1932 - 1997
Hu Jinquan (胡金銓, 29 April 1932 – 14 January 1997), better known as King Hu, was a Chinese film director and actor based in Hong Kong and Taiwan. He is best known for directing various wuxia films in the 1960s and 1970s, which brought Hong Kong and Taiwanese cinema to new technical and artistic heights. His films Come Drink with Me (1966), Dragon Inn (1967), and A Touch of Zen (1970–1971) inaugurated a new generation of wuxia films in the late 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of King Hu has received more than 243,852 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). King Hu is the 561st most popular film director (down from 513th in 2019), the 663rd most popular biography from China (down from 586th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Chinese Film Director.
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Among film directors, King Hu ranks 561 out of 1,581. Before him are James Wong, František Čáp, John Milius, Amos Gitai, Ján Kadár, and Roger Spottiswoode. After him are James Gunn, Paul Greengrass, Jaco Van Dormael, Mika Kaurismäki, László Benedek, and Hal Roach.
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 555
1913 - 1972
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 556
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 557
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 558
1918 - 1979
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 559
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 560
1932 - 1997
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 561
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 562
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 563
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 564
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 565
1905 - 1992
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 566
1892 - 1992
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 567
Among people born in 1932, King Hu ranks 186. Before him are Eleanor F. Helin, Michihiro Ozawa, Yukio Shimomura, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Vladimir Voinovich, and Tommy Taylor. After him are Sven Lindqvist, Mika Antić, Majel Barrett, John Glen, Eileen Brennan, and Qahhor Mahkamov. Among people deceased in 1997, King Hu ranks 126. Before him are Colonel Tom Parker, Lam Ching-ying, Maria Prymachenko, Juzo Itami, Béla Barényi, and James A. Michener. After him are Giorgio Strehler, Ella Maillart, Brian Keith, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Francisco Aramburu, and William Martínez.
1932 - 2009
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 180
1932 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 181
1932 - Present
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 182
1932 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 183
1932 - 2018
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 184
1932 - 1958
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 185
1932 - 1997
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 186
1932 - 2019
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 187
1932 - 1986
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 188
1932 - 2008
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 189
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 190
1932 - 2013
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 191
1932 - 2016
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 192
1909 - 1997
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 120
1952 - 1997
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 121
1908 - 1997
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 122
1933 - 1997
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 123
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 124
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 125
1932 - 1997
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 126
1921 - 1997
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 127
1903 - 1997
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 128
1921 - 1997
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 129
1946 - 1997
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 130
1922 - 1997
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 131
1928 - 1997
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 132
Among people born in China, King Hu ranks 663 out of 1,392. Before him are François Cheng (1929), Wang Bo (650), Ma Huateng (1971), Zhang Zhidong (1837), Zhang Daqian (1899), and Liu Yuxi (772). After him are Wang Can (177), Zhang Guotao (1897), Shi Pei Pu (1938), Kenneth Tsang (1935), Nie Er (1912), and Huang Gongwang (1269).
1929 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 657
650 - 676
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 658
1971 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 659
1837 - 1909
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 660
1899 - 1983
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 661
772 - 842
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 662
1932 - 1997
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 663
177 - Present
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 664
1897 - 1979
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 665
1938 - 2009
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 666
1935 - 2022
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 667
1912 - 1935
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 668
1269 - 1354
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 669
Among film directors born in China, King Hu ranks 9. Before him are Wong Kar-wai (1958), Terence Young (1915), Yuen Woo-ping (1945), Chen Kaige (1952), Lo Wei (1918), and Edward Yang (1947). After him are Ann Hui (1947), Chang Cheh (1923), Chloé Zhao (1982), Xie Jin (1923), Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952), and Jia Zhangke (1970).
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 3
1915 - 1994
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 4
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 5
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 6
1918 - 1996
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 7
1947 - 2007
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8
1932 - 1997
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 10
1923 - 2002
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 11
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 12
1923 - 2008
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 13
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 14
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 15