1990, Hong Kong Film Awards established two extraordinary awards: Lifetime Achievement Award and Professional Spirit Award. Although
is very award-winning, the actual number of awards for the Lifetime Achievement Award is much less than that of the Professionalism Award; and only one award will be given at a time, and there will be two winners of the Professionalism Award.
1991, the first professional spirit award was awarded to makeup artist Peng Yanlian, and the first lifelong achievement award would not be awarded until 1995.
At present, a total of 14 lifelong achievement awards were awarded in the 39th Academy Awards. Let’s take a look at the achievements of the winners:
1, 1995 Huang Manli
Huang Manli, formerly known as Huang Wensu, was once named Huang Manli. He was born in Hong Kong in 1913 and entered the industry in 1930.
She has participated in more than 300 films in her career and is known as the "Traceful Master". She started working in the TV station in 1971 and retired in 1987.
Huang Manli's last work is the movie "Dream Man" directed by Qu Ding Ping and starring Brigitte Lin and Chow Yun-fat; the last TV series is Tony Leung version " The Deer and the Cauldron ", playing the role of the Empress Dowager.
html In the early 190s, she suffered from Alzheimer's disease and was admitted to the nursing home with her husband.
In 1995, Chow Yun-fat personally sent the Academy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award to the nursing home and handed it to her.
In 1998, Huang Manli died of illness.
2, 2001 Bai Xuexian
Bai Xuexian, original name Chen Shuliang , was born in Guangzhou on May 19, 1928, Cantonese opera performing artist.
She is the daughter of the famous Cantonese opera actor Wang Bai Jurong (Chen Rong), and is ranked ninth. She is called "Nine Girls" in the industry and respectfully called " Fairy Sister ".
Bai Xuexian and Ren Jianhui are collectively called "Ren Bai". They are two important figures in the Cantonese opera world. The two sisters, who are 15 years apart, cooperated with each other to form the Xianfengming Cantonese Opera Troupe.
She started filming movies in 1947, with more than 200 works, of which more than 110 were starring, and most of them were adapted from Cantonese opera starring " Ren Bai ".
In 1967, Bai Xuexian formed the " Fairy Fengming Film Company" and produced the movie "Li Houzhu", setting a record of the largest production, longest screening period and highest income in Cantonese films.
In 1969, she and Ren Jianhui withdrew from the stage and film industry.
In 1989, Ren Jianhui died of illness.
In 1995, while awarding the first Lifetime Achievement Award to Huang Manli, the Academy Awards also presented Ren Jianhui with the " Opera Movie Centennial Hall Award".
In 2001, when Bai Xuexian delivered her acceptance speech, she expressed her remembrance to Ren Jianhui:
“The world is so wonderful. It is often either it comes too late or it comes too early. Half of this award belongs to me tonight, and half of it was for me to win it for others. It is because I can win this half of the award for her. I feel so honored that I will always remember it. This award came sooner or later, which made her successful career in the world of the movie and me in the movie industry throughout my life.”
3, 2002 Zhang Che
Zhang Che, whose original name is Zhang Yiyang, was born in Hangzhou in 1924.
He and Hu Jinquan are considered to be the two flag bearers of the "New Martial Arts Century" Hong Kong movie in the 1960s and 1970s.
Especially, Zhang Che, who focuses on masculine beauty, created the style of hard bridge and hard horse, and made stars such as Wang Yu, Di Long, and Jiang David famous.
In 1967, the box office of " One-armed Knife " directed by Zhang Che reached HK$1.29 million, becoming the first film in Hong Kong film history to exceed one million. This film established his status in the martial arts world and was called "Million Director".
In 1968, he directed " Jin Yanzi ", creating the first female hero in Chinese film history to disguise herself as a man.
In 1970 and 1972, Cheung won the Best Director of the Asian Film Festival twice. The "Best Action Guidance" of the
Academy Awards was established under his advocacy.
Lifetime Achievement Award means "final", but it is generally awarded to people who are still alive.
At that time, Zhang Che was suffering from pneumonia and was already ineffective. He did not come to the award ceremony. Student David Jiang read the award speech on his behalf.
In June 2002, Zhang Che died at the age of 78.
4, 2008 Zou Wenhuai
Zou Wenhuai, born in Hong Kong in 1927, is one of the founders, chairman and executive director of Jiahe Movie .
In 1957, he joined Shaw Film Company as a promotional manager. In 1960, he was promoted to production manager. Later, he was promoted to deputy general manager and production department manager. Until the CEO, he became runaway Shaw right-hand man .
In 1970, he resigned due to dissatisfaction with Shaw Pictures' salary system and jointly established Jiahe Company with He Guanchang and Liang Feng .
In 1971, Zou Wenhuai invited Bruce Lee from the United States for a high salary and filmed several kung fu films that broke the history of film.
After Bruce Lee’s death, Jiahe Company was in trouble for a while, and Zou Wenhuai signed a contract with the Xu brothers with a high salary, creating a new route for comedy. After
, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan have successively joined, creating a humorous kung fu film.
Zou Wenhuai’s magic weapon to attract these talents is the independent producer system: Jiahe is responsible for paying money and allowing them to set up independent satellite companies to participate in box office dividends.
In the mid-to-late 1, Hong Kong movies were declining, and Jiahe was not as good as before. It was discontinued after the last movie "Superman in Transit" was produced in 2003.
In 2007, Zou Wenhuai sold all shares to , and officially retired.
In 2011, he won the 5th Asian Film Award Lifetime Achievement Award.
On November 2, 2018, Zou Wenhuai passed away at the age of 91.
5, 2009 Xiao Fangfang
Xiao Fangfang, whose original name is Xiao Liang, was born in Shanghai in 1947. At the age of 7, he started filming as a child star and collaborated with the young Bruce Lee in the movie " Lone Star Blood and Tears ".
In 1955, she co-starred with Lin Dai, playing the leading role in "Mei Gu ", and won the Best Child Star Award at the Second Southeast Asian Film Festival.
1In 958, Hu Die , who had been on the film industry for 30 years, made a comeback and co-starred in "The Story of the Brutal One" with 11-year-old Xiao Fangfang . The theme song of this movie, " Only Mom is Good ", was sung by her.
Children star can continue to be popular after growing up, which is rare! The versatile Xiao Fangfang not only did it, but also became even more popular.
In the 1970s, Xiao Fangfang founded Binbian Film Company. His first work was " Jumping Ash ", written, directed and acted by himself, and was called the prelude to the new wave of Hong Kong films .
She hosted the funny show "It's So Simple" on TVB, creating the image of "Lin Yazhen", a silly big sister. Later, Xiao Fangfang formed a self-organized film company to bring this character to the big screen, supervising and performing a series of "Lin Yazhen" movies.
In 1999, Xiao Fangfang was selected as one of the "Five Most Unforgettable Female Leaders" by TVB for her classic role "Lin Yazhen".
She won numerous awards in her performances, including the Golden Horse and the Golden Horse Awards twice, and the Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actress once.
Xiao Fangfang has only filmed one TV series " Autumn Water Changtian ", and won the Golden Bell Award for Best Actress.
It is worth mentioning that Xiao Fangfang won almost all the best actresses who can win for " Woman Forty ", including the Berlin Film Festival, the Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Awards.
Because of deafness, she retired from the movie at the age of 50.
6, 2010 Liu Jialiang
Liu Jialiang was born in 1934 in a martial arts family in Guangzhou. His father Liu Zhan is the personal disciple of Lin Shirong, a disciple of the family member of Huang Feihong .
In 1950, he joined the film industry with his father, and worked as a temporary actor, a scene recorder, a dragon and tiger martial artist, a stand-in, etc., and participated in dozens of " Huang Feihong " series of movies starring Guan Dexing .
After years of experience, Liu Jialiang and Tang Jia became the best martial arts directors of Shaw Brothers Pictures, cooperating with director Zhang Che to shoot "One-armed Knife" that broke the box office record.
Liu Jialiang later established a company and established a Liu Jia class. He began to direct movies independently, making Wang Yu, Liu Jiahui and others famous.
The Elders directed by him enabled his female disciple Hui Yinghong to win the first Best Actress Award at the Academy Awards.
Liu Jialiang’s representative work is " Drunk Fist II", which won the Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Horse Awards for Best Movement Guidance; in addition, "Seven Swords Under the Tianshan Mountains" also won the Golden Horse Awards for Best Movement Guidance Award.
On June 25, 2013, Liu Jialiang died of illness at Ren'an Hospital in Hong Kong at the age of 79.
7. In 2011, Li Xiaoping
In 1969, Li Xiaoping established Zhouli Video Distribution (Hong Kong ) Co., Ltd., while introducing foreign language films, it also promoted kung fu films overseas.
In 1986, she became one of the founding members of the Hong Kong Film Association and served as the first chairman, which led to the introduction of the Hong Kong film rating system.
8, 2012 Ni Kuang
Ni Kuang, original name Ni Cong , was born in Shanghai in 1935.
As a writer, Ni Kuang has also made great contributions to the movie.
On the one hand, many of his works have been adapted into film and television dramas, such as Wesley, Yuan Zhenxia, Liufinger Phoenix Magic, etc.;On the other hand, Ni Kuang himself has also served as a professional screenwriter.
In the late 1960s, when martial arts films were popular, Ni Kuang turned to script creation. Over the past decade, he has written hundreds of scripts, including " One-armed Knife " directed by Zhang Che, and " Jingwumen " starring Bruce Lee.
9. In 2013, Wu Siyuan
Wu Siyuan ,
1 was born in Shanghai on April 22, 2044; in 1966, he entered the director of the Shaw Pictures Nanguo Experimental Theater Troupe, and served as the director of Shaw Products Company after graduation. He directed and screenwriter many films, but the identity of producers and producers is even more noticeable.
In 1973, Wu Siyuan formed Siyuan Pictures Company and produced many top-notch films such as "The Gambling Saint", "Huang Feihong" series, and "The Green Snake".
From 1996 to 2000, Wu Siyuan served as the chairman of Hong Kong Film Awards .
In 2002, he founded the theater management company UME, which was acquired by the Chinese Culture Group in 2017.
10, 2014 Zhang Xinyan
Zhang Xinyan was born in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province in 1934 and has served as director since 1960.
The early masterpieces include: martial arts film " Yunhai Yugongyuan " co-directed with Fu Qi in 1966 and "The Bus Adventures and Fate" in 1978.
In 1982, the feature film " Shaolin Temple " directed by him was released, setting a box office of 160 million in the mainland, while the ticket price at that time was only 10 cents.
After that, Zhang Xinyan has successively filmed films such as " Shaolin Boy ", " Yellow River Hero ", and " Kung Fu Boy Passing the Love Level ".
html In the mid-to-late 190s, due to the recession of the film market, he switched to TV series again, and his works include " Tai Chi Grandmaster ", "Shaolin Wu Wang", etc.
11, 2016 Li Hua
Li Hua was born in Shanghai in 1924, and starred in more than 140 films.
She came from a family of Peking Opera Liyuan . Her father was the famous young actor Li Guifang and her mother was the old actress Zhang Shaoquan.
Li Lihua has been a disciple of Peking Opera celebrity Mu Tiefen and Chapter Eyun . She entered the film industry at the age of 16 and became famous for starring in "Three Smile Sequel".
In 1955, she starred in Hong Kong's first color film " Begonia Red ".
In 1957, Li Lihua married director Yan Jun , which was her second marriage. In the same year, the couple formed the Golden Dragon Film Company to produce films such as " Dragon and Phoenix ".
In 1962 and 1963, she was nominated for Cannes Best Actress for "Wu Zetian" and " Yang Guifei " respectively.
966, she won the 3rd Golden Horse Best Actress for "The Dream of the Old Capital"; in 1969, she won the award again for "Yangzi River Storm". In 1993, Li Lihua won the 30th Golden Horse Award commemorative award; in 2015, she won the Golden Horse Award Lifetime Achievement Award.
On March 20, 2017, Li Lihua passed away at the age of 92.
12, 2017 Fang Yanfen
Fang Yanfen, was originally named Zhou Dongshi , also known as Liang Yanfang, was born in 1922 in Guangdong Enping Dongchengnan Kenglong Village. At the age of 3, due to her poor family, she was sent by her father to Liang Zhangu in Xiema Village, a neighboring township.
She learned Cantonese opera since she was a child. She entered the Guosheng Theater at the age of 10. At the age of 11, she joined the Shengshounian Opera Troupe at the same time as . At the age of 16, she was promoted to the provincial and Hong Kong senior class and became famous in the Guangzhou Dalongfeng Opera Troupe for performing "The Legend of the White Snake" and singing "Night Sacrifice to Leifeng Tower".
Fang Yanfen created the "Fangyin" singing style in her acting career, forming a unique genre.
With the rise of movies, Cantonese opera art has also been brought to the screen. She has appeared in more than 150 films, most of which are the leading female lead.
In 1990, Fang Yanfen spent a lot of effort to record the first song accumulated over the years into a set of records - "Fang Tent New Singing", completing an artistic project, and making a lot of contributions to the inheritance of Cantonese opera art.
13, 2018 Chuyuan
Chuyuan, whose original name is Zhang Baojian , was born in Guangzhou in 1934. He studied in Department of Chemistry at Sun Yat-sen University for three years. His father Zhang Huanyou is a famous Cantonese opera and film actor.
In 1956, under the influence of his father, Chuyuan devoted himself to the film industry and was the backbone of the Cantonese film era.
He also has a pseudonym "Qin Yu", which is used as the signature of the movie screenwriter.
Chu Yuan directed more than 120 films. "Ai Nu" directed in 1972 set a precedent for strange martial arts films.
The Seventy-Two Tenants, directed in 1973, achieved a record 5.62 million box office, making Bruce Lee unable to win the Hong Kong annual box office championship for three consecutive years.
Since 1976, Chu Yuan has started to bring Gu Long novels to the big screen one after another. " Meteor Butterfly Sword " is Gu Long's first work to be made into a movie.
With the arrival of a new wave of Hong Kong movies, Chu Yuan was impacted by the younger generation of directors, and several movies had poor box office.
At the same time, Shaw Brothers also began to reduce production, so he retired and transformed into a licorice actor.
In 1985, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for "Xueer".
In 1998, he won the Professional Spirit Award at the Academy Awards.
To date, Chu Yuan is the only one who has won the Professional Spirit Award and Lifetime Achievement Award.
When he won the Lifetime Achievement Award, he said mockingly:
Lifetime Achievement Award, which was awarded to Chu Yuan, who had no achievements in his life. It seems that he wanted to force me to say: I feel guilty for it!
On February 21, 2022, Chu Yuan died at the age of 87.
14, 2019 Xie Xian
Xie Xian, whose original name is Xie Jiayu, was born on August 9, 1936 in Hong Kong, China. In 1953, he was admitted to the actor training class and entered the industry.
In addition to acting, Xie Xian also formed the "Xie Brothers Film Company" and served as the screenwriter and director.
Because many awards have not been born in the golden period of career, he has not received a nomination for performance until 2022.
In 2004, Xie Xian was awarded the Golden Bauhinia Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2019, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award again.
After he won this lifelong achievement award, he finally won the first performance award in his life with "Out of the Dusk", the Hong Kong Critics Society's Best Actor; he was also nominated for the Best Actor of the Academy Awards.
This is a miracle in itself, because the Lifetime Achievement Award is generally awarded to retired people, and a comprehensive summary of their lifelong achievements are made.
But Xie Xian, who is already 85+, is still strong and has always participated in various performing activities with a good attitude of playing.
No matter what the final result is, he has set a record for the oldest nominee!
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