History Creator / StephenChow

->''"One very important element for me to make a movie is, it has to be unique and different from any other."''

An influential Hong Kong comedian, actor and film director, best known in the west for ''Film/ShaolinSoccer'' and ''Film/KungFuHustle'', Stephen Chow Sing-Chi (born 22 June 1962 in Hong Kong) is famous for his {{slapstick}} {{martial arts movie}}s. He also has something of a reputation for taking unknowns as his romantic lead, collectively called "Sing girls", all of whom go on to have successful careers in their own right.

* ''Film/CJ7''

* ''The Royal Tramp'' and ''Royal Tramp II'' (based off the classic literature ''Literature/TheDeerAndTheCauldron''. Master Creator/JinYong himself approved of Stephen playing the role of Wei Xiaobao ''and'' Creator/BrigitteLin herself agreed to appear in ''II'' due to Stephen; both thespians later praised each other's performance in the film.)

* ProductionPosse: The second best known hallmark of Chow's work. All the recurring actors in his movies can be divided into three categories - longtime friends (eg. Ng Man Tat and Sandra Ng), [[MsFanservice hot young things getting a bump in popularity while falling victim to rumors of being his newest dalliance]], and classic big names going through a CareerResurrection.

* ''The Royal Tramp'' and ''Royal Tramp II''(based off the classic literature ''Literature/TheDeerAndTheCauldron''. Master Creator/JinYong himself approved of Stephen playing the role of Wei Xiaobao ''and'' Creator/BrigitteLin herself agreed to appear in ''II'' due to Stephen; both thespians later praised each other's performance in the film.)

* ''The Royal Tramp'' (based off the classic literature ''Literature/TheDeerAndTheCauldron'')

He was also a producer for ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', but beyond that he had not given any sort of creative influence to the film, even if it needed it.[[note]]Which it did[[/note]]

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An influential Hong Kong comedian, actor and film director, best known in the west for ''Film/ShaolinSoccer'' and ''Film/KungFuHustle'', Stephen Chow Sing-Chi (born 22 June 1962 in Hong Kong) is famous for his slap stick martial arts movies. He also has something of a reputation for taking unknowns as his romantic lead, collectively called "Sing girls", all of whom go on to have successful careers in their own right.

* ''Film/FlirtingScholar'' (AffectionateParody of the classic romance of Tang Bohu and Qiuxiang. Known for testing the waters for epic duels by pitting martial arts legends Cheng Peipei and Gordon Liu against each other.)

* AffectionateParody: Much of his earlier stuff, but ''Film/AChineseOdyssey'' comes dangerously close to PragmaticAdaptation.

* ''Flirting Scholar'' (AffectionateParody of the classic romance of Tang Bohu and Qiuxiang. Known for testing the waters for epic duels by pitting martial arts legends Cheng Peipei and Gordon Liu against each other.)

* ''Film/HailTheJudge'' (Looking like a FollowTheLeader of the resurgence of interest in the historical judge Justice Bao thanks to a Chinese LongRunner tv series, this is actually a SpiritualSuccessor of ''Justice My Foot'')

** ''The Royal Tramp'' ends with Wei Xiaobao (played by Chow) pointing out that Manchurian rule has not exactly scourged China and the LaResistance may not even be necessary, deliberately paralleling the impending handover of the Hongkong colony from UK to China rule in '97.

* ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'': RetroactiveRecognition for the then 17-year-old Stephen, who plays one of the Taiwanese mob leader's thugs, and is the second mook killed by Mark in the restaurant shootout.

* ProductionPosse: The second best known hallmark of Chow's work. Al the recurring actors in his movies can be divided into three categories - longtime friends (eg. Ng Man Tat and Sandra Ng), [[MsFanservice hot young things getting a bump in popularity while falling victim to rumors of being his newest dalliance]], and classic big names going through a CareerResurrection.

An influential Hong Kong comedian, actor and film director, best known in the west for ''Film/ShaolinSoccer'' and ''Film/KungFuHustle'', Stephen Chow Sing-Chi (born 22 June 1962) is famous for his slap stick martial arts movies. He also has something of a reputation for taking unknowns as his romantic lead, collectively called "Sing girls", all of whom go on to have successful careers in their own right.

* ''LoveOnDelivery''
* ''Hail The Judge'' (Looking like a FollowTheLeader of the resurgence of interest in the historical judge Justice Bao thanks to a Chinese LongRunner tv series, this is actually a SpiritualSuccessor of ''Justice My Foot'')

* ''LoveOnDelivery''

* ''Hail The Judge'' (Looking like a FollowTheLeader of the resurgence of interest in the historical judge Justice Bao thanks to a Chinese LongRunner tv series, this is actually a SpiritualSuccessor of ''Justice My Foot'')

* ''The Flirting Scholar'' (AffectionateParody of the classic romance of Tang Bohu and Qiuxiang. Known for testing the waters for epic duels by pitting martial arts legends Cheng Peipei and Gordon Liu against each other.)

* ''Film/AChineseOdyssey'' (based off ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'')

* ''Film/{{CJ7}}''
* ''Film/TrickyBrains''

* AffectionateParody: Much of his earlier stuff, but ''A Chinese Odyssey'' comes dangerously close to PragmaticAdaptation.

* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: Multiple of his films involve a Buddhist powerup to finish the climactic battle.

* RuleOfFunny: Widely considered the TropeCodifier for Hong Kong cinema.

* ''Hail The Judge'' (Looking like a FollowTheLeader of the resurgence if interest in the historical judge Justice Bao thanks to a Chinese LongRunner tv series, this is actually a SpiritualSuccessor of ''Justice My Foot'')

* ''The Royal Tramp'' (based off the classic literature ''Duke of Mount Deer'')

He was also a producer for ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', but beyond that he had not given any sort of creative influence to the film, even if it needed it.

An influential Hong Kong comedian, actor and film director, best known in the west for ''Film/ShaolinSoccer'' and ''Film/KungFuHustle'', Stephen Chow Sing-Chi is famous for his slap stick martial arts movies. He also has something of a reputation for taking unknowns as his romantic lead, collectively called "Sing girls", all of whom go on to have successful careers in their own right.

As an actor he has been known to be the lead actor in all of his movies as well as some lead roles in films such as the ''Film/GodOfGamblers'' sequels and ''A Chinese Odyssey''.

When not making a film, Stephen Chow is reported to be a taciturn and serious individual who is unenergetic and rarely if ever smiles. Some speculate that this stems from his boyhood spent in abject poverty in Kowloon, and/or the fact that just because he's good at making people laugh [[MoneyDearBoy doesn't mean he likes doing it.]] Or the [[BewareTheNiceOnes mob connections]] that got him banned from Canada as of 1995.[[note]]All rumors, of course.[[/note]]