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Clifton Ko
Hong Kong film director

Clifton Ko

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Hong Kong film director
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Place of birth
Zhongshan, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
Age
66 years
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Clifton Ko (Chinese: 高志森; pinyin: Gāo Zhìsēn; born 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, actor, producer and scriptwriter. He graduated from Kwun Tong Maryknoll College, and entered TV and film industry in late 1970s, firstly worked with director Clifford Choi. In this period he wrote Choi's No U-Turn (1981) and Teenage Dreamers (Chinese: 檸檬可樂; pinyin: Ningmeng Kele; Jyutping: Ling mung hoh lok; literally: "Lemon Cola"), and John Woo's comedy Once a Thief. In 1982 Ko entered Raymond Wong's the newly founded Cinema City & Films Co., and directed his first film The Happy Ghost in 1984. The film series, like all his major works, is a slapstick comedy with moral teaching, family value, and optimism. Ko, together the company, is prolific in making "Chinese New Year movies". Important titles include family comedy series It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (beginning in 1987); Chicken and Duck Talk, a collaboration with comedian/writer Michael Hui; and ensemble comedy series All's Well, Ends Well (beginning in 1992); and It's a Wonderful Life (1994) (Stokes).

Filmography as director

YearTitle
2006We Are Family
2004Forever Yours
In-Laws, Out-Laws
2000Funny Business
Love Paradox
Winner Takes All
1998Ninth Happiness
1997Hong Kong Adventure
Legend of Mad Phoenix
1995The Umbrella Story
Paradise Hotel
1994One of the Lucky Ones
It's a Wonderful Life
I Will Wait for You
I Have a Date with Spring
1993All's Well, Ends Well Too
Laughter of the Water Margins
1992Summer Lovers
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Too
All's Well, Ends Well
1991The Banquet
Gambling Ghost
Daddy, Father and Papa
1989Mr. Coconut
How to Be a Billionaire
Happy Ghost 4
City Squeeze
1988It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World 2
Chicken and Duck Talk
1987It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World
1986Devoted to You
Porky's Meatballs
1985Happy Ghost II
1984Happy Ghost
Merry Christmas
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