文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

蔡永昌

大字係界別(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

Peter Choi

1937–2014

繁體中文

蔡永昌,原名蔡篤生,1937年出生,香港電影發行及院線管理人,嘉禾電影的創辦股東之一,與鄒文懷、何冠昌並稱嘉禾三大巨頭。他早年跟隨鄒文懷加入邵氏兄弟(香港)有限公司;1970年,鄒文懷離開邵氏,與何冠昌、梁風及蔡永昌等人創辦嘉禾電影(香港)有限公司,蔡永昌即加入出任宣傳主任,是嘉禾創業初期的核心成員之一。其後他掌管嘉禾在本港的戲院發行業務,除嘉禾本身的院線外,也包括發行西片的泛亞影業有限公司。他在邵氏期間已負責宣傳與發行,熟悉片廠與院線的運作;轉到嘉禾後,他既要為自家院線安排片期,也要為獨立製作的影片尋找合適的市場。嘉禾以獨立製片與分紅的方式吸引創作人,他便負責把這些影片推向本港、台灣與東南亞的銀幕,並透過泛亞影業引進外國電影。嘉禾先後簽下李小龍、許冠文、成龍等影星,他參與安排影片在本港及海外的發行與宣傳,並支持獨立製片,讓不少導演得以開拍具個人風格的影片,例如他支持麥當雄拍攝《跛豪》與《上海皇帝》,劉偉強拍攝《風雲》與《中華英雄》,徐克拍攝《黃飛鴻》系列。1979年他晉升為嘉禾及嘉行公司董事,1985年再升為嘉禾董事副總經理;1994年嘉禾娛樂集團在香港上市後,他出任董事局成員。他作風低調,甚少接受訪問,導演王晶曾稱他是香港電影八九十年代「沉默的巨人」,默默支持了九十年代大部分好電影。2014年,他進食時被魚骨哽喉送院,翌日不治,享年77歲;喪禮於同年7月舉行,按其作風以佛教儀式簡樸進行,導演王晶等到場致祭。

English

Choi Wing-cheong, whose original name was Choi Tuk-sang, was a Hong Kong film distributor and cinema-circuit manager, and one of the founding shareholders of Golden Harvest, regarded alongside Raymond Chow and Leonard Ho as one of its three leading figures. He first followed Raymond Chow into Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Ltd; when Chow left Shaw in 1970 to found Golden Harvest (Hong Kong) Ltd with Leonard Ho, Leung Fung and Choi, Choi joined as publicity manager and became a core member of the young company. He later took charge of Golden Harvest's local cinema distribution, covering both the company's own circuit and the western-film releases of its Panasia arm. As Golden Harvest signed stars such as Bruce Lee, Michael Hui and Jackie Chan, he helped arrange the distribution and promotion of its films locally and overseas, and backed independent production so that many directors could make films in their own style: he supported Johnny Mak on To Be Number One and Lord of East China Sea, Andrew Lau on The Storm Riders and A Man Called Hero, and Tsui Hark on the Once Upon a Time in China series. In 1979 he was promoted to director of Golden Harvest and Golden Communications, and in 1985 he rose to director and deputy general manager. After Golden Harvest Entertainment was listed in Hong Kong in 1994, he served on its board. He kept a low profile and rarely gave interviews; the director Wong Jing called him a 'silent giant' of Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s and 1990s, quietly backing most of the good films of the decade. In 2014 he was admitted to hospital after a fish bone lodged in his throat while eating and died the next day, aged 77.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

發行、院線管理

年期Active period

1937–2014

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1970

隨鄒文懷離開邵氏,參與創辦嘉禾電影(香港)有限公司

Left Shaw Brothers with Raymond Chow and helped found Golden Harvest (Hong Kong) Ltd

1979

晉升為嘉禾及嘉行公司董事

Was promoted to director of Golden Harvest and Golden Communications

1994

嘉禾娛樂集團在香港上市後,出任董事局成員

Became a board member after Golden Harvest Entertainment was listed in Hong Kong

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

蔡永昌主管嘉禾的本地戲院發行與宣傳,統籌旗下院線及泛亞影業的西片發行;他低調支持麥當雄開拍《跛豪》《上海皇帝》等片,是嘉禾幕後的關鍵經營者,其發行與製片網絡支撐了不少具個人風格的港產片。

English

Choi oversaw Golden Harvest's local cinema distribution and publicity, coordinating both its own circuit and the western-film releases of its Panasia arm. Quietly backing Johnny Mak's To Be Number One and Lord of East China Sea and other projects, he was a key behind-the-scenes executive whose distribution and production network supported many Hong Kong films with a personal style.

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