Clarence Fok


Clarence Fok Yiu-leung was a Hong Kong film director and actor. He was perhaps best known for directing the international cult classic Naked Killer.

Life and career

Fok was born in 1955 in Hong Kong. He graduated from the Department of Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received training as a production assistant at Rediffusion Television in 1978, gaining television production credits on In Cold Blood. The following year, he joined TVB, where he helped write and direct several series including The Passenger, The Bund, and Five Easy Pieces.
Fok started directing feature-length films while at TVB. His first released movie was Job Hunter, a youth drama starring Leslie Cheung and Danny Chan. His next project, The Man from Vietnam, was his actual directorial debut completed two years prior.
He was once asked by producer Mario Kassar to direct Basic Instinct 2.
On 1 February 2024, Fok died at the Shatin Hospital in Hong Kong. He had been reportedly living with kidney cancer and heart disease. 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.

Awards

Fok was nominated as Best Supporting Actor at the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in Let's Make Laugh II.

Filmography

As director

  • Special ID
  • Dating a Vampire in Bed
  • Don't Open Your Eyes
  • Martial Angels
  • Snakeheads
  • Queen of Kowloon
  • Don't Look Back... Or You'll Be Sorry in Bed
  • Century of the Dragon
  • The H.K. Triad
  • Her Name Is Cat
  • Cheap Killers
  • On Fire
  • Thunder Cop
  • Passion
  • The Black Panther Warriors
  • Remains of a Woman
  • Naked Killer
  • Gun n' Rose
  • Crying Freeman: Dragon from Russia
  • Chicken à la Queen
  • The Iceman Cometh
  • They Came to Rob Hong Kong
  • The Greatest Lover
  • Before Dawn
  • Wrong Wedding Trail
  • On the Wrong Track
  • ''Job Hunter''

    As actor

  • Body Weapon
  • Project A, Part II
  • Enchanting Night
  • Armour of God - Singer
  • Let's Make Laugh II
  • ''Police Story''

    Cited literature

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