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		Chow See Luk

Other names :	周诗禄 Chow Si Luk Chow Sze Luk Zhou Shilu

Birthdate :	1/1/1914
Date of death :	7/9/1964
Nationality :	China, Hong Kong
Workplace :	Hong Kong
Activities :	Director (78), Producer (3), Writer (2), Cinematographer (1), Production Manager (2)

	Biography
Chow See Luk was a film director, producer and director of photography whose career spans from the 30s to the early 60s. In the 50s he was one of the two managers of the Shaws' Cantonese Film Group, a post which enabled him to produced numerous films as well as to discover many talents in front and behind the camera. Born in 1914, Chow originated from Guangdong. He steps into the Shanghai film industry as a teenager and is already an assistant cinematographer at 13 for the Unique studios run by the eldest of the Shaw brothers Runje . At 17 he becomes director of photography. He notably takes part in the productions of Unique's first talking film Nightclub Colours/ Gechang Chunse (1931) and to the first Cantonese dialect film ever made, also produced by Unique, The Platinum Dragon (1934). When Unique moves his movie-making operations to Hong Kong, Chow comes along and keeps working for the studio up until at least 1941. Around 1947, Chow Sze Luk becomes a director with the film Joy And Success. In nine years, he has directed about seventy films for several Hong Kong studios including Qinhua, Wangfang and Longfeng. The best films of that time are Cantonese opera movies as well as comedies. He directed films in all kinds of dialects: Mandarin and Cantonese of course but also Chaozhou and Anoy. In 1955, Shaw's second brother Runde, Shaw And Sons, Ltd studio's boss, sets up a Cantonese dialect production unit and appoints two seasoned filmmakers to run it: Fung Fung Goh and Chow Sze Luk. The later owes his new job to his own Cantonese background, his work in the Cantonese film industry as well as his decade long associsation with the Shaw brothers. As head of the unit Chow produces more than fifty films and directs about twenty. He discovers and uses many young new stars such as Patricia Lam Fung, Cheung Ying Tsoi, Mak Gei and Lui Kei (1). Talents behind the camera are also revealed by Chow like Ng Daan and Lung Fong, who are to become two important directors in the 1960s Hong Kong Cantonese cinema. Early 1960s, Chow starts working more on Mandarin productions for the newly established Shaw Brothers, which probably contributes to the slowing down of the Cantonese Production Unit's pacing. For the Shaw Brothers, Chow directs The Chase When The Poles Meet, Stepmother (1963), The Amorous Lotus Pan (1963) and The Female Prince (1964). Chow is assigned to direct the new wuxia production Temple Of The Red Lotus but dies of liver cancer on September 7, 1964. His final film The Female Prince is released on December 10 of that same year. The Shaw's Cantonese production unit is shut down shortly after Chow's death. Written by Yves Gendron (January 2007). Source : The Shaw Screen a Preliminary Study.
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Filmography

[ 1960 - 1950 - 1940 - 1930 ]

Alternate lists by alpha / genre / year

Title ( HK - All )		Year	Activity

	Amorous Lotus Pan, The	1964	Director
	Female Prince, The	1964	Director
	Stepmother	1963	Director
	Chase	1961	Director
	Fan To Remember	1961	Director
	Mother	1961	Director
	When The Poles Meet	1961	Director
	Ever-Blooming Waterlilies, The	1960	Director
	Helping Hand, The	1960	Director
	Life Of Life	1960	Director
	Love And Chasity	1960	Director
	Love Knot (Part 1)	1960	Director
	Love Knot (Part 2)	1960	Director
	Pursuers, The	1960	Director
	Beseiged	1959	Director
	Bride From Another Town	1959	Director
	Case Of The Female Corpse, The	1959	Director
	Fragrance Of Durians, The	1959	Director
	Love On The Lonely Bridge	1959	Director
	Vengeance Of The Vampire, The	1959	Director
	Young Rock	1959	Director
	Crime Of Passion In The Hotel	1958	Director
	Marriage On The Rocks	1958	Director
	Mother's Broken Heart	1958	Director
	Pretty Girl's Love Affair, A	1958	Director, Producer
	Princess Jade Lotus	1958	Director, Producer
	Sweet Girl In Terror	1958	Director
	Valley Of The Love Birds	1958	Producer
	Virtuous Girl From A Humble House, A	1958	Director
	Dances Of Charm, The	1957	Director
	Fairy Sleeves, The	1957	Director
	Marriage Between The Quick And The Dead, The	1957	Director
	Pearl Of The Island	1957	Director
	Return On A Snowy Night	1957	Director
	Colorful Tokyo	1956	Director
	Feather Fan Under Spring Lantern	1956	Director
	Grand Reunion, The	1956	Director
	Pak Kam Lung And His Impersonator	1956	Director
	Story Of Little Cabbage And Yang Naiwu, The	1956	Director
	Eternal Peony	1955	Director
	Shilin Offers Sacrifice to the Leifeng Pagoda	1955	Director
	Silver Phoenix	1955	Director
	Snow White And The 7 Dwarfs	1955	Director, Writer
	Till Death Us Do Part	1955	Director
	Elopement, The	1954	Director
	Her Difficult Life	1954	Director
	When Beauty Fades From The Twelve Ladie's Bower	1954	Director
	Another Chance For Love	1953	Director
	Female White Golden Dragon, The	1953	Director
	Scholar In A Buddhist House, A	1953	Director
	Swallows' Return	1953	Director
	Woman In Grief	1953	Director
	Beautiful Matching	1952	Director
	Fool on Honeymoon, The	1952	Director
	Ghost That Created An Uproar In Guang Changlong, The	1952	Director
	Master Adou, A Native Of Darling	1952	Director
	My Beloved Grandchild	1952	Director
	Young Lady's Escort Army, The	1952	Director
	Eight Immortals In The World Of Men	1951	Director
	Good Mother And A Hooker, A	1950	Director
	How Song Jiang Slew His Mistress Yan Poxi	1950	Director
	Solving The Copper-Netted Trap	1950	Director
	Two Roaming Orphan Girls	1950	Director, Writer
	Walking Corpse Of An Old Temple	1950	Director
	Where Shall We Meet Again	1950	Director
	Beating The Match-Maker	1949	Director
	Chen Shimei Betrayed His Wife	1949	Director
	Great Wall, The	1949	Director
	Night Hanging Of Bai Furong	1949	Director
	Red Chamber Dream	1949	Director
	Shi Xiu's Uproar In Cuiping Hill	1949	Director
	Swordsman Of Shu Hill	1949	Director
	Wu Song's Bloody Fight At Double Pavilion	1949	Director
	Every Thing Goes My Way	1948	Director
	God's Punishment To The Good Man	1948	Director
	Joy And Success	1948	Director
	Mo Tsung's Adventure Of The Lion Pavilion	1948	Director
	Native Scholar, The	1948	Director
	Two Drug Addicts Sweep A Long Dike	1948	Director
	Furry Rat, The	1941	Production Manager
	Glowing Pearl, The	1937	Cinematographer
	Happiness Is A Well-Defended Home	1937	Production Manager

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