Tsui Hark, born in 1950, started making 8mm experimental films at the age of thirteen. In 1977, he joined Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Ltd. as Film Director / Producer. In 1978, he joined Hong Kong Commercial Television Co. Ltd. and directed the classic GOLD DAGGER ROMANCE series. This series caught the attention of film producers who approached Tsui in 1979 to direct his first film, the costume drama, BUTTERFLY MURDERS. The film was heralded as innovative in its style and technique at a time when the market was swamped with tired kung-fu pictures.

The local censors, who considered its content too political, once banned Tsui’s third film DANGEROUS ENCOUNTER OF THE FIRST KIND. Tsui had to resubmit a milder version before it could finally be released.

Tsui's fourth film - ALL THE WRONG CLUES...FOR THE RIGHT SOLUTION won him the Best Director Award in Taiwan's 1981 Golden Horse Awards. Tsui Hark's next film - ACES GO PLACES III was released in 1984 and grossed over HK$ 30 million in the box office, setting the record for the top-grossing film in Hong Kong.

FILM WORKSHOP CO, LTD. a film production company founded in April of 1984 by Tsui Hark and his wife Nansun Shi, produced the company's first film - SHANGHAI BLUES, which was awarded one of the 10 Best Chinese Films in the Hong Kong Film Festival in 1984 and had participated in all the major international film festivals.

As an actor, Tsui Hark participated in RUN, TIGER RUN, WORKING CLASS, IN THE LINE OF DUTY - THE SUPER COPS and THE FINAL VICTORY, which won him a nomination for the Best Supporting Actor in the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1988.

A BETTER TOMORROW, produced by Tsui Hark, set the new box-office record for Hong Kong when it was released in 1986. Tsui then directed PEKING OPERA BLUES which generated worldwide rave reviews.

In 1987, Tsui produced another milestone in film history, A CHINESE GHOST STORY, which won two awards in the Avoriaz Festival in France, the Best Film Award at the 1988 Oporto Festival in Portugal, four awards in 1987's Taipei Golden Horse Awards, five awards in the First Hong Kong Directors Guild Awards and three awards in the Hong Kong Film Awards.

In the following years, Tsui Hark continued his work on the A BETTER TOMORROW and A CHINESE GHOST STORY trilogies. Both were successful and have gained overwhelming reviews.

In 1990, SWORDSMAN and A CHINESE GHOST STORY confirmed Tsui Hark's mastery in swordplay sagas. That year, Tsui Hark was the winner of the Director of the Year Award (Screen Group), in the Hong Kong Artists Guild Awards.

In 1991, Tsui directed ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, beginning his Wong Fei Hong series and another era of prosperity. In 1992, He participated in the sci-fi film, THE WICKED CITY; and collaborated with director Yim Ho in the acclaimed KING OF CHESS. In the same year and in 1993, Tsui Hark finished his SWORDSMAN trilogy: SWORDSMAN II and THE EAST IS RED, again major successes. By the end of 1993, Tsui had already made four films in the ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA series and THE GREEN SNAKE, a romantic but tragic drama. With a string of period films made, Tsui Hark started the wave of costume drama in the Hong Kong film industry.

 In the following years, Tsui Hark directed films in other genres, such as the tragic love story of THE LOVERS, THE CHINESE FEAST on Chinese gourmet and the love comedy LOVE IN THE TIME OF TWILIGHT.  Tsui also continued on his Wong Fei Hong series with ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA V and VI.

In 1997, Tsui Hark made his US debut with his two English action films: DOUBLE TEAM and KNOCK OFF. He also explored into the world of animation and computer graphics, leading to the making of Hong Kong's very first animation feature combining 2-D and 3-D animation, A CHINESE GHOST STORY- THE ANIMATION.

In 1999, Tsui Hark produced the company's first comic book RED SNOW.  Tsui’s latest film is the action-packed TIME AND TIDE.  He is in post-production for ZU 2 and MASTER Q, both to be released in 2001.  Tsui is currently shooting the sequel to BLACK MASK II in Thailand.