Li Zhongzhi

Li Zhongzhi

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Li Zhongzhi, born on December 23, 1963, is a member of the family building class. He is a famous action director in Hong Kong and the winner of the Golden Horse Award for best action design. He has participated in the martial arts design of many Hong Kong classic action movies, and his martial arts style is strong, simple and explosive. He has cooperated with Hong Kong talented director Chen Musheng in many popular action films, such as "new police story", "baby plan" and "man's nature" are his representative works. In 2008, he cooperated with Wu Jing to shoot the director's first work "wolf tooth". Li Zhongzhi is a popular action director in Hong Kong and even the whole Chinese film world, following Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao, Liu Jialiang, Cheng Xiaodong, Yuan Heping and others, especially in recent years.

On September 7, 2016, he won the best action film director award of the 20th Huading Award for "war wolf".

Acting experience

Shooting west wind

Li Zhongzhi is the action director of the film. It is said that before Li Zhongzhi, the crew had changed several action guides, all of which were at a loss for the creative action of director Gao Qunshu (Lao Gao). "It's an impossible task!" When the olive branch of strong west wind is thrown at Li Zhongzhi, his initial reaction is just like this.

In recent years, Li Zhongzhi has risen rapidly in the martial arts circle of Hong Kong. The wonderful action designs in his works, such as rush hour, the story of the new policeman and the true color of a man, can't help clapping his hands. "It's very difficult and dangerous, and it has to be realistic. These are action plays that haven't been seen in Hong Kong movies before. Every play is almost an impossible challenge, but Lao Gao insists on shooting it. " Perhaps because of this persistence, Li Zhongzhi finally accompanied Lao Gao to this "impossible task".

Two days ago, the crew just finished a "mountain wall pulley" play. In a valley, an off-road vehicle can only slide along the mountain wall in order to escape the pursuit of large trucks. The driver of this car is Wu Jing, and the one in the back seat is Yang Caini. "The off-road vehicle flashed back and almost threw them up. But we've all given up. " Li Zhongzhi said. Maybe it's this kind of fighting spirit that makes the west wind strong different, and it's also the reason why people have to look forward to it.

The yellow sand seems to be a little tired, but they can't be tired, because there are more important plays waiting to continue.

Interview

Reporter: there are a lot of real blasting and fighting scenes in the movie strong west wind. As a special effect guide, how do you handle and grasp them?

Li Zhongzhi: when designing actions, whether they are doubles or actors, their safety is the biggest premise. First of all, experience is the most important. In terms of action design, every detail should be considered clearly, but many factors cannot be preset. For example, when shooting strong west wind, the weather was very cold, the actor's body was slow, but some scenes needed to be performed very fast. For the staff, keep a high degree of tension at all times. The action itself is dangerous. Many actors may not have done any action before filming. The action of each play is a fresh attempt for him. Doing the same action in different places has an impact on him. Before doing it, we should try our best to let the actors adjust their mentality and not despise every action. Especially the very easy action is more likely to be injured. Most of the dangers can be avoided, but some accidents are inevitable, because the action is not what you want to control.

Reporter: what measures do you usually take to prevent risks?

Li Zhongzhi: first, I'll show the stand in to the actor, and then I'll let the actor try it slowly. Second, whether the actor has the confidence to do the action. If he doesn't have the confidence, you insist on him to do it, and the actor is more likely to be injured. Finally, when I let the actor try, I should pay attention to his process, such as Duan Yihong's car jumping. The speed is very slow when trying, but when shooting, it's difficult It's a lot faster. If I make mistakes when I try, I won't let him do it. Now you don't have to work as hard as you did in the 1980s. Now you have computer special effects that you can make good use of.

Reporter: what do you think of "Selina and Yu Haoming's accidental burns"? From the perspective of professionals, where do you think the responsibility lies?

Li Zhongzhi: I heard that there were two layers of explosions at that time. It was necessary to blast the upper layer first and then the second layer after people left. It sounds very safe, but the potential danger of actors' actions was ignored. For example, what should we do if the blasting procedure goes wrong? If you put out all kinds of possibilities before shooting, the probability of accidents may be a little smaller. Because if the blasting goes wrong, it will not only affect the filming progress, cause the injury of the actors, but also bring about the loss of the cost. Sometimes even the whole play does not need to be filmed.

Reporter: for new people shooting dangerous drama, please give some advice?

Li Zhongzhi: many new people are very willing to do some actions. First, don't be too afraid. Second, don't do anything that you can't do. Even if you can do it, don't be too demanding, but don't be too timid. At present, both Hong Kong and the mainland have a lot of experienced guidance, and some actions can be tried with ease. Some people are afraid of getting hurt and will say, "why do I work so hard as an actor? But only when I have to pay can I get something. In fact, many actors have paid a great price to get today's results.".

Shooting "two heroes on Treasure Island"

According to the director, the smooth shooting of "two heroes on Treasure Island" is inseparable from the strong guarantee of the family class. As the backstage team of "two heroes on Treasure Island", the family class also carefully designed every actor and every action. As the martial arts director of the film, Li Zhongzhi has directed action blockbusters such as rush hour, the story of the new policeman, and man's true colors. This time, Li Zhongzhi was the bodyguard of Fang Zuming. With the help of the "family class", the action plays in the play can be described as real scenes, from boxing to flesh. It not only plays the essence of traditional Chinese martial arts, but also presents the exciting fighting scenes of "real kung fu" with the performance of the film. It's worth mentioning that Jaycee Fang is in person and refuses to use a double. When he shows his skills, there is no lack of the shadow of his father Jackie Chan.

Because some of the action scenes in the film are too dangerous, especially the dangerous scene of bus jumping. In order to protect Fang Zuming's safety, martial arts director Li Zhongzhi once proposed to complete the film through later acceleration, but in order to ensure the authenticity of the film's action play, the director insisted on real shooting. Zhishu joked to the director, "if it goes on like this, I'll get two calls, one from Jiaojie and the other from Jackie Chan."

In September 2020, the action movie "broken gold", as the director and action director of the flying car, will be launched.

Main works

Award winning record

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