Allen Fong

Allen Fong Yukping 方育平 born July 10 1947 is a film director and one of the leaders of the Hong Kong New Wave of the late 1970s and early 1980s His cinematic style is highly influenced by Italian neorealism He also usually uses personal or reallife stories as the basis for his films Despite his limited number of productions he is one of the directors to have won Best Director three times at the Hong Kong Film Awards Others who share this achievement are Ann Hui and Johnnie To He won in 1982 for Father and Son His 1983 film Ah Ying was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival