Hong Kong director and producer of fast commercial comedies and gambling films, best known for 赌神 (God of Gamblers, 1989) with Chow Yun-fat. He has made well over a hundred films since the early 1980s.
Wáng Jīng bèi chēngwéi Xiānggǎng zuì duōchǎn de shāngyèpiàn dǎoyǎn.
Wong Jing is called Hong Kong's most prolific commercial film director.
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culture
Mainland viewers call him 烂片之王, 'king of trashy films', from 烂片, everyday slang for a bad movie. The label has not hurt sales: his three 澳门风云 (From Vegas to Macau) films earned over two billion yuan.
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In Cantonese his name is read 'Wong Jing' - the spelling used on Hong Kong film credits. In Mandarin it is Wáng Jīng.
