Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to a choreographer or a group of choreographers for the best achievement in action choreography. Since action scenes have an essential role in Hong Kong action cinema, this award is regarded as an important category.

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
Awarded for	Achievement in action choreography
Country	Hong Kong
Presented by	Hong Kong Film Awards
First awarded	1983
Currently held by	Donnie Yen, Ku Huen Chiu, Tanigaki Kenji, Li Chung Chi (2022)

History

The award was established at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards (1983) and the first winner in this category was the group of choreographers Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Biao & Billy Chan Wui-Ngai for their contribution in staging the action scenes of The Prodigal Son.

Action choreographers with the most wins:

1. Jackie Chan – 10
2. Jackie Chan Stunt Team – 7
3. Yuen Woo-ping – 6
4. Stephen Tung Wai – 6
5. Donnie Yen – 5
6. Sammo Hung – 4

Note that, uncredited, Donnie Yen was also action co-choreographer for the winners Once Upon a Time in China II, Ip Man, Ip Man 2, and Bodyguards and Assassins. Though even credited choreographers can be excluded in a nomination, such as Yuen Shun-yi for the first film.

Action choreographers with the most nominations:

1. Jackie Chan – 23
2. Sammo Hung – 23
3. Ching Siu-tung - 19
4. Jackie Chan Stunt Team – 17
5. Stephen Tung Wai – 17
6. Corey Yuen - 16
7. Yuen Woo-ping – 15
8. Chin Ka-lok - 12
9. Yuen Tak - 11
10. Yuen Bun - 11
11. Sammo Hung Stunt Team – 9
12. Donnie Yen – 9

Winners and nominees

Year	Nominee	Film	Note
1983 (2nd)	Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Biao & Billy Chan Wui-Ngai	The Prodigal Son
	Jackie Chan, Corey Yuen, Fung Hak-On	Dragon Lord
	Corey Yuen, Mang Ho	Ninja in the Dragon's Den
	Lau Kar-leung, King Chue, Siu Hau	Legendary Weapons of China
	Yuen Woo-ping, Brandy Yuen Chun-Yeung, Yuen Shun-yi, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Yuen Yat-Choh, Chiu Chung-Hing	The Miracle Fighters
	Ma Yin-Tat, Poon Ching-Fuk, Wong Seung-Hoi, Yu Hoi	Shaolin Temple
1984 (3rd)	Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-ying, Billy Chan Wui-Ngai	Winners and Sinners	^[1]
	Corey Yuen	Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
	Brandy Yuen Chun-Yeung, Yuen Shun-yi	The Champions
	Ching Siu-tung	Duel to the Death
	Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Biao & Billy Chan Wui-Ngai	The Dead and the Deadly
1985 (4th)	Jackie Chan Stunt Team	Project A	^[2]
	Sammo Hung Stunt Team	The Dead and the Deadly
	Jackie Chan Stunt Team	Wheels on Meals
	Billy Chan Wui-Ngai	Long Arm of the Law
	Lau Kar-leung	The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
1986 (5th)	Jackie Chan Stunt Team	Police Story	^[3]
	Corey Yuen, Mang Hoi	Yes, Madam
	Sammo Hung Stunt Team	Mr. Vampire
	Sammo Hung Stunt Team	Heart of Dragon
	Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-ying	My Lucky Stars
1987 (6th)	Ching Siu-tung	Witch from Nepal	^[4]
	Ching Siu-tung	Peking Opera Blues
	Corey Yuen, Yuen Biao, Mang Hoi, Tsui Ha	Righting Wrongs
	Mang Hoi	Royal Warriors
	The Liu Clan	Martial Arts of Shaolin
	Sammo Hung Stunt Team	Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1988 (7th)	Jackie Chan Stunt Team	Project A Part II	^[5]
	Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Lau Kar-Wing, Danny Yuen Ching-Yeung	Armour of God
	Sammo Hung Stunt Team	Eastern Condors
	Tsui Siu-Ming	Hoi Si Jan Lau
	Ching Siu-tung	A Better Tomorrow 2
	Ching Siu-tung, Alan Chui Chung-San, Philip Kwok, Lau Chi-Ho, Wu Chi-Lung	A Chinese Ghost Story
1989 (8th)	Jackie Chan Stunt Team	Police Story 2	^[6]
	The Liu Clan	Tiger on Beat
	Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Sammo Hung Stunt Team	Dragons Forever
1990 (9th)	Jackie Chan Stunt Team	Miracles	^[7]
	Sammo Hung Stunt Team, Yuen Wah, Yuen Tak	The Iceman Cometh
	Sammo Hung Stunt Team, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Mang Hoi	Pedicab Driver
1991 (10th)	Ching Siu-tung	The Swordsman	^[8]
	Ching Siu-tung	The Terracotta Warrior
	Ching Siu-tung, Lau Chi-Ho, Wu Chi-Lung	A Chinese Ghost Story II
	Yuen Tak	The Dragon from Russia
1992 (11th)	Yuen Cheung-yan, Yuen Shun-yi, Lau Kar-wing	Once Upon a Time in China	^[9]
	Jackie Chan Stunt Team	Armour of God II: Operation Condor
	Yuen Tak	Savior of Soul
	Lee Moon-Wah	Prison on Fire 2
	Ching Siu-tung, Ma Yuk-Sing, Cheung Yiu-Sing	A Chinese Ghost Story III
1993 (12th)	Yuen Woo-ping	Once Upon a Time in China II	^[10]
	Ching Siu-tung	Royal Tramp 2
	Ching Siu-tung, Yuen Tak	New Dragon Gate Inn
	Ching Siu-tung, Yuen Tak, Ma Yuk-Sing, Cheung Yiu-Sing	Swordsman II
	Stanley Tong, Tang Tak-Wing, Alien Sit Chun-Wai, Chan Man-Ching, Wong Ming-Sing	Police Story 3
1994 (13th)	Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak	Fong Sai-yuk	^[11]
	Ching Siu-tung	The Heroic Trio
	Jackie Chan	Crime Story
	Yuen Tak	Once Upon a Time in China III
	Yuen Woo-ping, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Yuen Shun-yi, Kuk Hin-Chiu	Iron Monkey
1995 (14th)	Lau Kar-leung & Jackie Chan Stunt Team	Drunken Master II	^[12]
	Sammo Hung	Ashes of Time
	Yuen Woo-ping	Fist of Legend
	Corey Yuen	The New Legend of Shaolin
	Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak	The Bodyguard from Beijing
1996 (15th)	Stanley Tong, Jackie Chan	Rumble in the Bronx	^[13]
	Yuen Biu, Mang Hoi, Stephen Tung Wai	The Blade
	Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Sammo Hung Stunt Team	Thunderbolt
	Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak	My Father Is a Hero
	Bruce Law Lai-Yin	Full Throttle
1997 (16th)	Stanley Tong	Police Story 4: First Strike	^[14]
	Ching Siu-tung, Ma Yuk-Sing	Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"
	Stephen Tung Wai	Shanghai Grand
	Yuen Woo-ping	Black Mask
	Ma Yuk-Sing	Big Bullet
1998 (17th)	Stephen Tung Wai	Downtown Torpedoes	^[15]
	Sammo Hung	Once Upon a Time in China and America
	Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Cho Wing	Mr. Nice Guy
	Yuen Bun	Island of Greed
	Yuen Bun	Lifeline
1999 (18th)	Jackie Chan	Who Am I?	^[16]
	Dion Lam	The Storm Riders
	Bruce Law Lai-Yin	Extreme Crisis
	Stephen Tung Wai	Hitman
	Stephen Tung Wai	Hot War
2000 (19th)	Stephen Tung Wai	Purple Storm	^[17]
	Jackie Chan Stunt Team	Gorgeous
	Cheng Ka-Sun	The Mission
	Dion Lam	A Man Called Hero
	Li Chung-Chi	Gen-X Cops
2001 (20th)	Yuen Woo-ping	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	^[18]
	Li Chung-Chi	Gen-Y Cops
	Alien Sit Chun-Wai	Tokyo Raiders
	Stanley Tong, Alien Sit Chun-Wai	China Strike Force
	Xiong Xin-Xin	Time and Tide
2002 (21st)	Stephen Tung Wai, Jackie Chan Stunt Team	The Accidental Spy	^[19]
	Ching Siu-tung	Shaolin Soccer
	Ching Siu-tung	My Schoolmate, the Barbarian
	Corey Yuen	The Avenging Fist
	Yuen Woo-ping, Yuen Bun, Kuk Hin-Siu, Yuen Shun-Yi	The Legend of Zu
2003 (22nd)	Ching Siu-tung	Hero	^[20]
	Philip Kwok	The Touch
	Dion Lam	Infernal Affairs
	Corey Yuen, Guo Jianyong	So Close
	Stephen Tung Wai	Princess D
2004 (23rd)	Donnie Yen	The Twins Effect	^[21]
	Yuen Bun	Running on Karma
	Stephen Tung Wai	Heroic Duo
	Chin Ka-lok	Star Runner
	Sammo Hung	The Medallion
2005 (24th)	Yuen Woo-ping	Kung Fu Hustle	^[22]
	Jackie Chan Stunt Team, Li Chung-Chi	New Police Story
	Chin Ka-lok	One Nite in Mongkok
	Yuen Bun	Throwdown
	Corey Yuen	The Twins Effect II
2006 (25th)	Donnie Yen	SPL: Sha Po Lang	^[23]
	Li Chung-Chi	Divergence
	Yuen Woo-ping, Yuen Shun-Yi, Ku Huen-Chiu	House of Fury
	Jackie Chan, Stanley Tong, Richard Hung	The Myth
	Lau Kar-leung, Stephen Tung Wai, Xiong Xin-Xin	Seven Swords
2007 (26th)	Yuen Woo-ping	Fearless	^[24]
	Stephen Tung Wai	Battle of Wits
	Donnie Yen	Dragon Tiger Gate
	Jackie Chan, Li Chung-Chi, Jackie Chan Stunt Team	Rob-B-Hood
	Ching Siu-tung	Curse of the Golden Flower
2008 (27th)	Donnie Yen	Flash Point	^[25]
	Li Chung-Chi	Invisible Target
	Ching Siu-tung	The Warlords
	Benz Kong	Twins Mission
	Chin Ka-lok	Protégé
2009 (28th)	Sammo Hung & Tony Leung Siu-Hung	Ip Man	^[26]
	Li Chung-Chi	Connected
	Corey Yuen	Red Cliff
	Sammo Hung	Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
	Stephen Tung Wai	Painted Skin
2010 (29th)	Stephen Tung Wai & Lee Tat Chiu	Bodyguards and Assassins	^[27]
	Corey Yuen	Red Cliff II
	Ma Yuk Sing	The Storm Warriors
	Chin Ka-lok	Shinjuku Incident
	Ku Huen Chiu	14 Blades
2011 (30th)	Sammo Hung	Ip Man 2	^[28]
	Yuen Tak	Gallants
	Sammo Hung	Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
	Donnie Yen	Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
	Stephen Tung-wai	Reign of Assassins
2012 (31st)	Yuen Bun, Lan Hai Han, Sun Jiankui	Flying Swords of Dragon Gate	^[29]
	Tony Ching	The Sorcerer and the White Snake
	Donnie Yen	Wu Xia
	Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak, Li Chung Chi	Shaolin
	Sit Chun Wai, Li Chung Chi	Let the Bullets Fly
2013 (32nd)	Jackie Chan & He Jun	CZ12	^[30]
	Sammo Hung	Tai Chi 0
	Chin Ka-lok, Wong Wai Fai, Ng Hoi Tong	Motorway
	Dante Lam Chiu-Yin, Chin Ka-lok, Wong Wai Fai, Ng Hoi Tong	The Viral Factor
	Chin Ka-lok & Wong Wai Fai	Cold War
2014 (33rd)	Yuen Woo-ping	The Grandmaster	^[31]
	Yuen Bun, Lin Feng	Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
	Chin Ka-lok	Firestorm
	Donnie Yen	Special ID
	Ling Chi Wah	Unbeatable
2015 (34th)	Donnie Yen, Stephen Tung Wai, Yuen Bun, Yan Hua	Kung Fu Jungle	^[32]^[33]
	Ku Huen Chiu	The Four III
	Stephen Tung Wai	The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom
	Yuen Woo-ping	Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
	Corey Yuen	Rise of the Legend
2016 (35th)	Li Chung Chi (Nicky Li)	SPL II: A Time for Consequences (aka Kill Zone 2)	^[34]
	Jackie Chan and JC Stunt Team	Dragon Blade
	Chin Ka-lok	Helios
	Yuen Bun	The Taking of Tiger Mountain
	Yuen Woo Ping	Ip Man 3
2017 (36th)	Stephen Tung Wai	Operation Mekong	^[35]^[36]
	Yuen Bun, Dion Lam	Sword Master
	Sammo Hung	Call of Heroes
	Chin Ka-lok	Cold War 2
	Sammo Hung	The Monkey King 2
2018 (37th)	Sammo Hung	Paradox	^[37]
	Li Chung-chi	The Brink
	Yuen Cheung-yan, Yuen Shun-yi	The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
	Ku Huen-chiu	Wu Kong
	Yu Kang, Yuen Bun, Yan Hua	Chasing the Dragon
2019 (38th)	Dante Lam	Operation Red Sea
	Lin Feng	Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
	Chin Ka-lok, Alan Ng, Tang Sui Wa	Golden Job
	Li Chung Chi	Project Gutenberg
	Yuen Shun-yi	Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy
2020 (39th)	Yuen Woo-ping	Ip Man 4	^[38]
	Jack Wong	A Witness Out of the Blue
	Chin Ka-lok, Ka-lok Stunt Team, Wong Wai Fai, Tang Sui Wa, Thomson Ng	Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy
	Stephen Tung	Double World
	Hon Ping, Gobi Ng	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
2022 (40th)	Donnie Yen, Ku Huen Chiu, Tanigaki Kenji, Li Chung Chi	Raging Fire	^[39]
	Leung Pok Yan	One Second Champion
	Tang Sui Wa	Hand Rolled Cigarette
	Li Chung Chi	Shock Wave 2
	Jack Wong Wai Leung	Limbo
2023 (41st)	Jack Wong Wai Leung	Warriors of Future	^[40]
	Sammo Hung, Jimmy Hung, Yuen Woo-ping	Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
	Lin Feng, Stephen Tung Wai	The Battle at Lake Changjin II
	Wong Chi Man	Where the Wind Blows
	Jack Wong Wai Leung	Detective vs Sleuths

See also

• Hong Kong Film Award
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer

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External links

• Hong Kong Film Awards Official Site