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?2002 Applause Pictures, CJ Entertainment &

Sahamongkol Film.

All Rights Reserved. Hong Kong / Director / CHAN, PETER HO-SUN photo: courtesy Esquire magazine Peter Ho-Sun Chan is a seasoned international director and the Chief Executive of Applause Pictures. Born in 1962, Chan produced his first movie, NEWS ATTACK in 1989, and directed his first film, ALAN AND ERIC: BETWEEN HELLO AND GOODBYE in 1991, which was awarded Best Film of the year by the Directors'

Guild of Hong Kong. It also won Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for his friend and mentor Eric Tsang. Chan was a co-founder of United Filmmakers Organization (UFO) during the early 1990s which produced a solid track record of box office and critical hits in Hong Kong, including his own: TOM, DICK &

HARRY (1993), HE'

S A WOMAN, SHE'

S A MAN (1994) and COMRADES, ALMOST A LOVE STORY (1997). HE'

S A WOMAN, SHE'

S A MAN was a summer blockbuster hit in Hong Kong, for which Chan was awarded Best Film and Best Director of the year by the Directors'

Guild of Hong Kong. COMRADES was voted one of the Ten Best movies of

1997 by Time Magazine, and swept a record breaking nine Hong Kong Film Awards, a record it still holds today. Subsequently, Chan moved to Hollywood and directed Kate Capshaw, Ellen Degeneres and Tom Selleck in the comedy THE LOVE LETTER (1999) for Steven Spielberg'

s Dreamworks SKG. In 1998, Chan was voted one of the top

10 helmers to watch by Variety. In April 2000, Chan launched Applause Pictures, together with director Teddy Chen and distributor Allan Fung, with the aim of bringing together the film making talents across Asia to produce pan-Asian quality films. Under Applause, Chan has served as Executive Producer on the Thai-Hong Kong co-production JAN DARA, and the Japan-Korea-Hong Kong collaboration, ONE FINE SPRING DAY. Chan is currently preparing the adaptation of Ha Jin'

s WAITING as a director, and his U.S. remake of HE'

S A WOMAN, SHE'

S A MAN. He will direct the Hong Kong segment of THREE. ?2002 Applause Pictures, CJ Entertainment &

Sahamongkol Film. All Rights Reserved. Hong Kong / Director / CHAN, PETER HO-SUN FILMOGRAPHY

1989 神行太保 - starring Andy Lau (Producer)

1989 (Producer)

1990 咖喱辣椒- starring Stephen Chow Sing Chi, Jacky Cheung (Producer)

1991 双城故事 (Director) - Awarded Best Film by Directors'

Guild of Hong Kong - Lead actor Eric Tsang won the Best Actor at the

1991 Hong Kong Film Awards

1991 Co-founded United Filmmakers Organization (UFO) together with Eric Tsang and Claudia Chung

1991 香蕉成熟时 (Producer)

1992 亚飞与亚基 C starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Jacky Cheung (Producer)

1993 风尘三侠(Co-Director) - Invited to the Toronto International Film Festival

1994 新难兄难弟 (Co-Producer, Co-Director) - Official entry at Tokyo and Fukuoka International Film Festival

1994 (Producer)

1994 香蕉成熟时II之初恋情人(Producer)

1994 金枝玉叶(Producer and Director) - Awarded Best Film and Best Director by the Director'

s Guild of Hong Kong - Nominated for

11 awards in the

1994 Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film and Best Director - Official entry at Film Festivals of Hong Kong, Tokyo, London, Toronto and Karlovy Vary;

and the Asian Pacific Film Festival

1996 (Producer)

1996 嘛嘛帆帆 (Producer and Director)

1997 甜蜜蜜 (Producer and Director) - Swept a record

9 Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Director and Best Film - Voted one of the Ten Best Movies of