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Born in Vietnam, he took his secondary education in Hong Kong, then studied at a Texas university. He also edited a Chinatown newspaper in New York City, developed a community theatre group and was active in a Chinatown cable TV program.
He returned to Hong Kong in 1977 and immediately found work in TV. He made his first feature, The Butterfly Murders/Die Bian, in 1979. His first notable film is Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983).
As a director and producer Tsui resurrected several film genres: the murder mystery in The Butterfly Murders; the hardboiled gangster filmGangster film is a film genre which features gangster charectors such members of the Mafia and inner city street gangs. Notable Gangster films Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Boyz N the Hood (1991) Billy Bathgate (1991) Casino (1995) Colors (1988) Dick Tracy (199 in A Better Tomorrow (1986); the wuxiaWxi ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: ), or "martial arts chivalry", is a distinct genre in Chinese literature and cinema. Wuxia figures prominently in the popular culture of all Chinese-speaking areas, and the most important writers have devot film in Zu Warriors and Swordsman (1990); and the period romance in The Lovers (1994). As producer he has the uncanny knack of trend-setting: most of his films turn out to be major box-officeThe term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. This can be measured in terms of the number of people who hits in Hong Kong and around AsiaThe continent of Asia is defined by subtracting Europe and Africa from the great land mass of Africa-Eurasia. The boundaries are vague, especially between Asia and Europe: Asia and Africa meet somewhere near the Suez Canal. The boundary between Asia and E. Tsui's films are well-known for their adventurousness, their broad commercial appeal, and hectic camerawork and pace.
Perhaps his most successful work to date is the Once Upon a Time in China series where he revived the martial arts folk hero Wong Fei HungWong Fei Hung ( huang2 fei1 hong2) ( 1847 1924) was a healer, martial artist and revolutionary who became a Chinese folk hero. He is often described as the "Chinese Robin Hood". As a healer and medical doctor, he practised and taught acupuncture and other, played in the first three instalments by Jet LiJet Li ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Gwohngdongwa pengyam: Ley5 Lin4 Git6 pinyin L Lianjie, born April 26 1963) is a martial artist and film actor. He won the Chinese Wushu national championship five times, which eventually led to a caree.
Tsui has made two US films in Hollywood, both starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. They were Double Team (1997) and Knock Off (1998). Both were lambasted by critics, and later even by Tsui Hark himself. In 2001 he returned to China to direct Time and Tide , which is among his best films.
Notable works:
See also: Cinema of China
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