Peter Chan（陈可辛 Chén Kěxīn） was born in Hong Kong to Chinese parents. He spent infancy in Hong Kong before moving with his parents to Thailand. He later studied in the United States where he attended film school at UCLA. He returned to Hong Kong in 1983 for a summer internship in the film industry. Chan never returned to UCLA to complete his studies. He served as a second assistant director and producer to Basil Lee on Heroes Are Not Fat, which was set in Thailand. He also was a location manager on three Jackie Chan films, Wheels on Meals, The Protector and Armour of God. Peter Chan (English: Peter "Thiet has Miami 3650 on love alone" (Tian Mi Mi, Almost a Love Story) In 1996,Taiwan and the mainland (Hong Kong Directors Guild) at 16 to 9 wins and ever. working with Thai film Jan Dara as well.
His directorial debut, Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye, was crowned best film at the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild in 1991. It also won best actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Eric Tsang, who would become a frequent collaborator with Chan.
Chan was a co-founder of United Filmmakers Organization (UFO) in the early 1990s, which produced a number of box-office and critical hits in Hong Kong, including his own: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father. Other critical and commercial successes followed, including Tom, Dick And Hairy, He's a Woman, She's a Man and Comrades, Almost a Love Story.
In the late 1990s, Chan worked in Hollywood, directing The Love Letter, which starred Kate Capshaw, Ellen DeGeneres and Tom Selleck..
In 2000, Chan co-founded Applause Pictures with Teddy Chen and Allan Fung. The company's focus was on fostering ties with pan-Asian filmmakers, producing such films as Jan Dara by Thailand's Nonzee Nimibutr, One Fine Spring Day South Korea's Hur Jin-ho, Samsara by China's Huang Jianxin, The Eye by Danny and Oxide Pang and cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
Chan's 2005 film, the musical Perhaps Love closed the 2005 Venice Film Festival and was Hong Kong's entry for an Academy Awards nomination in the best foreign film category. Perhaps Love became one of the year’s top-grossing films in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and received a record 29 awards. Chan next directed The Warlords (2007) and produced Derek Yee’s Protégé (2007). The two films were the two highest grossing Hong Kong-China co-productions of 2007. The Warlords grossed a record RMB220 million in China and over US$40 million across Asia, and garnered 8 Hong Kong Film Awards and 3 Golden Horse Awards, including Best Director and Best Feature Film.
In 2009, Chan produced Teddy Chen’s Bodyguards and Assassins, which has garnered a spectacular RMB300 million in China box office alone, accumulating over US$50 million Asia-wide. It has scored a stunning 8 awards in the Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Nicholas Tse, Best Action Choreography, among others. It also won Best Actor awards for Wang Xueqi in the Asian Film Awards and the HK Film Critics Society Awards, adding up to an impressive 146 awards out of 231 nominations for Chan’s awards track record.
In a recent survey conducted by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council during the 2010 Hong Kong Filmart, Chan was voted “the most valuable filmmaker”, which was strongly backed by his box-office track records.
Filmography
As director
Alan And Eric : Between Hello And Goodbye (1991)
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father (1993)
Tom, Dick And Hairy (1993)
He's a Woman, She's a Man. (1994)
The Age Of Miracles (1996)
Comrades, Almost A Love Story (1996)
Who's The Woman, Who's The Man (1996)
The Love Letter (1999)
Three (segment Going Home) (2002)
Project 1:99 (2003)
Perhaps Love (2005)
The Warlords (2007)
Dragon (2011)
American Dreams in China (2013)
As producer
Heroes Shed No Tears (1986)
News Attack (1989)
Whampoa Blues (1990)
Curry and Pepper (1990)
Alan And Eric : Between Hello And Goodbye (1991)
Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday (1991)
The Days Of Being Dumb (1992)
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father (1993)
He's A Woman, She's A Man (1994)
Over The Rainbow, Under The Skirt (1994)
Twenty Something (1994)
Happy Hour (1995)
The Age Of Miracles (1996)
Who's The Woman, Who's The Man (1996)
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
Twelve Nights (2000)
Jan Dara (2001)
One Fine Spring Day (2001)
The Eye (2002)
Three (2002)
Golden Chicken (2002)
Golden Chicken 2 (2003)
The Eye 2 (2004)
Three...Extremes (2004)
The Eye 10 (2005)
Perhaps Love (2005)
Protégé(2007)
The Warlords (2007)
The Eye (remake) (2008)
Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
Mr. and Mrs. Incredible (2011)
Dragon (2011)