唐季禮

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唐季禮1960年生於香港，籍貫廣東恩平，係以動作片見稱嘅香港導演。佢1979年開始參與電影拍攝，先喺電視台工作，亦為多家電影公司做幕後，曾喺邵氏、嘉禾、無綫電視同麗的電視當武打演員、武師替身、場記、副導演、製片同編劇，期間做過周潤發、張曼玉、鍾楚紅、張國榮等人嘅替身。1990年佢自資執導處女作《魔域飛龍》，獲影評人好評，因而獲嘉禾邀請加盟；1992年執導《警察故事III超級警察》，打破多個東南亞國家嘅票房紀錄，並獲提名台灣金馬獎最佳電影。其後《紅番區》（1995）同《警察故事4之簡單任務》（1996）分別取得五千六百多萬同五千七百多萬港元票房，為佢帶來香港電影金像獎最佳動作設計同金馬獎最佳動作指導等獎項；後期作品包括《神話》同《功夫瑜伽》。

English

Stanley Tong, born in Hong Kong in 1960 to a family from Enping, Guangdong, is a director known for action films. He began working in film in 1979, first at a television station and then behind the scenes for various companies — as stunt actor, stunt double, continuity man, assistant director, producer and screenwriter at Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, TVB and RTV — and doubled for stars such as Chow Yun-fat, Maggie Cheung, Cherie Chung and Leslie Cheung. In 1990 he financed and directed his debut feature, which won critical praise and an invitation to join Golden Harvest. Police Story III: Super Cop (1992) broke box-office records across Southeast Asia and was nominated for Best Film at the Golden Horse Awards, while Rumble in the Bronx (1995) and Police Story 4: First Strike (1996) took some HK$56.9 million and HK$57.5 million and brought him Best Action Choreography at the Hong Kong Film Awards and Best Action Direction at the Golden Horse Awards; later works include The Myth and Kung Fu Yoga.