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Godfrey Ho

Godfrey Ho

Born: 1948-11-10 • Hong Kong, China

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.

Filmography
Ninja Master: Interview with Godfrey Ho poster
Ninja Master: Interview with Godfrey Ho
2024 • Himself
Enter the Clones of Bruce poster
Enter the Clones of Bruce
2023 • Self
From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema poster
From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema
2023 • self
Space Ninjas poster
Space Ninjas
2019 • Janitor
Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema poster
Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema
2018 • Self
Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1 poster
Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1
1995 • Self
Mr. X poster
Mr. X
1995 • Godfather Ho
Ninja Hunt poster
Ninja Hunt
1986 • Dr. Ho (uncredited)
Paris Killers poster
Paris Killers
1974