Martial artist, fight choreographer, actor, screenwriter, and director -- via twitchfilm.com. One of the top figures in Chinese action cinema, Lau started his work in film as a performer in some of the 49 Wong Fei-hung movies that first popularized the genre. He moved on to stunt work and fight choreography in many of the genre's most significant works, including "Golden Swallow," "One-Armed Swordsman," "The Water Margin," "Master of the Flying Guillotine," "Pedicab Driver," "Seven Swords," and "Dirty Ho." He directed such classics as "The 36th Chamber of Shaolin," "My Young Auntie," "8 Diagram Pole Fighter," "Tiger on Beat," and "Drunken Master 2."
Over the course of 55 years and more than 150 film credits, Lau shaped the style and direction of action film as few others have.
