019) became Hong Kong's submission for the Academy Award for best international feature. He has also co-founded film magazines and a publishing house, published a book on directing in 2010, and earned a PhD in cultural studies from Lingnan University in 2015.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

電影導演、攝影指導、編劇

年期Active period

1980年代至今

代表作Notable works

《八仙飯店之人肉叉燒包》(1993)、《拆彈專家》(2017)、《掃毒2天地對決》(2019)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-09-12

主要成就 Key Achievements

1987

執導首部電影《靚妹正傳》,其後以攝影師身份為多部影片掌鏡

Directed his first feature, No Regret, going on to work widely as a cinematographer.

1993

執導《八仙飯店之人肉叉燒包》,以血腥題材開創三級片奇觀

Directed The Untold Story, a notorious Category III crime film that shocked the industry.

2017

憑《拆彈專家》首次獲香港電影金像獎最佳導演提名

Received his first Best Director nomination at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Shock Wave.

2019

《掃毒2天地對決》創下港產片內地票房紀錄,並代表香港角逐奧斯卡最佳國際影片

His sequel set a mainland box-office record for a Hong Kong film and became Hong Kong's Oscar submission.

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

邱禮濤以極高產量與跨類型能力見稱,四十年間執導逾八十部電影,既能駕馭大型商業製作,又持續拍攝寫實與社會題材;他早年以《八仙飯店之人肉叉燒包》等片延續港式三級片的邊緣美學,近年再憑《拆彈專家》《掃毒2天地對決》證明票房號召力,並長年兼任攝影指導與電影教育工作。

English

With more than eighty films over four decades, Yau is one of Hong Kong's most productive and versatile directors, moving between large commercial productions and realist, socially engaged work while also serving as a cinematographer and film educator.

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