Veteran Hong Kong action movie director Benny Chan has sadly passed away at the age of 58.
After a beginning of career working for RTV and TVB, director Chan served as assistant to Johnnie To. His directorial debut was “A moment of Romance”, produced by Johnnie To, starring Andy Lau and Jacklyn Wu.
During a long lasting collaboration with Jackie Chan he directed “Who Am I?”, “New Police Story”, “Rob-B-Hood”, “Shaolin”. More action classics directed by Chan include “The White Storm”, “Call of Heroes”, “City Under Siege” and “Connected”.
Benny Chan was filming his latest work, “Raging Fire” with Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse when he felt ill and was hospitalised. The filming had been completed but Chan wasn't able to supervise the post production.
Gone too soon, Chan was one of the last genuine directors of action movies in Hong Kong.