Film Workshop
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Film Workshop Co. Ltd. (Chinese: 電影工作室), or simply Film Workshop, is a feature-film Hong Kong production company and film distributor.
It was founded in April 1984 by producer/director Tsui Hark and his wife, actress-turned-producer Nansun Shi. Already a renowned director with a string of box office hits behind him, Tsui wanted to create a workshop where the foremost filmmakers could work on films with artistic merit, and at the same time commercially rewarding for the financiers.
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Film Workshop's first film Shanghai Blues turned out to be both a critical and commercial success in Hong Kong; and so were the two subsequent films that Tsui directed: The Working Class and Peking Opera Blues. At this time, Tsui invited other directors to join in. With Tsui producing, John Woo directed A Better Tommorow, which grossed US$4.5 million locally to set a new record as the highest grossing motion picture in Hong Kong.
Film Workshop continued to produce the films that Tsui either produced or directed. This includes films such as A Better Tomorrow 2, A Better Tomorrow 3, the Once Upon A Time in China series and The Seven Swords.
After consolidating its position in the traditional markets. Film Workshop's next move is to venture into co-production and distribution in a more international context.
