Hong Kong Film Awards honors kung fu director Lau Kar-leung with lifetime achievement award

Hong Kong honors kung fu director with award

HONG KONG — The Hong Kong Film Awards have honored veteran kung fu film director and choreographer Lau Kar-leung with its lifetime achievement prize.

Organizers said in a statement Friday that they wanted to pay tribute to Lau’s “outstanding achievements in martial arts film, which made martial arts film into an important asset in the heritage of Hong Kong cinema.”

In a career spanning 50 years, Lau’s directing credits include “Executioners from Shaolin,” ”The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” and “Drunken Master II,” which starred Jackie Chan.

The prize will be presented at the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony on April 18.