Raymond Lee Wai Man (; born 10 August 1949) is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

director and television producer. Lee entered the

Hong Kong film industry The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former British colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of p ...

in 1972, initially working as a

camera operator A camera operator, or depending on the context cameraman or camerawoman, is a professional operator of a film camera or video camera as part of a film crew. The term "cameraman" does not imply that a male is performing the task. In filmmaking ...

. After the closure of

Commercial Television Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship. It was the United States′ first model of radio (an ...

in 1978, Lee joined

Asia Television Asia Television Limited (, also known as ATV) is a digital media and broadcasting company in Hong Kong. Established as the first television service in Hong Kong as Rediffusion Television () on 29 May 1957, it shifted to terrestrial televisio ...

working as screenwriter for martial arts films. In 1981, he left Asia Television to work as a producer at

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and ...

. Since 1992, Lee has mostly directed movies in mainland China. He was the recipient of the 1996

Golden Bell Awards The Golden Bell Awards () is an annual Taiwanese television and radio production award presented in October or November each year by the Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development, a division of Taiwan's Ministry of Culture. It is the ...

as Best Director for ''

New Dragon Gate Inn ''New Dragon Gate Inn'' is a 1992 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film directed by Raymond Lee and produced by Tsui Hark, starring Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Maggie Cheung, and Donnie Yen. It was released as ''Dragon Inn'' in North America. The film ...

.''

Selected filmography

;As director *''

The Last Conflict ''The Last Conflict'' is a 1988 Hong Kong action crime thriller television film produced by TVB directed by Raymond Lee and starring Donnie Yen, Adia Chan, Francis Ng, Stephen Chow, Lau Kong and Andy Tai. Plot Interpol officer Dickson Kwan ...

'' (1988, TV film) *''Set Me Free!'' (1998) *''Tour of Revenge'' (1989) *''The Killer's Blues'' (1990) *''Rebel from China'' (1990) *''Blue Lightning'' (1991) *''Once a Killer'' (1991) *''

'' (1992) *'' The East Is Red'' (1993, co-directed with

Ching Siu-tung Ching Siu-tung (Chinese: 程小東, born October 31st, 1953), also known as Tony Ching, is a Hong Kong action choreographer, actor, film director and producer, who has directed over 20 films, including the critically acclaimed supernatural fantas ...

) *''Fatal Obsession'' (1994) *''The Other Side of the Sea'' (1994) *''I Want to Go On Living'' (1995) *''Police Confidential'' (1995) *'' To Be No. 1'' (1996) *''

Assassinator Jing Ke ''Assassinator Jing Ke'' is a 2004 Chinese television series based on a semi-fictional story of the assassin Jing Ke, who, in 227 BC, attempted to kill Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. Directed by Raymond Lee, the series starred Liu Ye as the titula ...

'' (2004, TV series) *''

The Shaolin Warriors ''The Shaolin Warriors'' (Chinese: 少林僧兵) is a Chinese television series directed by Raymond Lee, starring Sammo Hung, Cui Lin, Christopher Lee, Jeanette Aw, Sammy Hung, Cui Peng, Liu Ying and Li Man. The series was first broadcast in Nove ...

'' (2008, TV series) *''

Invincible Knights Errant ''Invincible Knights Errant'' is a 2011 martial arts television series from Mainland China, based on the wuxia classics ''The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants''. The show stars Alex Man as Bao Zheng from China's Song Dynasty and Vincent Zhao as ...

'' (2011, TV series) ;As producer *''

The Other Side of the Horizon ''The Other Side of the Horizon'' is a 1984 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' television series starring Andy Lau, Lawrence Ng and Angie Chiu. Produced by TVB with Raymond Lee serving as producer, the series ran on its channel Jade from 3 to 28 September 198 ...

'' (1984) *''

Sword Stained with Royal Blood ''Sword Stained with Royal Blood'' is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised in the Hong Kong newspaper '' Hong Kong Commercial Daily'' between 1 January 1956 and 31 December 1956.The date conforms to the data published ...

'' (1985) *''

The Treasure Hunter ''The Treasure Hunter'' () is a 2009 Taiwanese action film directed by Kevin Chu and starring Jay Chou and Lin Chi-ling, with Ching Siu-tung served as action director. Plot In the northwest desert where countless prosperous dynasties have flouri ...

'' (2009)

References

External links

* * Hong Kong film directors Hong Kong television producers Living people 1949 births {{HongKong-film-director-stub