Clarence Fok
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Clarence Fok Yiu-leung (Template:Zh; 1960 – 1 February 2024) was a Hong Kong film director and actor. He was perhaps best known for directing the international cult classic Naked Killer (1992).[1]
Life and career
Fok was born in 1960 in Hong Kong.Template:Sfn He graduated from the Department of Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.[2] He received training as a production assistant at Rediffusion Television in 1978, gaining television production credits on In Cold Blood (1980).[2][3] The following year, he joined TVB, where he helped write and direct several series including The Passenger (1979), The Bund (1980), and Five Easy Pieces (1980).[2][3]
Fok started directing feature-length films while at TVB. His first released movie was Job Hunter (Template:Zh, 1981), a youth drama starring Leslie Cheung and Danny Chan.[2] His next project, The Man from Vietnam (1982), was his actual directorial debut completed two years prior.[2]
He was once asked by producer Mario Kassar to direct Basic Instinct 2.[4][5]
On 1 February 2024, Fok died at the Shatin Hospital in Hong Kong. He had been reportedly living with kidney cancer and heart disease.[6] His death was announced in March 2025 by Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers spokesperson Tin Kai-man, who had received word from Fok's family about his death the previous month.[7]
Awards
Fok was nominated as Best Supporting Actor at the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in Let's Make Laugh II (1985).
Filmography
As director
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- Special ID (2013)
- Dating a Vampire in Bed (2006)
- Don't Open Your Eyes (2006)
- Martial Angels (2001) (as Clarence Ford)
- Snakeheads (2001)
- Queen of Kowloon (2000)
- Don't Look Back... Or You'll Be Sorry in Bed (2000) (as Clarence Ford)
- Century of the Dragon (1999)
- The H.K. Triad (1999)
- Her Name Is Cat (1998) (as Clarence Ford)
- Cheap Killers (1998)
- On Fire (1996)
- Thunder Cop (1996)
- Passion (1995)
- The Black Panther Warriors (1993) (as Clarence Ford)
- Remains of a Woman (1993)
- Naked Killer (1992)
- Gun n' Rose (1992)
- Crying Freeman: Dragon from Russia (1990)
- Chicken à la Queen (1990)
- The Iceman Cometh (1989)
- They Came to Rob Hong Kong (1989)
- The Greatest Lover (1988)
- Before Dawn (1984)
- Wrong Wedding Trail (1984)
- On the Wrong Track (1983)
- Job Hunter (1981)
As actor
- Body Weapon (1999)
- Project A, Part II (1987) (as Clarence Fok)
- Enchanting Night (1987)
- Armour of God (1987) - Singer
- Let's Make Laugh II (1985)
- Police Story (1985)
Notes
References
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Cited literature
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