Tony Au Ting-Ping (Chinese: 區丁平; born 18 February 1954) is a Hong Kong film director and artist.

Tony Au
區丁平
Born
Au Ting-Ping

(1954-02-18) February 18, 1954 (age 70)[1]
NationalityChinese
Alma materLondon Film Academy
Occupation(s)art director, artist
Spouse
(m. 1995)
ChildrenAu Yik-san (daughter)
Au Ling-san (daughter)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese區丁平
Simplified Chinese区丁平
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationKēui dīng pìhng
JyutpingKoei1 Ding1 ping4

Biography

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He was born in Guangdong. After graduating from high school in 1972, he engaged in fashion design. Afterwards, he studied filming at the London Film Academy. He entered the Hong Kong film industry in 1979.

He is married to the actress Teresa Mo (毛舜筠) and has two daughters, Au Yik-san (區亦山) and Au Ling-san (區令山).

Career

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His work as art director includes: Tsui Hark's Dangerous Encounters: 1st Kind (1980), Ann Hui's The Story of Woo Viet (1981), Boat People (1982), Ronny Yu's The Postman Strikes Back (1982), Clifford Choi's Lemon Coke (1982), Shu Kei's Soul (1986).

Filmography

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Filmography as director, art director and other positions:[2]

Awards

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In 1983, he won Best Art Direction award with Boat People at the second Hong Kong Film Awards. In the same year, he directed Last Affair, which won the Best New Performer and the Best Cinematography awards at the third Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1986, he directed Dream Lovers, which won the Best Original Film Score award at the sixth Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1995, he directed Hong Kong-Japan film The Christ of Nanjing, which won the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the eighth Tokyo International Film Festival.

References

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  1. ^ "毛舜筠日前為一家之主的區丁平慶祝74歲生日". Sundaykiss. 20 February 2019.
  2. ^ Hong Kong Cinemagic: Tony Au Ting Ping
  3. ^ IMDb: Tony Au
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