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Xu Guanwen
Michael Hui Koon Man, JP (English: Michael Hui Koon Man; September 3, 1942 -), is a Hong Kong actor and the founding president of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association. In 1982, he became the Best Actor at the first Hong Kong Film Awards for "Modern Bodyguard". Later, he was awarded the "2017 Honor Award" by the Hong Kong Directors Guild, the "Silver Jubilee Honor Award" by the Hong Kong Screenwriters Guild, and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2020, he was selected as the "Focus Filmmaker" of the 44th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF). In 2023, he won the Best Supporting Actor at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards for "When the Wind Rises Again". From the 1970s to the 1990s, Hui Guanwen wrote, directed, and starred in a series of popular comedy films with his brothers Hui Guanying and Hui Guanjie, pioneering Cantonese comedies. Xu Guanwen is the eldest brother of the "Hui Brothers", and his younger brother Xu Guanjie started the trend of Cantonese pop songs in the 1970s and is known as the "God of Song" in Hong Kong. The works of the Hui brothers are pioneers of Cantonese pop culture.
- Category
- Film & TV
- Nationality
- Republic of China
- Born
- 1942-09-03
- Wikidata
- Q1346638