Shum was educated in Hong Kong, the UK and the US. Upon his return to Hong Kong, he co-founded "City Magazine" with John Chan, and worked as its editor. At the same time, he began working in television and radio.
In 1983, he set up the film production company D&B Films, along with Sammo Hung and Dickson Poon. He later founded another film company with John Chan, Maverick Films Ltd.[1]
Sham's most prolific period working as an actor was during the 1980s. Of the 45 films he has appeared in, 33 were during this period. Notable appearances include Sammo Hung's Lucky Stars films Winners and Sinners (1983) and Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985), and starring roles alongside comedy partner Richard Ng in the Pom Pom series (1984–1986).
Sham is credited as a producer on over 20 films, including Hong Kong 1941 (1984), The Lunatics (1986), Legacy of Rage (1986) and The Banquet (1991). He also worked as an assistant director on the 1987 Michelle Yeoh film Magnificent Warriors and also has credits on a number of other films, with roles such as planning, executive production and presentation.
Throughout much of the 1990s, films took a back seat as Shum was heavily involved with the Pro-Democracy movement in Hong Kong.[2]
In 2005, he was appointed the Executive Secretary of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, by the government-sponsored Film Development Committee (FDC).[3] In December 2007, he was enrolled as an executive committee member of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild.[4]
His latest role is as executive producer, alongside Jackie Chan, for the film Wushu (2008), which was directed by Antony Szeto and starred Sammo Hung.
john, shum, john, sham, born, 1952, hong, kong, actor, film, producer, english, name, sometimes, written, whilst, known, primarily, comedic, acting, roles, hong, kong, cinema, also, spent, time, political, activist, john, shambornjohn, sham, fun1952, hong, kon. John Sham Kin Fun born 1952 is a Hong Kong actor and film producer His English name is sometimes written as John Shum Whilst known primarily for his comedic acting roles in Hong Kong cinema he also spent time as a political activist John ShamBornJohn Sham Kin Fun1952 age 70 71 Hong KongOccupation s actor producerYears active1980 presentSpouse s Au Yim cheung m 1970 75 Tina Lau m 1984 88 Shallin Tse m 1991 2005 AwardsHong Kong Film Awards Best Film1987 An Autumn s TaleChinese nameTraditional Chinese岑建勳Simplified Chinese岑建勋TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinCen JianxunYue CantoneseJyutpingsam4 gin3 fan1In this Chinese name the family name is Sham Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 2 1 Films 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditShum was educated in Hong Kong the UK and the US Upon his return to Hong Kong he co founded City Magazine with John Chan and worked as its editor At the same time he began working in television and radio He was also a student activist in the 1970s back in his youth and was a member of a Trotskyist vanguard party the Revolutionary Marxist League In 1983 he set up the film production company D amp B Films along with Sammo Hung and Dickson Poon He later founded another film company with John Chan Maverick Films Ltd 1 Sham s most prolific period working as an actor was during the 1980s Of the 45 films he has appeared in 33 were during this period Notable appearances include Sammo Hung s Lucky Stars films Winners and Sinners 1983 and Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars 1985 and starring roles alongside comedy partner Richard Ng in the Pom Pom series 1984 1986 Sham is credited as a producer on over 20 films including Hong Kong 1941 1984 The Lunatics 1986 Legacy of Rage 1986 and The Banquet 1991 He also worked as an assistant director on the 1987 Michelle Yeoh film Magnificent Warriors and also has credits on a number of other films with roles such as planning executive production and presentation In 1992 Sham co hosted the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony Throughout much of the 1990s films took a back seat as Shum was heavily involved with the Pro Democracy movement in Hong Kong 2 In 2005 he was appointed the Executive Secretary of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers by the government sponsored Film Development Committee FDC 3 In December 2007 he was enrolled as an executive committee member of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild 4 His latest role is as executive producer alongside Jackie Chan for the film Wushu 2008 which was directed by Antony Szeto and starred Sammo Hung Filmography EditFilms Edit Yes Madam 一皇家師姐 1985 actor A Complicated Story 一個複雜故事 2013 actor A Simple Life 桃姐 2011 actor Bodyguards and Assassins 十月圍城 2009 actor Mr Cinema 老港正傳 2007 actor McDull the Alumni 春田花花同學會 2006 actor New Police Story 新警察故事 2004 actor The Miracle Box 天作之盒 2004 actor 5 6 References Edit HKMDb entry John Sham Kin Fun Retrieved 2008 04 23 Hong Kong Cinemagic entry John Sham Kein Retrieved 2008 04 23 The Film Services Office Appointments to Film Development Committee Archived from the original on 2008 10 23 Retrieved 2008 04 23 HAF Hong Kong Asian Film Financing PDF Kingdom of Fire Tiantang Meirongshi Archived from the original PDF on 2011 07 21 Retrieved 2008 04 23 John Shum at douban com John Shum at chinesemov comExternal links EditJohn Shum at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Shum amp oldid 1138405981, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
