Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to a choreographer or a group of choreographers for the best achievement in action choreography.

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
Awarded forAchievement in action choreography
CountryHong Kong
Presented byHong Kong Film Awards
First awarded1983
Currently held bySammo Hung (2018)

History

The award was established at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards (1983) and the first winner in this category was the group of choreographers Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Biao & Billy Chan Wui-Ngai for their contribution in staging the action scenes of The Prodigal Son. The most recent recipient of the award was Hong Kong Action Star Donnie Yen, who was honoured at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards (2015), for the film Kung Fu Jungle.

Since action scenes have an essential role in Hong Kong action cinema, this award is regarded as an important category of the Hong Kong Film Awards.

The action choreographers with the most wins:

  1. Jackie Chan Stunt Team – 7 wins
  2. Sammo Hung – 5 wins
  3. Yuen Woo-ping – 5 wins
  4. Stephen Tung Wai – 5 wins
  5. Donnie Yen – 4 wins

Note that, uncredited, Donnie Yen was also action co-choreographer for the winners Ip Man, Ip Man 2, and Bodyguards and Assassins, bringing his total up to 7 wins unofficially.

The action choreographers with the most nominations:

  1. Sammo Hung – 22 nominations
  2. Jackie Chan Stunt Team – 16 nominations
  3. Stephen Tung Wai – 16 nominations
  4. Yuen Woo-ping – 12 nominations
  5. Donnie Yen – 8 nominations

Winners and nominees
Year Film Note
1983
(2nd)		 Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Biao & Billy Chan Wui-Ngai The Prodigal Son
1983
(2nd)		 Jackie Chan, Corey Yuen, Fung Hak-On Dragon Lord
1983
(2nd)		 Corey Yuen, Mang Ho Ninja in the Dragon's Den
1983
(2nd)		 Lau Kar-leung, King Chue, Siu Hau Legendary Weapons of China
1983
(2nd)		 Yuen Woo-ping, Brandy Yuen Chun-Yeung, Yuen Shun-yi, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Yuen Yat-Choh, Chiu Chung-Hing The Miracle Fighters
1983
(2nd)		 Ma Yin-Tat, Poon Ching-Fuk, Wong Seung-Hoi, Yu Hoi Shaolin Temple
1984
(3rd)		 Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-ying, Billy Chan Wui-Ngai Winners and Sinners [1]
1984
(3rd)		 Corey Yuen Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
1984
(3rd)		 Brandy Yuen Chun-Yeung, Yuen Shun-yi The Champions
1984
(3rd)		 Ching Siu-tung Duel to the Death
1984
(3rd)		 Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Biao & Billy Chan Wui-Ngai The Dead and the Deadly
1985
(4th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team Project A [2]
1985
(4th)		 Sammo Hung Stunt Team The Dead and the Deadly
1985
(4th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team Wheels on Meals
1985
(4th)		 Billy Chan Wui-Ngai Long Arm of the Law
1985
(4th)		 Lau Kar-leung The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
1986
(5th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team Police Story [3]
1986
(5th)		 Corey Yuen, Mang Hoi Yes, Madam
1986
(5th)		 Sammo Hung Stunt Team Mr. Vampire
1986
(5th)		 Sammo Hung Stunt Team Heart of Dragon
1986
(5th)		 Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-ying My Lucky Stars
1987
(6th)		 Ching Siu-tung Witch from Nepal [4]
1987
(6th)		 Ching Siu-tung Peking Opera Blues
1987
(6th)		 Corey Yuen, Yuen Biao, Mang Hoi, Tsui Ha Righting Wrongs
1987
(6th)		 Mang Hoi Royal Warriors
1987
(6th)		 The Liu Clan Martial Arts of Shaolin
1987
(6th)		 Sammo Hung Stunt Team Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1988
(7th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team Project A Part II [5]
1988
(7th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Lau Kar-Wing, Danny Yuen Ching-Yeung Armour of God
1988
(7th)		 Sammo Hung Stunt Team Eastern Condors
1988
(7th)		 Tsui Siu-Ming Hoi Si Jan Lau
1988
(7th)		 Ching Siu-tung A Better Tomorrow 2
1988
(7th)		 Ching Siu-tung, Alan Chui Chung-San, Philip Kwok, Lau Chi-Ho, Wu Chi-Lung A Chinese Ghost Story
1989
(8th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team Police Story 2 [6]
1989
(8th)		 The Liu Clan Tiger on Beat
1989
(8th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Sammo Hung Stunt Team Dragons Forever
1990
(9th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team Miracles [7]
1990
(9th)		 Sammo Hung Stunt Team, Yuen Wah, Yuen Tak The Iceman Cometh
1990
(9th)		 Sammo Hung Stunt Team, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Mang Hoi Pedicab Driver
1991
(10th)		 Ching Siu-tung The Swordsman [8]
1991
(10th)		 Ching Siu-tung The Terracotta Warrior
1991
(10th)		 Ching Siu-tung, Lau Chi-Ho, Wu Chi-Lung A Chinese Ghost Story II
1991
(10th)		 Yuen Tak The Dragon from Russia
1992
(11th)		 Yuen Cheung-yan, Yuen Shun-yi, Lau Kar-wing Once Upon a Time in China [9]
1992
(11th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team Armour of God II: Operation Condor
1992
(11th)		 Yuen Tak Savior of Soul
1992
(11th)		 Lee Moon-Wah Prison on Fire 2
1992
(11th)		 Ching Siu-tung, Ma Yuk-Sing, Cheung Yiu-Sing A Chinese Ghost Story III
1993
(12th)		 Yuen Woo-ping Once Upon a Time in China II [10]
1993
(12th)		 Ching Siu-tung Royal Tramp 2
1993
(12th)		 Ching Siu-tung, Yuen Tak New Dragon Gate Inn
1993
(12th)		 Ching Siu-tung, Yuen Tak, Ma Yuk-Sing, Cheung Yiu-Sing Swordsman II
1993
(12th)		 Stanley Tong, Tang Tak-Wing, Alien Sit Chun-Wai, Chan Man-Ching, Wong Ming-Sing Police Story 3
1994
(13th)		 Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak Fong Sai-yuk [11]
1994
(13th)		 Ching Siu-tung The Heroic Trio
1994
(13th)		 Jackie Chan Crime Story
1994
(13th)		 Yuen Tak Once Upon a Time in China III
1994
(13th)		 Yuen Woo-ping, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Yuen Shun-yi, Kuk Hin-Chiu Iron Monkey
1995
(14th)		 Lau Kar-leung & Jackie Chan Stunt Team Drunken Master II [12]
1995
(14th)		 Sammo Hung Ashes of Time
1995
(14th)		 Yuen Woo-ping Fist of Legend
1995
(14th)		 Corey Yuen The New Legend of Shaolin
1995
(14th)		 Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak The Bodyguard from Beijing
1996
(15th)		 Stanley Tong, Jackie Chan Rumble in the Bronx [13]
1996
(15th)		 Yuen Biu, Mang Hoi, Stephen Tung Wai The Blade
1996
(15th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Sammo Hung Stunt Team Thunderbolt
1996
(15th)		 Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak My Father Is a Hero
1996
(15th)		 Bruce Law Lai-Yin Full Throttle
1997
(16th)		 Stanley Tong Police Story 4: First Strike [14]
1997
(16th)		 Ching Siu-tung, Ma Yuk-Sing Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"
1997
(16th)		 Stephen Tung Wai Shanghai Grand
1997
(16th)		 Yuen Woo-ping Black Mask
1997
(16th)		 Ma Yuk-Sing Big Bullet
1998
(17th)		 Stephen Tung Wai Downtown Torpedoes [15]
1998
(17th)		 Sammo Hung Once Upon a Time in China and America
1998
(17th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Cho Wing Mr. Nice Guy
1998
(17th)		 Yuen Bun Island of Greed
1998
(17th)		 Yuen Bun Lifeline
1999
(18th)		 Jackie Chan Who Am I? [16]
1999
(18th)		 Dion Lam The Storm Riders
1999
(18th)		 Bruce Law Lai-Yin Extreme Crisis
1999
(18th)		 Stephen Tung Wai Hitman
1999
(18th)		 Stephen Tung Wai Hot War
2000
(19th)		 Stephen Tung Wai Purple Storm [17]
2000
(19th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team Gorgeous
2000
(19th)		 Cheng Ka-Sun The Mission
2000
(19th)		 Dion Lam A Man Called Hero
2000
(19th)		 Li Chung-Chi Gen-X Cops
2001
(20th)		 Yuen Woo-ping Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [18]
2001
(20th)		 Li Chung-Chi Gen-Y Cops
2001
(20th)		 Alien Sit Chun-Wai Tokyo Raiders
2001
(20th)		 Stanley Tong, Alien Sit Chun-Wai China Strike Force
2001
(20th)		 Xiong Xin-Xin Time and Tide
2002
(21st)		 Stephen Tung Wai, Jackie Chan Stunt Team The Accidental Spy [19]
2002
(21st)		 Ching Siu-tung Shaolin Soccer
2002
(21st)		 Ching Siu-tung My Schoolmate, the Barbarian
2002
(21st)		 Corey Yuen The Avenging Fist
2002
(21st)		 Yuen Woo-ping, Yuen Bun, Kuk Hin-Siu, Yuen Shun-Yi The Legend of Zu
2003
(22nd)		 Ching Siu-tung Hero [20]
2003
(22nd)		 Philip Kwok The Touch
2003
(22nd)		 Dion Lam Infernal Affairs
2003
(22nd)		 Corey Yuen, Guo Jianyong So Close
2003
(22nd)		 Stephen Tung Wai Princess D
2004
(23rd)		 Donnie Yen The Twins Effect [21]
2004
(23rd)		 Yuen Bun Running on Karma
2004
(23rd)		 Stephen Tung Wai Heroic Duo
2004
(23rd)		 Chin Kar-lok Star Runner
2004
(23rd)		 Sammo Hung The Medallion
2005
(24th)		 Yuen Woo-ping Kung Fu Hustle [22]
2005
(24th)		 Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Li Chung-Chi New Police Story
2005
(24th)		 Chin Kar-lok One Nite in Mongkok
2005
(24th)		 Yuen Bun Throwdown
2005
(24th)		 Corey Yuen The Twins Effect II
2006
(25th)		 Donnie Yen SPL: Sha Po Lang [23]
2006
(25th)		 Li Chung-Chi Divergence
2006
(25th)		 Yuen Woo-ping, Yuen Shun-Yi, Ku Huen-Chiu House of Fury
2006
(25th)		 Jackie Chan, Stanley Tong, Richard Hung The Myth
2006
(25th)		 Lau Kar-leung, Stephen Tung Wai, Xiong Xin-Xin Seven Swords
2007
(26th)		 Yuen Woo-ping Fearless [24]
2007
(26th)		 Stephen Tung Wai Battle of Wits
2007
(26th)		 Donnie Yen Dragon Tiger Gate
2007
(26th)		 Jackie Chan, Li Chung-Chi, Jackie Chan Stunt Team Rob-B-Hood
2007
(26th)		 Ching Siu-tung Curse of the Golden Flower
2008
(27th)		 Donnie Yen Flash Point [25]
2008
(27th)		 Li Chung-Chi Invisible Target
2008
(27th)		 Ching Siu-tung The Warlords
2008
(27th)		 Benz Kong Twins Mission
2008
(27th)		 Chin Kar-lok Protégé
2009
(28th)		 Sammo Hung & Tony Leung Siu-Hung Ip Man [26]
2009
(28th)		 Li Chung-Chi Connected
2009
(28th)		 Corey Yuen Red Cliff
2009
(28th)		 Sammo Hung Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
2009
(28th)		 Stephen Tung Wai Painted Skin
2010
(29th)		 Stephen Tung Wai & Lee Tat Chiu Bodyguards and Assassins [27]
2010
(29th)		 Corey Yuen Red Cliff II
2010
(29th)		 Ma Yuk Sing The Storm Warriors
2010
(29th)		 Chin Ka-lok Shinjuku Incident
2010
(29th)		 Ku Huen Chiu 14 Blades
2011
(30th)		 Sammo Hung Ip Man 2 [28]
2011
(30th)		 Yuen Tak Gallants
2011
(30th)		 Sammo Hung Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2011
(30th)		 Donnie Yen Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
2011
(30th)		 Stephen Tung-wai Reign of Assassins
2012
(31st)		 Yuen Bun, Lan Hai Han, Sun Jiankui Flying Swords of Dragon Gate [29]
2012
(31st)		 Tony Ching The Sorcerer and the White Snake
2012
(31st)		 Donnie Yen Wu Xia
2012
(31st)		 Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak, Li Chung Chi Shaolin
2012
(31st)		 Sit Chun Wai, Li Chung Chi Let the Bullets Fly
2013
(32nd)		 Jackie Chan & He Jun CZ12 [30]
2013
(32nd)		 Sammo Hung Tai Chi 0
2013
(32nd)		 Chin Ka Lok, Wong Wai Fai, Ng Hoi Tong Motorway
2013
(32nd)		 Dante Lam Chiu-Yin, Chin Ka Lok, Wong Wai Fai, Ng Hoi Tong The Viral Factor
2013
(32nd)		 Chin Ka Lok & Wong Wai Fai Cold War
2014
(33rd)		 Yuen Woo-ping The Grandmaster [31]
2014
(33rd)		 Yuen Bun, Lin Feng Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
2014
(33rd)		 Chin Ka Lok Firestorm
2014
(33rd)		 Donnie Yen Special ID
2014
(33rd)		 Ling Chi Wah Unbeatable
2015
(34th)		 Donnie Yen, Stephen Tung Wai, Yuen Bun, Yan Hua Kung Fu Jungle [32][33]
2015
(34th)		 Ku Huen Chiu The Four III
2015
(34th)		 Stephen Tung Wai The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom
2015
(34th)		 Yuen Wo Ping Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
2015
(34th)		 Corey Yuen Rise of the Legend
2016
(35th)		Li Chung Chi (Nicky Li)SPL II: A Time for Consequences (aka Kill Zone 2)[34]
2016
(35th)		Jackie Chan and JC Stunt TeamDragon Blade
2016
(35th)		Chin Ka-lokHelios
2016
(35th)		Yuen BunThe Taking of Tiger Mountain
2016
(35th)		Yuen Woo PingIp Man 3
2017
(36th)		Stephen Tung Wai Operation Mekong [35][36]
2017
(36th)		Yuen Bun, Dion Lam Sword Master
2017
(36th)		Sammo Hung Call of Heroes
2017
(36th)		Chin Ka-lok Cold War 2
2017
(36th)		Sammo Hung The Monkey King 2
2018
(37th)		Sammo Hung Paradox [37]
2018
(37th)		Li Chung-chi The Brink
2018
(37th)		Yuen Cheung-yan, Yuen Shun-yi The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
2018
(37th)		Ku Huen-chiu Wu Kong
2018
(37th)		Yu Kang, Yuen Bun, Yan Hua Chasing the Dragon
2019
(38th)		Dante Lam Operation Red Sea
2019
(38th)		Lin Feng Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
2019
(38th)		Chin Ka Lok, Alan Ng, Tang Sui Wah Golden Job
2019
(38th)		Li Chung Chi Project Gutenberg
2019
(38th)		Yuen Shun-yi Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy

See also

References
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  2. "4th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  3. "5th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  4. "6th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  5. "7th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  6. "8th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  7. "9th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  8. "10th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  9. "11th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  10. "12th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  11. "13th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  12. "14th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  13. "15th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  14. "16th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  15. "17th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
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  17. "19th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  18. "20th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  19. "21st Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  20. "22nd Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  21. "23rd Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  22. "24th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
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