胡大為

繁體中文

胡大為1952年生於香港，係剪接師、導演同前電視、電台節目主持，因與廖偉雄主持《笑星救地球》而有「搞笑師祖」之稱。佢家中有八兄弟姊妹，自小對電影工作感興趣，1969年中學畢業後報讀香港理工學院平面設計文憑，1970年10月應徵邵氏片場剪接學徒成功入行。1990至1992年佢與廖偉雄主持《笑星救地球》三輯，其中趣劇《乜太與李》諷刺時弊大受歡迎。1993年佢以《辣手神探》奪第12屆香港電影金像獎最佳剪接，並以《白髮魔女傳》獲第30屆金馬獎最佳改編劇本；2015年再憑《太平輪》奪第34屆香港電影金像獎最佳剪接。佢係吳宇森嘅御用剪接師，2002年執導電影《冰雪女王》，亦早於1990年代赴荷里活執導電視劇及電視電影，1990年代中期移居加拿大多倫多。

English

David Wu Tai-wai, born in Hong Kong in 1952, is a film editor and director and a former television and radio presenter, nicknamed the grandmaster of comedy for a hit 1990s sketch show he co-hosted with Liu Wai-hung. One of eight siblings, he was drawn to film work early; after secondary school he studied graphic design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic and in October 1970 was taken on as an editing apprentice at the Shaw Brothers studios. Between 1990 and 1992 he co-hosted three series of a popular comedy show whose sketches satirised social issues. In 1993 he won best editing at the 12th Hong Kong Film Awards for Hard Boiled and best adapted screenplay at the 30th Golden Horse Awards; in 2015 he won a second Hong Kong Film Awards editing prize. A long-time editor for John Woo and for French productions, he directed a feature in 2002 and had already been directing American television films and series in the 1990s, moving to Toronto in the mid-1990s.