The

Hong Kong Film Award The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; ), founded in 1982, is an annual List of film awards, film awards ceremony in Hong Kong. The ceremonies typically take place in April, and have mostly been held at the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Cent ...

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. Since action scenes have an essential role in

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, this award is regarded as an important category.

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

Sammo Hung Samuel "Sammo" Hung Kam-bo ( zh, t=洪金寶, j=Hung4 Gam1-bou2; born 7 January 1952) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and Film director, director, known for his work in martial arts films, Hong Kong action cinema, and as a figh ...

Lam Ching-ying Lam Ching-ying (; born Lam Gun-bo (); 27 December 1952 – 8 November 1997) was a Hong Kong stuntman, actor, martial artist and action director. As a practitioner of martial arts Lam starred in a number of notable films that found recognition o ...

Yuen Biao Yuen Biao (born Ha Lingchun; 26 July 1957) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and stuntman. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has also worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer. He was one o ...

& Billy Chan Wui-Ngai for their contribution in staging the action scenes of '' The Prodigal Son''. Action choreographers with the most wins: #

Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born Chan Kong-sang; 7 April 1954), known professionally as Jackie Chan,; is a Hong Kong actor and filmmaker, known for his slapstick, acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically perf ...

– 10 # Jackie Chan Stunt Team – 7 # Stephen Tung – 7 #

Yuen Woo-ping Yuen Woo-ping (; alias: Yuen Wo-ping; born 1945) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong Stage combat, martial arts choreographer and film director who worked in Hong Kong action cinema and later Hollywood films. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue ...

– 6 #

Donnie Yen Donnie Yen Chi-tan ( zh, c=甄子丹, p=Zhēn Zǐdān, j=, first=j; born 27 July 1963) is a Hongkongers, Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and action director. He is the recipient of various accolades, including three Golden Horse Fi ...

– 5 #

– 4 Action choreographers with the most nominations: #

– 23 #

– 23 # Stephen Tung – 20 #

Ching Siu-tung Ching Siu-tung (Chinese: 程小東, born October 31, 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 fantasy ...

– 19 # Jackie Chan Stunt Team – 17 #

Corey Yuen Corey Yuen Kwai (; 15 February 1951 – 2022) was a Hong Kong film director, film producer, action choreographer, and actor. Yuen attended the China Drama Academy and was one of the Seven Little Fortunes. In Hong Kong, he worked on several ...

– 16 #

– 15 # Chin Ka-lok – 13 #Yuen Tak – 11 #Yuen Bun – 11 # Sammo Hung Stunt Team – 9 #

– 9 Note that not every co-choreographer is credited by a film, and even credited co-choreographers can be excluded from a nomination.

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