Lau Kar-leung (28 July 1934 25 June 2013), also known as Liu Chia-liang, was a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor, filmmaker, choreographer and martial artist. Go! Lau's most frequent collaborator is likely his "god brother" Gordon Liu a.k.a. 3:15 AM PDT 6/25/2013 Privacy | Mark Houghton opened the Lau Family Hung Kuen school Lau Family Hung Gar academy in Hong Kong / Fanling with the support of his sifu, Lau. The film proved a hit and was the seventh-highest-grossing movie of the year in Hong Kong. Lau began his career in film in 1950 as an extra and stuntman in the popular Wong Fei-Hung movies. Karen Chu [1]:253 Before becoming famous, Lau worked as an extra and choreographer on black and white Wong Fei-hung movies. Lau is best known for the films he made in the 1970s and 1980s for the Shaw Brothers Studio. He is survived by his wife, former actress and solicitor Mary Jean Reimer, and their two daughters. Karen Chu, Hong Kong Director and Martial Arts Master Lau Kar-leung Dies at 76, Last edited on 5 September 2020, at 01:52, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography, "Golden Shadows presents: Drunken Master 2. They had a son before their marriage ended in 2007. In 2009, Lo married (Sophie) Su Yan, an actress from mainland China. After a split with Chang on the set of Marco Polo, Lau evolved into a director during the sudden boom of martial arts films in the early 1970s. They have daughter named Sela. Log in. Lau died on 25 June 2013 at Union Hospital, Hong Kong. Lau began training students Hung Gar before the age of 5 and was already quite proficient in the style. Throughout his career, Lau only wrote four screenplays, but they were all for films that he himself directed. Gallen Lo Ka-leung is a Hong Kong actor and singer who primarily acts in television series. The Hollywood Reporter, LLC is a subsidiary of Prometheus Global Media, LLC. About Our Ads He was particularly renowned for his collaboration with director Chang Cheh during that time on films such as The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) and The Boxer From Shantung (1972). One of his most famous works is The 36th Chamber of Shaolin which starred Gordon Liu, as well as Drunken Master II which starred Jackie Chan. Lau was the third child of Lau Cham (Lau Jaam, ), a martial arts master who studied Hung Gar under Lam Sai-wing, a student of Wong Fei-hung. Film series. 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He continued his work as action choreographer and director until 1994, when he made Drunken Master II and III and was diagnosed with lymphoma. Go! Chia Hui Liu, and he worked with Liu on a number of films, directing him as a star in the now classic The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978), as well as directing Liu as either a star or cast member in Dirty Ho (1979), Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter (1983), Executioners from Shaolin (1977), Return to the 36th Chamber (1980), Heroes of the East (1978), Legendary Weapons of China (1982), Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985), Tiger on Beat (1988), Tiger on the Beat 2 (1990), Shaolin Warrior (1980), Spiritual Boxer II (1979), Cat vs Rat (1982), The Lady is the Boss (1983), My Young Auntie (1981), Challenge of the Masters (1976), Shaolin Mantis (1978), The Martial Club (1981), and Drunken Monkey (2003). 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