Terence Chang Chia-Chen () 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 ...

and

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film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

Career

Chang is one of

John Woo John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (; born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly-influential figure in the action film genre. He was a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films (a crime action film genre involving Chinese triads) and the gun fu ...

's long time friends and favoured producers. Chang produced the

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

action hit ''

Face/Off ''Face/Off'' is a 1997 American science fiction action thriller film directed by John Woo, written by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary, and starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. The first Hollywood film in which Woo was given major creative ...

'' and '' Mission: Impossible 2''. Following the box-office disappointment of '' The Crossing'',

and Chang disbanded

Lion Rock Productions John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (; born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly-influential figure in the action film genre. He was a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films (a crime action film genre involving Chinese triads) and the gun fu ...

. Following the film, Chang was an executive producer on

Zhou Quan Zhou Quan (; born 16 Nov 1987) is a Chinese filmmaker. His directorial debut End of Summer (2017 film), End of Summer won KNN Award at 22nd Busan International Film Festival. Early life Zhou Quan was born and raised in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, Zheji ...

's film '' End Of Summer'' and Yang Lu's 2014 film ''

Brotherhood of Blades ''Brotherhood of Blades'' () is a 2014 Chinese ''wuxia'' film directed by Lu Yang. Its sequel, '' Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield'' was released on August 11, 2017. Set in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the story follows Shen Lia ...

''. Following the disbandment Lion Rock, Chang created the Hong Kong-based Mannix Pictures, a team which included talent agent Amanda Yang Xin in Beijing and Shanghai-based Lucida Entertainment.

Documentaries

Chang is among the actors, producers and directors interviewed in the documentary ''

The Slanted Screen ''The Slanted Screen'' is a 2006 documentary film written, produced, and directed by Jeff Adachi which examines the stereotypical portrayals and absence of East Asian males in the cinema of the United States. The film analyzes Hollywood from the ...

'' (2006), directed by

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, about the representation of

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and

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men in

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''Kowloon City''

On August 22, 2007,

Fruit Chan Fruit Chan Gor (; born 15 April 1959) is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker who is best known for his style of film reflecting the everyday life of Hong Kong people. He is well known for using amateur actors (such as Sam Lee in '' Made in Ho ...

announced that he will make a film on

Bruce Lee Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that ...

's early years, specifically, the

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movie, ''Kowloon City''. The film will be produced by Chang. The film will be set in 1950s

. Chang's credits include ''Made in Hong Kong'', ''Hollywood Hong Kong'' and ''Durian Durian''.

Stanley Kwan Stanley Kwan (traditional Chinese: 關錦鵬; simplified Chinese: 关锦鹏); born 9 October 1957) is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Kwan landed a job at TVB after receiving a mass communications degree at Hong Kong Baptist College. ...

stated that he was talking with Lee's family to make a movie about the late action movie icon. Further, in April, Chinese state media announced that its national broadcaster started filming a 40-part TV series on Bruce Lee to promote Chinese culture for the 2008

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. IHT, Report: Hong Kong director plans Bruce Lee biopic
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Partial filmography

As producer * '' The Killer'' (1989) * '' Once a Thief'' (1991) * '' Hard Boiled'' (1992) * ''

Hard Target ''Hard Target'' is a 1993 American action film directed by Hong Kong film director John Woo in his U.S. debut. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chance Boudreaux, an out-of-work homeless Cajun merchant seaman and former United States Forc ...

'' (1993) * '' Broken Arrow'' (1996) * ''

'' (1997) * ''

Windtalkers ''Windtalkers'' is a 2002 American war film directed and co-produced by John Woo, starring Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, and Christian Slater. It is based on the real story of Navajo code talkers during ...

'' (2002) * ''

Bulletproof Monk ''Bulletproof Monk'' is a 2003 American superhero comedy film directed by Paul Hunter in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Chow Yun-fat, Seann William Scott, and Jaime King. The film is loosely based on the comic book written by B ...

'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2003) * '' Blood Brothers'' (2007) * '' Red Cliff'' (2008) * '' The Crossing'' (2014)

References

External links

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Terence Chang at rottentomatoes.com
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