Kevin Chu

Kevin Chu (Chu Yen-ping), born on December 12, 1950, is a renowned film director from Taiwan. His contributions to the Taiwanese comedy film industry in the 1980s and 90s are substantial and notable. He made Hsu Pu-liao a household name, shaping a performance style that resonates with the local flavors of Taiwan. Although often criticized for imitating Charlie Chaplin, he is still recognized as one of Taiwan's most commercially valuable film directors. Under pressure from the underworld in the early 80s, the continuously oppressed director filmed more than a hundred movies over 18 years. Afterwards, he shot non-comedy films such as "Seven Wolves" and "A Home Too Far". In the 1990s, he discovered child actors Hao Shao-wen and Shi Xiao-long and once again created a box office miracle with the film "Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple". However, the box office of his subsequent works gradually dwindled. In 1997, Kevin Chu received the China Literature and Art Medal for film directing from the China Literature and Art Association and received the Outstanding Contribution Award at the 24th Taipei Film Awards in 2022. In 1995, he re-established Yen Ping Films Production and sought to innovate and ignite sparks with other directors as a producer, while continuing to direct.