李力持

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李力持1961年生，暱稱「大力」，香港電影導演、編劇、演員，原籍廣東東莞石排鎮，小時候居住在九龍土瓜灣山谷道邨。佢係何文田海星學校第14屆畢業生，1978年畢業於新亞中學（該校第一屆校友），並於1979年在該校完成中六預科課程，曾於香港中學會考中文科和數學科取得A級成績。預科畢業後佢當過倉務員，其後在1982年加入香港亞洲電視任職助理編導，之後轉投無綫電視任編導；在無綫時嘅代表作有《蓋世豪俠》同《他來自江湖》，兩齣都由周星馳主演。因與周星馳嘅合作取得成功，李力持開始被電影公司招攬，夥拍周星馳拍攝大量電影，包括《破壞之王》、《國產零零漆》、《唐伯虎點秋香》、《食神》、《喜劇之王》、《少林足球》等，曾是喜劇界「黃金組合」。李力持自《少林足球》後便沒有再與周星馳合作。此後佢轉往中國內地發展，並執教喜劇電影課程，持續培育喜劇幕後人才。

English

Lee Lik-chi, born in 1961 and nicknamed Daai Lik, is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and actor from Shipai in Dongguan, Guangdong, who grew up in a public housing estate in To Kwa Wan. He finished primary school in Ho Man Tin in the 1970s, graduated from New Asia Middle School in 1978 as a member of its first cohort, completed his pre-university year there in 1979 and scored top grades in Chinese and mathematics in the school certificate examination. After working as a storekeeper he joined Asia Television in 1982 as an assistant director and later moved to Television Broadcasts as a director. His best-known television work there were two series starring Stephen Chow, and the success of that partnership brought offers from film companies. He went on to co-direct a long run of Chow's comedies — including a martial arts spoof, the Bond parody From Beijing with Love, a period comedy, a food comedy, a showbiz satire and Shaolin Soccer — forming one of the most successful partnerships in Hong Kong comedy. He and Chow stopped working together after Shaolin Soccer; Lee later moved to the mainland, where he teaches comedy filmmaking and nurtures behind-the-scenes talent.