Chang Cheh
Chang Cheh | |||||||||||
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| Born | 張易揚 (Chang Yi-yang) 17 January 1924 | ||||||||||
| Died | 22 June 2002 (aged 79) | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1947–1993 | ||||||||||
| Awards | Asia Pacific Film Festival 1970 Best Director (Vengeance!) | ||||||||||
| Chang Yi-yang | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張易揚 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张易扬 | ||||||||||
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| Chang Cheh | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張徹 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张彻 | ||||||||||
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Chang Cheh (Chinese: 張徹; pinyin: Zhāng Chè; 17 January 1924 – 22 June 2002) was a Chinese filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and producer active in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Chang directed more than 90 films in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the majority of them with the Shaw Brothers Studio in Hong Kong. Most of his films are action films, especially wuxia and kung fu films filled with violence.