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原名許鎮國，廣東潮安人。抗戰時曾以華僑青年身份回內地，參加抗日宣傳工作。抗戰勝利後定居香港。五十年代初，黃卓漢自組公司，代理發行粵語片，許堅應邀加入主持宣傳部，1952年，黃卓漢成立自由影業公司，許堅隨即轉加入自由，擔任宣傳主任。五十年代中後期，黃卓漢以嶺光影業公司嘅名義攝製粵語片，許堅亦跟隨佢從事宣傳同製作工作，例如《碎琴樓》（1955）便係由許堅任製片。1960年，許堅脫離黃卓漢嘅公司，招攬潮劇人才並訓練新人，組成「東山潮音劇藝社」，既喺舞台演出，亦參與拍攝電影。由許堅製片，東山潮音劇藝社演出咗東海影業公司出品嘅香港首部潮語戲曲片《劉明珠三審玉芝蘭》（1960）。之後獲得資金支持，以東山潮音劇藝社班底組成東山影業公司，由曾慕熙負責業務，許堅負責擔任製片，佢還以筆名「姚香雪」擔任編劇，積極生產潮語戲曲片。喺許堅任製片期間，東山曾出品《蓮香戲鞋》（1960）、《雙珠鳳》（兼聯合導演，1961）、《蕭端蒙一板打死江西王》（兼聯合導演，1961）、《郭子儀賀壽》（兼聯合導演，1961）、《烈女報夫仇》（兼聯合導演，1961）、《王莽篡位》（兼聯合導演，1961）、《金玉奴》（1961）、《八寶公主追夫》（1962）、《滴水記》（1962）同《望江亭》（1962）等影片。1962年脫離東山，自組嶺東影業公司，出品咗潮語片《感天動地竇娥冤》（1963）同《余美娘》（1963）。後又為夏帆嘅藝業電影製片公司任《秋戀》（1964）嘅製片。此後開始脫離潮語片業。1964年，許堅重返嶺光，參與製作多部出品，包括為《小夫妻》（1964）、《阿珍要嫁人》（1966）、《四姊妹》（1966）等電影任製片，同為《閨房趣史》（1965）、《巴士奇遇結良緣》（1966）等影片任策劃。此外，佢亦曾分別為嶺光出品嘅《工廠三小姐》（1967）同《神勇坦克隊》（1968）任配樂同作詞。1968年，黃卓漢再組第一影業機構有限公司，赴台灣攝製國語片，許再應邀加入第一公司掌管宣傳工作。1972年，同女製片李時蓉合作組織立基娛樂企業公司，代理宣傳，曾有「百萬宣傳」嘅稱號，並涉足發行同製作，出品咗《飛虎小霸王》（1973）、《老子有錢》（1974）同《仇氏雙雄》（1975）等影片。1975年赴台擔任第一影業機構嘅策劃經理。1980年2月10日病逝喺台北。
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Hsi Kin, born in 1921 and a native of Chao'an, Guangdong, returned to the Mainland during the War of Resistance against Japan as an overseas Chinese youth and took part in anti-Japanese propaganda work before settling in Hong Kong after the war. In the early 1950s, when Wong Cheuk-hon set up a company to distribute Cantonese films, Hsi joined its publicity department; in 1952, when Wong founded Liberty Film Co., Hsi became its head of publicity. Through the mid- to late 1950s he followed Wong into the Cantonese productions made under the Lan Kwong Film Company banner, working in publicity and production, and served as production manager on films such as Broken-Zither Bower (1955). In 1960 he left Wong's company and, recruiting Chaozhou opera performers and training newcomers, formed the Dongshan Chaozhou Music Company, which performed on stage and made films. As its production manager, he helped make Hong Kong's first Chaozhou-dialect opera film, A Pair of Carved Jade (1960). Backed by further funding, the troupe grew into Tung Shan Film Co., where Tsang Mo-hei handled business and Hsi, writing under the pen name Yiu Sheung-sit, handled production. Tung Shan released films including Strange Visitor (1960), Pearl Phoenix (co-directed, 1961), Birthday Ceremony (co-directed, 1961), Jin Yunu (1961) and The Riverside Pavilion (1962). In 1962 Hsi left to found Ling Tung Film Co., producing A Wronged Woman who Shakes the Heavens (1963) and A Troubled Romance (1963), then distanced himself from Chaozhou-dialect cinema. Returning to Lan Kwong in 1964, he was production manager on Beware of the Husband (1964) and Four Sisters (1966) and associate producer on My Dearest Wife (1965). After Wong formed First Film Organisation in 1968 Hsi again joined him to head publicity. In 1972 he formed Lucky Entertainment Enterprises with the producer Li Shih-jung, gaining a reputation for 'million-dollar' publicity and producing The Flying Tiger (1973), Money, Money, Money (1974) and Magnificent 2 (1975). He returned to Taiwan in 1975 and died in Taipei on 10 February 1980.
