Benny Chan

Hong Kong filmmaker (1961–2020)

Benny Chan Muk-Sing (simplified Chinese: 陈木胜; traditional Chinese: 陳木勝; pinyin: Chén Mùshèng; 7 October 1961[1] – 23 August 2020) was a Hong Kong movie director, producer and screenwriter.[2] He was born in British Hong Kong. During the 1990s, he directed movies like Big Bullet (1996), Who Am I? (1998), and Gen-X Cops (1999).

In 2019, Chan was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer. He died at a hospital in Hong Kong from the disease on 23 August 2020, aged 58.[3]

References change

  1. "陳木勝 CHAN Muk Shing Benny" (in Chinese). hkfilmdirectors.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. "Benny Chan". The New York Times. August 2019. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  3. "【一路好走】《掃毒》導演陳木勝不敵鼻咽癌病逝 終年58歲". hk.appledaily.com (in Traditional Chinese). 23 August 2020. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.