Clarence Fok Yiu-leung (Chinese:霍耀良; Jyutping:fok3 jiu6 loeng4; 1960 – 1 February 2024) was a Hong Kong film director and actor. He was perhaps best known for directing the international cult classic Naked Killer (1992). [1]
Fok was born in 1960 in Hong Kong. [2] He graduated from the Department of Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. [3] He received training as a production assistant at Rediffusion Television in 1978, gaining television production credits on In Cold Blood (1980). [3] [4] The following year, he joined TVB, where he helped write and direct several series including The Passenger (1979), The Bund (1980), and Five Easy Pieces (1980). [3] [4]
Fok started directing feature-length films while at TVB. His first released movie was Job Hunter (失業生, 1981), a youth drama starring Leslie Cheung and Danny Chan. [3] His next project, The Man from Vietnam (1982), was his actual directorial debut completed two years prior. [3]
He was once asked by producer Mario Kassar to direct Basic Instinct 2 . [5] [6]
On 1 February 2024, Fok died at the Shatin Hospital in Hong Kong. He had been reportedly living with kidney cancer and heart disease. [7] His death was announced in March 2025 by Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers spokesperson Tin Kai-man, who had received word from Fok's family about his death the previous month. [8]
Fok was nominated as Best Supporting Actor at the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in Let's Make Laugh II (1985).
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