Leonard Ho (1925 – 17 February 1997) was 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 Delta i ...

film producer. Ho formed Golden Harvest in 1970, with

Raymond Chow Raymond Chow Man-wai, (; 8 October 1927 – 2 November 2018) was a Hong Kong film producer, and presenter. He was responsible for successfully launching martial arts and the Hong Kong cinema onto the international stage. As the founder of G ...

, after leaving Shaw Brothers. The first film he produced was ''

A Man Called Tiger ''A Man Called Tiger'' (Hong Kong title ''Leng mian hu'') is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts action thriller starring Jimmy Wang and Maria Yi and directed by Lo Wei. Plot Chin Fu ( Jimmy Wang Yu)'s father was a kung-fu master who was murdered. ...

'' from 1973. In 1989, he was nominated for a Hong Kong Film Award for best picture for the movie ''

Painted Faces ''Painted Faces'' (Chinese: 七小福) is a 1988 Hong Kong biographical drama film co-written and directed by Alex Law and starring Sammo Hung as his mentor, Master Yu Jim-yuen of the China Drama Academy. For his portrayal as Master Yu, Hung ...

'', which was released in 1988. Later productions credits include '' Armour of God'' and ''

Rumble in the Bronx ''Rumble in the Bronx'' (Chinese title: 紅番區, ''Hong Faan Kui'' (transl. ''Red Turn District'') is a 1995 American-Hong Kong martial arts film starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui and Françoise Yip. It was directed by Stanley Tong, with action ...

''. In the end credits of the 2012 movie ''

CZ12 ''CZ12'' (), also known as ''Chinese Zodiac'', is a 2012 Hong Kong action-adventure comedy film co-written, co-produced and directed by Jackie Chan, who also starred as the main character in the film. ''CZ12'' is the third film of a franchise t ...

'', Jackie Chan cited Leonard Ho as his mentor. Ho was awarded Hong Kong Film Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1999.

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