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Godfrey Ho

Godfrey Ho

Director·b. 1948·Hong Kong, China

11 horror credits

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.

Director6 films

Men Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil

Men Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil

Director

1992
Zodiac Power 3: Kickboxer from Hell

Zodiac Power 3: Kickboxer from Hell

Director

1990
American Commando 5: Fury in Red

American Commando 5: Fury in Red

Director

1988
Crocodile Fury

Crocodile Fury

Director

1988
Diamond Ninja Force

Diamond Ninja Force

Director

1986
Scorpion Thunderbolt

Scorpion Thunderbolt

Director

1984

Writer5 films

American Commando 5: Fury in Red

American Commando 5: Fury in Red

Screenplay

1988
Thunder of Gigantic Serpent

Thunder of Gigantic Serpent

Screenplay

1988
Zombie vs. Ninja

Zombie vs. Ninja

Writer

1987
Breakout From Oppression

Breakout From Oppression

Screenplay

1985
Scorpion Thunderbolt

Scorpion Thunderbolt

Screenplay

1984

Other Crew3 films

Breakout From Oppression

Breakout From Oppression

Production Designer

1985
Shatter

Shatter

Assistant Director

1974
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Assistant Director

1974 3.5