Hong Kong director died on August 23 at the age of 58 Benny Chan, who made such films with Jackie Chan How "New Police Story" и "Who am I?"and "Shaolin" with Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse.
Chan was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer last year after falling ill while filming his latest film. "Crossfire" with Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse.
Benny began his career not in cinema, but on television as an assistant director Johnny To. In 1990, Benny made his debut as an independent director with the feature film "Moments of Love" with Andy Lau and Jacqueline Ng starring.
Until the end of the 90s, he continued to work in parallel in both cinema and television, until in 1998 he made one of the best films with Jackie Chan - "Who am I?", after which he focused exclusively on cinema.
"Who am I?" - this is definitely a central work for Benny and is definitely one of Jackie's best action films of the 90s. This is a high-budget movie, bright, dynamic and witty, with a huge number of locations and enchanting stunts in the best traditions of Jackie. It was this film that became the debut for the athlete Ron Smoorenburg, who later connected his life with combat cinematography.
During my career Benny Chan was nominated five times for Hong Kong Film Awards for films "Big Bullet" (1996), "Heroic Duet" (2003), "New Police Story" (2004), "Connection" (2008) и "White Storm" (2013).
Rest in peace, Benny.
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