Willie Chan Chi-Keung (born 22 May 1941 in Malaysia) is a Hong Kong film producer and talent manager. He is best known for helping to establish the career of Jackie Chan, serving as his manager and later as the actor’s producing partner in both Asia and North America.
Chan graduated from the East-West Center in Hawaii in 1966 with a masters degree in marketing. He later moved to Hong Kong from his native Malaysia in 1970 to pursue a career in the...
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Willie Chan Chi-Keung (born 22 May 1941 in Malaysia) is a Hong Kong film producer and talent manager. He is best known for helping to establish the career of Jackie Chan, serving as his manager and later as the actor’s producing partner in both Asia and North America.
Chan graduated from the East-West Center in Hawaii in 1966 with a masters degree in marketing. He later moved to Hong Kong from his native Malaysia in 1970 to pursue a career in the film industry. He was a film producer in the mid-1970s when he met Jackie Chan, who was, at the time, a stuntman in Lo Wei's New Fist of Fury, which was released during the "Bruceploitation" era, and was hailed as a "follow-up" to Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury. Willie had shown a keen interest in Jackie's willingness and ability to perform dangerous stunts.
After Jackie, fed up with a staggering career, moved to Australia for a few months to work as a cook, Willie brought him back to work as a leading actor for Lo's production company, "Lo Wei...
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