文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

劉觀偉

大字係領域(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

Lau Koon Wai

1949年至今

領域:藝術家

繁體中文

廣東中山人,香港出生同成長。中三輟學,由於父親為電影工作者,自小便喺鑽石山嘅大觀片場長大,後喺周詩清嘅龍華攝影器材店當機工。1967年加入電影界任攝影助手,曾跟從日籍攝影師西本正學藝。首部正式任攝影師嘅影片係台灣梁哲夫導演嘅《尋母十七年》(1971)。1978年為洪金寶導演嘅《肥龍過江》掌鏡,自此長期擔任洪金寶嘅攝影師,包括《贊先生同找錢華》(1978)、 《雜家小子》(1979)、 《敗家仔》(1981)、 《奇謀妙計五福星》(1983),同洪金寶監製嘅寶禾影片 《神勇雙響炮》(1984)、 《人嚇鬼》(1984)。洪金寶當時同麥嘉、午馬、黃炳耀等經常一起討論劇本,令劉觀偉產生當導演嘅興趣。早期導演作品有《無招勝有招》(1979)同 《甩牙老虎》(1980),1985年執導寶禾嘅靈幻喜劇《殭屍先生》,票房逾 2,000 萬,開創咗港台殭屍片嘅熱潮。佢陸續導演了《殭屍先生續集殭屍家族》(1986)、 《靈幻先生》(1987)、 《殭屍叔叔》(1988)等續集作品。洪金寶離開嘉禾後,佢亦轉往洪嘅寶祥公司執導《鬼咬鬼》(1990),之後為不同公司執導了《新殭屍先生》(1992)、 《吸我一個吻》(1994)、 《生命祇剩一小時》(1999)等影片。2007年後多喺內地工作,執導作品有《我係中國人》(2012)、《天師歸來》(2017)等。該片由洪金寶監製,林正英、許冠英、錢小豪主演,成為1980年代香港靈幻片嘅重要開端。

English

Ricky Lau Koon-wai, born in Hong Kong on 20 December 1949, is a film director and cinematographer. Raised in the Diamond Hill studio district because his father worked in films, he left school after Form Three, worked as a mechanic at a camera-equipment shop and joined the industry as a camera assistant in 1967, learning under the Japanese cinematographer Nishimoto Tadashi. His first film as credited cinematographer was Seek Mother after Seventeen Years (1971); from Enter the Fat Dragon (1978) he became Sammo Hung's regular cameraman, shooting Warriors Two (1978), Knockabout (1979), The Prodigal Son (1981) and Winners and Sinners (1983). Encouraged by Hung, he turned to directing, and his 1985 Golden Harvest horror-comedy Mr. Vampire took over HK$20 million at the box office and launched a wave of jiangshi films across Hong Kong and Taiwan. Sequels followed, including the Mr. Vampire series instalments of 1986, 1987 and 1988. From the 2000s he worked mainly on the mainland, directing films such as I Am Chinese (2012) and The Taoist Priest Returns (2017).

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

導演、攝影師

年期Active period

1949年至今

代表作Notable works

《殭屍先生》(1985)、《殭屍家族》(1986)、《奇謀妙計五福星》(1983)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1971

首度正式任攝影師,作品為台灣導演梁哲夫嘅《尋母十七年》

Credited as cinematographer for the first time on Seek Mother after Seventeen Years

1978

為洪金寶《肥龍過江》掌鏡,自此長期擔任其攝影師

Became Sammo Hung's regular cinematographer, shooting Enter the Fat Dragon

1985

執導《殭屍先生》,票房逾2,000萬,掀起港台殭屍片熱潮

Directed Mr. Vampire, which grossed over HK$20 million and sparked a jiangshi film boom

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

劉觀偉以1985年《殭屍先生》把民間殭屍傳說、道教法術同喜劇動作融合,開出港產「靈幻」片類型,帶動1980年代中後期大量跟風作品,並令林正英嘅「殭屍道長」形象深入民心。

English

By fusing folk jiangshi legend, Taoist ritual and slapstick in Mr. Vampire (1985), Lau created Hong Kong's 'magical fantasy' horror-comedy cycle, triggering a wave of imitations in the mid-to-late 1980s and fixing Lam Ching-ying's vampire-hunting priest image in the public mind.

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