Clifton Ko
{{Short description|Hong Kong film director}}
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| caption = Interviewed by Chinanews.com in 2020
| birth_name = Ko Chi-sum
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| birth_place = Hong Kong
| partner = Perry Chiu 焦媛
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1997 Legend of Mad Phoenix}}
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Clifton Ko {{postnom|country=HKG|MH}} ({{zh|c=高志森|p=Gāo Zhìsēn}}; born 6 August 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, actor, producer, and scriptwriter.
Background
Clifton Ko graduated from Kwun Tong Maryknoll College, and entered TV and film industry in late 1970s, firstly worked with director Clifford Choi. In this period he wrote Choi's No U-Turn (1981) and Teenage Dreamers ({{zh|t=檸檬可樂|p=Ningmeng Kele|j=Ling mung hoh lok|l=Lemon Cola}}), and John Woo's comedy Once a Thief. In 1982, Ko entered Raymond Wong's the newly founded Cinema City & Films Co., and directed his first film The Happy Ghost in 1984. The film series, like all his major works, is a slapstick comedy with moral teaching, family value, and optimism. Ko, together with the company, is prolific in making "Chinese New Year movies". Important titles include family comedy series It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (beginning in 1987); Chicken and Duck Talk, a collaboration with comedian/writer Michael Hui; and ensemble comedy series All's Well, Ends Well (beginning in 1992); and It's a Wonderful Life (1994) (Stokes).
Filmography as director
Personal life
During the 2019 Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill protests and the subsequent imposition of the Hong Kong national security law in 2020, Ko expressed support for the Hong Kong Police Force.{{Cite web |last=Zhao |first=Shirley |last2=Zhang |first2=Karen |date=2019-06-30 |title=Hong Kong police supporters turn out in force to counter extradition bill protests, but clash with rivals and assault journalists |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3016689/thousands-gather-tamar-park-support-hong-kong-police-and |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}
References
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- Lisa Odham Stokes. Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema. Scarecrow Press. 2007. Print. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-5520-5}}. 204–205.
External links
- {{IMDb name|0461893}}
- [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=65 HK cinemagic entry]
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Category:Hong Kong film directors
Category:Hong Kong screenwriters
Category:Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012
Category:Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017
Category:Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2017–2021
Category:Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2021–2026
Category:Chinese film directors
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