Articles - Friday, September 26, 2008 6:53 - 2 Comments

Herman Yau’s Back!

Jade Screen friend and 2007 interviewee Herman Yau looked like the next big thing from Hong Kong back in the early to mid 90’s: a hard-working director and cinematographer who turned out movies like a madman, ranging from exploitation triumphs like EBOLA SYNDROME to political agitprop like FROM THE QUEEN TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. These days he has a much lower profile, but he’s kept steadily working on whatever the market will bear: romances, comedies, kid films, writing books, shooting commercials, producing and making the occasional gruesome Hong Kong gut-cruncher like GONG TAU for old time’s sake.

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