Director · Actor · Producer

Anthony Chan Yau

21 credited titles on WatchWise

Anthony Chan Yau is a Hong Kong actor and the drummer for the band Wynners. In 1981, Chan formed a film production company with Kenny Bee and produced Monkey Business. Chan joined Shaw Brothers in 1983 and produced his remarkable project Let’s Make Laugh, which was directed by Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting. Then, Cheung and Chan formed a production company afterwards. One of Chan’s most ambitious projects was A Fishy Story, starring by Kenny Bee and Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, in which Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk won the best actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In recent years, Chan emigrated to US and retired from the film industry.

Anthony Chan Yau in one minute

Strongest genre

Comedy

$3.0M · 100% hit rate

Biggest hit

Mr. Vampire

$20M

Standout efficiency

2.4x

Mr. Vampire · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$3.0M

Combined reported budget

$7.3M

Gross / budget

0.4x

Bankability Index

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