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Godfrey Ho | |
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| Born | 何志强 or 何致强 November 10, 1948 |
| Other names | Various; see aliases |
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| Years active | 1974–2000/2002 |
| Works | Est. 157 movies, including Undefeatable, Honor and Glory, Ninja Terminator, Full Metal Ninja, Shadow Killers Tiger Force, Robo Vampire |
Godfrey Ho (Chinese: 何志强 or 何致强, Chinese: Ho Chi-Keung; born November 10, 1948)[1] is a prolific former Hong Kong film director and screenwriter. Ho is believed to have directed more than one hundred films, including over 80 movies from 1980 to 1990 before his retirement in 2000. Many of his works are now regarded cult films by aficionados of Z movies as being among some of the most "so bad it's good" entertaining movies ever created.[2]
- ^ Odham Stokes; Braaten, 2020, p.185
- ^ Vorel, Jim (10 July 2014). "The Best of the Bad: The 15 Greatest B-Movie Directors". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
In the schlock pantheon, Godfrey Ho would sit on a special throne made out of tinfoil, compost and detritus that washed up out of the sea onto the shores of his native Hong Kong. Nobody's ever cranked out so many z-grade movies in such a short period as Ho, who produced literally hundreds of films (nobody knows how many) under various pseudonyms, largely in the 1980s.