Mandy was born in 1963 in Hong Kong His father But Fan Chan is famous for his Chinese calligraphy Mandy immigrated with his parents to Boston in 1976 His passion for martial arts started at the age of 12 when he was inspired by a Bruce Lee movie Enter the Dragon Growing up in the streets of Bostons China Town he took kung fu lessons and practiced his first kungfu moves with his mentor like Donnie Yen ??? currently he is the number one movie actor in Asia and John S who is Hong Kong secretary of treasury At school Mandy as a part of Chinese culture classes started to take Chinese dancing lessons and thus began his first onstage experience which inspired in him a passion for performing At the age of 20 his martial arts skills and personal charm led him back to Hong Kong where he moved in 1983 with his good friend Donnie Yen to launch a movie career He appeared in more than 50 movies ranging from action to drama and comedy among them Bloodsport with Jean Claude Van Damme Legend of the Wolf Drunken Tai Chi and Satans Return He was also an action director of several films including The Six Devil Women The Green Hornet and Circus Kid His mentors teachers and partners were always the Yuen brothers Yuen Wooping ??? the Academy Award Mac226 winning choreographer of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in 2000 who also launched the career of Jackie Chan in Snake in Eagles Shadow 1978 and Drunken Master 1978 and Yuen Cheungyan ??? They are also both known in the USA for directing movies like The Matrix trilogy Kill Bill Volume 1 Volume 2 Kung Fu Hustle Once Upon A Time In China series Iron Monkey and of course The Forbidden Kingdom Mandy Chan is a multitalented person with amazing skills not only as an actor stunt man and fight choreographer but also as an action director and producer inspired by and side by side with the Yuen brothers His movie career led him to travel all over the world to film not just in Hong Kong but also in China Thailand Taiwan Yugoslavia Canada and South Africa Currently he owns Ultimate Film Studio Production and Sky Lab Video Entertainment Using his multitalented skills in small affordable but professional quality video production in a wide range of services which cover short films documentaries ads commercials birthday parties and wedding ceremonies you name it and Mandy produces it He also teaches a movie making class at Bunker Hill College MA and runs an ongoing martial arts film production program at Chinese Martial Arts of Acton MA With his expertise from years in front of and behind the camera his curriculum reveals the magic of creating a movie from acting to choreography and stunts both preproduction and post production Camera angles movement lens usage and lighting are covered he discusses demonstrates and teaches scene continuity along with editing sound effects music and exporting the final product to the web file or DVD
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