Paul Fonoroff
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Paul Fonoroff is one of Hong Kong
's best known film critics and movie historians.
Fonoroff studied Chinese language
at Brown University
and earned his masters in fine arts at the University of Southern California
. He also earned a PhD
at Beijing University in Chinese cinema.
Fonoroff has lived in Hong Kong
since 1983. He has written for the South China Morning Post
since 1988 and is well respected in the Hong Kong cinema community.
He has published two books, Paul Fonoroff At The Hong Kong Movies, a collection of reviews, and Silver Light, a picture book of Fonoroff's extensive collection of Hong Kong movie memorabilia. At the Movies was criticized for being out of date by reviewers.
Fonoroff hosts movie-related television shows in Cantonese, Mandarin
, and English
, and has made numerous cameo appearances in Hong Kong films.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
's best known film critics and movie historians.
Fonoroff studied Chinese language
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
and earned his masters in fine arts at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
. He also earned a PhD
PHD
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at Beijing University in Chinese cinema.
Fonoroff has lived in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
since 1983. He has written for the South China Morning Post
South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post , together with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is an English-language Hong Kong newspaper, published by the SCMP Group with a circulation of 104,000....
since 1988 and is well respected in the Hong Kong cinema community.
He has published two books, Paul Fonoroff At The Hong Kong Movies, a collection of reviews, and Silver Light, a picture book of Fonoroff's extensive collection of Hong Kong movie memorabilia. At the Movies was criticized for being out of date by reviewers.
Fonoroff hosts movie-related television shows in Cantonese, Mandarin
Standard Mandarin
Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....
, and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and has made numerous cameo appearances in Hong Kong films.
Filmography
- Drink-Drank-DrunkDrink-Drank-DrunkDrink-Drank-Drunk is a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Derek Yee.-Plot:A romantic comedy, the film is about Siu Min, a Budweiser girl who takes pity on Michael , an ethnic Chinese restaurateur from France drinking away his misfortune because his food is too sophisticated for the working class...
(2005) - BishonenBishonen (film)Bishonen... , is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic drama film about an ill-fated gay romance. It is directed by Yonfan and starred Stephen Fung, Daniel Wu and Shu Qi....
(1998) - Lawyer LawyerLawyer LawyerLawyer Lawyer is a 1997 Hong Kong comedy film produced, directed and co-written by Joe Ma.-Plot:Stephen Chow is Chan Mong-Gut, a famous Chinese lawyer, who must defend his apprentice Foon, who got framed for murder, in court....
(1997) - Judge - TristarTristar (film)Tristar is a 1996 Hong Kong film directed by Tsui Hark.- Cast and roles include :* Moses Chan as Chen Junnan* Sunny Chan as Fa's partner* Leslie Cheung as Father Zhong Guoqiang* Radium Cheung * Chung King-fai as Dinosaur...
(1996) - Bearded Mormon - What a Wonderful Life (1996) - Reporter Going to Canada
- The Final Option (1994) - Police Official
- The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty IV (1992) - Reginald JohnstonReginald JohnstonSir Reginald Fleming Johnston, KCMG, CBE, was a Scottish academic, diplomat and tutor to Puyi, the last emperor of China, and later appointed as the last Commissioner of Weihaiwei.-Early:...
- Summer LoversSummer LoversSummer Lovers is a 1982 film written and directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah and Valerie Quennessen, and filmed on location on the island of Santorini, Greece. The original music score is composed by Basil Poledouris...
(1992) - Laserdisc Shop Clerk - Once Upon a Time in China IIOnce Upon a Time in China IIOnce Upon a Time in China II is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts action film written and directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jet Li returning as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung. It is the second film and first sequel in the Once Upon a Time in China film series...
(1992) (uncredited) - British Consul - Love: Now You See It... Now You Don't (1992) - Surveyor
- The Inspector Wears Skirts 4 (1992) - Commander
- Once Upon a Time a Hero in China (1992) - Indiana Jones
- Alan and Eric Between Hello and Goodbye (1991) - Hairy Keung