Chang Cheh
- Directing
- January 17, 1924 · Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- June 22, 2002
Biography
Chang Cheh (Chinese: 張徹, January 17, 1924 – June 22, 2002) was Shaw Brothers Studio's best known and most prolific film director, with such films as The Five Venoms, The Brave Archer (based on the works of Jin Yong), The One-Armed Swordsman, and other classics of wuxia and kung fu film.
Known for
Filmography
- Iron Fist Pillage · Archival Footage Coordinator
- Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema · Self
- Ninja in Ancient China · Director, Writer
- Journey to the West · Director, Screenplay
- Slaughter in Xian · Writer, Producer
- Hidden Hero · Director, Writer
- Just Heroes · Executive producer
- Cross the River · Director, Writer
- Great Shanghai 1937 · Director, Writer
- The Dancing Warrior · Director, Producer
- Shanghai 13 · Director, Writer
- The Nine Demons · Director
- Death Ring · Director
- Attack of the Joyful Goddess · Director, Screenplay
- The Weird Man · Director, Writer
- Ode to Gallantry · Director
- Five Element Ninjas · Director, Screenplay
- Brave Archer and His Mate · Director, Screenplay
- House of Traps · Director, Writer
- The Brave Archer 3 · Director, Writer
- Masked Avengers · Director, Writer
- The Sword Stained with Royal Blood · Director
- Legend of the Fox · Director, Screenplay
- The Rebel Intruders · Director, Screenplay
- Two Champions of Shaolin · Director, Screenplay
- The Flag of Iron · Director, Writer
- Heaven and Hell · Director, Writer
- Ten Tigers of Kwangtung · Director, Screenplay
- Kid with the Golden Arm · Director, Writer
- The Magnificent Ruffians · Director, Writer
- The Daredevils · Director, Writer
- Shaolin Rescuers · Director
- Crippled Avengers · Director, Writer
- Invincible Shaolin · Director, Writer
- The Five Venoms · Director, Writer
- Showdown at the Cotton Mill · Writer
- The Brave Archer 2 · Director
- Life Gamble · Director, Screenplay
- Chinatown Kid · Director, Writer
- The Brave Archer · Director
- Magnificent Wanderers · Director, Writer
- The Naval Commandos · Director
- Shaolin Temple · Director, Writer
- The New Shaolin Boxers · Director, Writer
- The Shaolin Avengers · Director, Screenplay
- 7-Man Army · Director, Writer
- Boxer Rebellion · Director, Writer
- The Four Assassins · Director, Screenplay
- The Bloody Escape · Director
- The Fantastic Magic Baby · Director, Writer
- The Iron Superman · Producer, Lyricist
- Disciples of Shaolin · Director, Writer
- All Men Are Brothers · Director, Writer
- The Young Rebel · Presenter
- Five Shaolin Masters · Director
- Na Cha the Great · Director, Writer
- Young Lovers on Flying Wheels · Presenter
- A Mad World of Fools · Producer
- Shaolin Martial Arts · Director, Writer
- The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires · Director
- Friends · Director, Writer
- Men from the Monastery · Director, Writer
- The Savage Five · Director, Writer
- Heroes Two · Director, Screenplay
- Three Styles of Hung School's Kung Fu · Director
- Iron Bodyguard · Director
- The Pirate · Director
- Police Force · Director, Screenplay
- The Generation Gap · Director, Writer
- Blood Brothers · Director, Screenplay
- The Delinquent · Director
- Four Riders · Director, Writer
- Man of Iron · Director, Screenplay
- The Delightful Forest · Director, Screenplay
- Young People · Director, Writer
- Trilogy of Swordsmanship · Director
- The Water Margin · Director
- The Angry Guest · Boss Yamaguchi (uncredited), Director
- The Boxer from Shantung · Director, Writer
- The Deadly Duo · Director