文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

馮秉仲

大字係界別(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

Gordon Fung Ping Chung

1933年–2025年

繁體中文

馮秉仲1933年8月15號喺香港出生同長大,係戰後本地電影發行同院線業嘅代表人物,身兼電影發行人、戲院商同製片人。父親馮晴自戰後已從事電影發行,並經營龍城、百樂門同域多利等戲院,佢自幼耳濡目染。1957年畢業後,佢先喺銀行做咗一段時間。六十年代初,佢轉到荃灣嘅龍華戲院任職,半年後升任司理,之後亦管理過華都、大光明、油麻地等戲院。1969年佢成立萬象娛樂有限公司,1971年9月接手百樂戲院並改映西片,經佢悉心主理,百樂同海運組成戲碼強勁嘅西片線。龍華戲院一直同邵氏父子院線合作,至1977年該院線同嘉禾院線合組嘉樂線,龍華遂聯同恆星、福星、同樂、油麻地、國寶等九家戲院組成「雙星線」,1978年開始營運。雙星線成立後,常同雷覺坤主理嘅麗京線聯映香港同台灣出品;1978年7月合映《肥龍過江》後合作更趨穩定,繼而組成金公主娛樂有限公司,把兩線併成金公主院線(亦稱麗聲線),1979年開始營運。金公主院線同嘉禾、德寶鼎足而立,係八十年代香港三大院線之一,好多賣座港片都經佢發行到戲院。金公主自1980年起投資新成立嘅新藝城拍片,安排喺自家院線放映,同時支持永佳、萬能等獨立公司。期間佢喺北美洲拓展發行網,喺紐約、三藩市、溫哥華等地設立院線,當地逾八成港產片由其公司發行。1984年佢支持電影工作室成立同拍攝創業作《上海之夜》,1988年1月又同戲院商陳榮美合組「新寶院線」。1992年雷覺坤離世後,金公主停止運作,新寶院線收回金公主院線旗下戲院,1993年1月重整為「金聲院線」。佢於2025年5月4日逝世。

English

Gordon Fung Ping-chung was born and raised in Hong Kong on 15 August 1933 and became a leading figure in the territory's post-war film distribution and exhibition trade as a distributor, exhibitor and producer. His father, Fung Ching, had been in film distribution since the war and ran cinemas including Lung Shing, Paramount and Victoria, so the business was familiar from childhood. After graduating in 1957, Fung worked briefly in a bank; in the early 1960s he moved to the Lung Wah cinema in Tsuen Wan and was promoted to manager within half a year, later managing houses such as Waldorf, Grand and Yau Ma Tei. In 1969 he founded Man Sheung Entertainment, and in September 1971 took over the Paramount cinema and switched it to Western films, which together with the Ocean formed a strong Western-film line. Lung Wah had long worked with the Shaw circuit; in 1977 that circuit joined with Golden Harvest's, and Lung Wah combined with nine other cinemas to form the Twin Star circuit, which began operating in 1978. It frequently double-billed Hong Kong and Taiwan productions with Lawrence Louey's Lai King line, and after the joint release of Enter the Fat Dragon in July 1978 the partnership grew firmer, leading to the formation of Golden Princess Entertainment and the Golden Princess circuit in 1979. Alongside Golden Harvest and D & B, Golden Princess ranked among the three major circuits of 1980s Hong Kong, releasing many of the era's hits. From 1980 Golden Princess financed the newly founded Cinema City and screened its films, and supported independent producers as well. Fung also built a distribution network in North America with circuits in New York, San Francisco and Vancouver, handling over eighty per cent of Hong Kong films released there. In 1984 he backed the founding of Film Workshop and its first film Shanghai Blues, and in January 1988 he joined the exhibitor Chan Wing-mei to form the Newport circuit. After Louey's death in 1992 Golden Princess ceased operations; Newport took back its cinemas and regrouped as the Empire circuit in January 1993. Fung passed away on 4 May 2025.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

電影發行、戲院商、製片人

年期Active period

1933年–2025年

代表作Notable works

《肥龍過江》《上海之夜》

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1969

成立萬象娛樂有限公司

Founded Man Sheung Entertainment

1979

組成金公主院線

Helped form the Golden Princess cinema circuit

1988

與陳榮美合組新寶院線

Joined the exhibitor Chan Wing-mei to form the Newport circuit

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

馮秉仲由戲院司理做到院線老闆,係八十年代香港電影發行同院線版圖嘅關鍵人物。佢主理嘅金公主院線結連新藝城等製片公司,又喺北美建立港產片發行網,為港片打開海外市場同資金渠道;佢與陳榮美合組嘅新寶院線,日後更成為本地少數長年運作嘅院線。

English

Gordon Fung rose from cinema manager to circuit owner and was a pivotal figure in the distribution and exhibition map of 1980s Hong Kong. His Golden Princess circuit tied producers such as Cinema City to the screens, and his North American network opened overseas markets and financing channels for Hong Kong films; the Newport circuit he formed with Chan Wing-mei would become one of the few local circuits to keep running for decades.

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