Brains (1991), Royal Tramp I and II (1992) and Sixty Million Dollar Man (1995). Wong's commercial skills are not limited to the content of his movies or his casting. He was using Hollywood-style cross-media promotional tactics – such as tie-in novels, comic books and other products, and magazine interviews – long before they became common in Hong Kong (Bordwell, 2000). Wong's style, often seen as loud, crass and philistine, may be another factor in his low stock among critics. According to director Ann Hui, he remarked of Hui's acclaimed 1990 drama Song of the Exile, "Who wants to watch the autobiography of a fat woman?" In 1994, unidentified assailants attacked him outside his offices and knocked out his teeth; this was widely believed to have been retaliation for injudicious remarks, ordered by Triads or Chinese organized crime figures, whose involvement in the industry is notorious, although Wong himself is rumored to be involved with the Triads. Since the late 1990s, Wong's films have fared much worse in the box office due to the sluggish recession which has been enveloping Hong Kong cinema in the new millennium. However a number of his films released in the 2010s, such as From Vegas to Macau, have seen renewed success for the director, particularly in mainland China. Filmography References Bordwell, David. Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. Dannen, Fredric, and Barry Long. Hong Kong Babylon: The Insider's Guide to the Hollywood of the East. New York: Miramax, 1997. Teo, Stephen. Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions. London: British Film Institute, 1997. Yang, Jeff. Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Mainland Chinese Cinema. New York: Atria, 2003. External links Wong Jing profile page at Hong Kong Cinemagic Long interview with Wong Jing at Hong Kong Cinemagic Hong Kong film directors 1955 births Living people Hong Kong male film actors Hong Kong film producers Hong Kong film presenters Hong Kong screenwriters Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong male television actors 20th-century Hong Kong male actors 21st-century Hong Kong male actors