The

Hong Kong Film Award The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; ), founded in 1982, is an annual film awards ceremony in Hong Kong. The ceremonies are typically in April. The awards recognise achievement in various aspects of filmmaking, such as directing, screenwriting, act ...

for Best Action Choreography is an annual

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industry award presented to a choreographer or a group of choreographers for the best achievement in action choreography.

History

The award was established at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards (1983) and the first winner in this category was the group of choreographers

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& Billy Chan Wui-Ngai for their contribution in staging the action scenes of '' The Prodigal Son''. The most recent recipient of the award was Hong Kong Action Star

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, who was honoured at the 34th

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(2015), for the film ''

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''. Since action scenes have an essential role in

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, this award is regarded as an important category of the Hong Kong Film Awards. The action choreographers with the most wins: #

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– 7 wins # Yuen Woo-ping – 6 wins #

– 5 wins #Stephen Tung Wai – 5 wins #

– 4 wins Note that, uncredited, Donnie Yen was also action co-choreographer for the winners ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', bringing his total up to 7 wins unofficially. The action choreographers with the most nominations: #

– 22 nominations #

– 16 nominations #Stephen Tung Wai – 16 nominations # Yuen Woo-ping – 12 nominations #

– 8 nominations

Winners and nominees

References

External links

Hong Kong Film Awards Official Site
{{Hong Kong Film Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Awards established in 1983

History

Winners and nominees

See also

References

External links