| Paul Fonoroff | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 方保羅 (Traditional) |
| Chinese name | 方保羅 (Simplified) |
| Ancestry | American |
| Born | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Paul Fonoroff (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is one of Hong Kong's best known film critics and movie historians.[1]
Fonoroff studied Chinese language at Brown University and earned his masters in fine arts at the University of Southern California.[2] He also earned a PhD at Beijing University in Chinese cinema.[3]
Fonoroff has lived in Hong Kong since 1983. He has written for the South China Morning Post since 1988 and is well respected in the Hong Kong cinema community.[3]
He has published two books, Paul Fonoroff At The Hong Kong Movies, a collection of reviews, and Silver Light, a picture book of Fonoroff's extensive collection of Hong Kong movie memorabilia.[2] At the Movies was criticized for being out of date by reviewers.[1]
Fonoroff hosts movie-related television shows in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English, and has made numerous cameo appearances in Hong Kong films.