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Xu Haofeng was born in Beijing and began to learn Xingyiquan, one of the major “internal” styles of Chinese martial arts, in 1987. After studying fine arts for five years, he went to the Department of Film Directing in Beijing Film Academy and graduated in 1997.
100 Yards: Directed by Haofeng Xu, Junfeng Xu. With Jacky Heung, Bea Hayden Kuo, Andy On, Shiyi Tang. Follows two bitter rivals as they duel for stewardship of a wushu academy.
The Master (released internationally as The Final Master) is a 2015 Chinese martial arts film written, co-produced, and directed by Xu Haofeng, about the last Wing Chun master's quest to pass down his art in pre-WWII China.
Haofeng Xu. Writer: The Grandmaster. Born in 1973, Beijing, China, Xu Haofeng began learning martial arts when he was 14. He first started in Xingyi Quan, a martial arts style centered on bare-handed fighting.
Mar 5, 2018 · To celebrate Cine Asia’s UK release of the award-winning hit “The Final Master”, KFK catches up with renowned filmmaker Xu Haofeng. As well as being the writer of Wong Kar-wai’s modern classic, “ The Grandmaster ”, Xu Haofeng adapted “The Final Master” from his own novel.
Sep 18, 2023 · In 100 Yards, he’s terrific — relentlessly focused, with just a little bit of a flair for evil. His fight scenes with Heung are also very good; as a martial artist himself, Xu Haofeng emphasizes realism in his screen fights, the most notable thing about them being simply how fast they are.
XU Haofeng (1973, China) is an award-winning novelist, filmmaker and professor in China. At the age of 14 he began learning martial arts which became a recurring theme in his cinematic projects and the subject of his biographical novel The Bygone Kung Fu World.
