Clarence Ford
Person
1
Popularity
10
Credits
1955
Born
British Crown Colony [now China]
Origin
Biography
Clarence Fok Yiu-Leung (Chinese: ้่่ฏ) is a Hong Kong film director best known for directing the international cult classic Naked Killer (1992). After graduating from the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic, he joined a six-month scriptwriting and directing training course at Redifussion TV and started working at that television station. He switched to TVB in 1978 to work as a director, and was involved in numerous productions including Conflict (1978), Over The Rainbow (1979), The Passenger (1979), The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1979), The Bund (1980), Five Easy Pieces (1980) and Donโt Look Now (1980), among others. He made his directorial debut in 1980 with The Man from Vietnam, but the film was not released until 1982. He followed up in 1981 with Job Hunter (1981), starring Danny Chan and Leslie Cheung. Fok was promoted to the position of producer at TVB that year, and was responsible for such series as No One is Innocent (1981). He subsequently sought release from his contract at TVB in order to concentrate on film work.
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1955-06-10
Place of Birth
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Died
2024-02-01
Also Known As
Clarence Fok Yiu-Leung, Foh Yiu-Leung, Huo Yao-Liang
