Born in Anshan, Liaoning, in 1947 and raised in Macau and Hong Kong, Ann Hui studied in London and worked for television before becoming a leading figure of the Hong Kong New Wave. She made Boat People (1982), a drama about Vietnamese refugees, and has worked in a range of genres, from ghost stories to martial-arts films. Her work concentrates on women, ordinary lives and the history of Hong Kong and China. A Simple Life (2011), about a servant and the family she raised, won the best actress prize at Venice for Deanie Ip. She received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2020.
Filmography
- The Story of Woo Viet (1981)
- Boat People (1982)
- Song of the Exile (1990)
- Summer Snow (1995)
- Ordinary Heroes (1999)
- A Simple Life (2011)
- The Golden Era (2014)
- Our Time Will Come (2017)