Godfrey Ho
Godfrey Ho is considered a master of B-movie Hong Kong actioners. However, a number of his movies are Z-grade movies made with a "cut-and-paste" technique. He would shoot footage for one movie, often using Caucasian actors for exportation, then edit the scenes into several other movies, mixing them with footage from old, unfinished or unreleased Asian movies (using Thai as well as Chinese or Filipino footage), then trying to make the story somewhat coherent through dubbing and voice-overs. He would then have four or five movies while having spent the budget of one. Ho states this style of filmmaking was enforced on him by producer Joseph Lai. He effectively retired from direction after 25 years making genre films in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Phillipines, he was most recently teaching filmmaking at Hong Kong Film Academy.
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- 2023 ยทEnter the Clones of Bruceas Self
- 2023 ยทFrom Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinemaas self
- 2019 ยทSpace Ninjasas
- 2018 ยทCategory III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinemaas Self
- 1995 ยทEastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1as Self
- 1995 ยทMr. Xas Godfather Ho
- 1986 ยทNinja Huntas Dr. Ho (uncredited)
- 1975 ยทThe Iron Super Manas
- 1974 ยทParis Killersas