What is Benny Chan?
'''Benny Chan Muk-Sing''' ({{zh|t=陳木勝|s=陈木胜|p=Chén Mùshèng}}; 7 October 1961<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hkfilmdirectors.com/zh-hk/director/chan-muk-shing-benny|title=陳木勝 CHAN Muk Shing Benny|publisher=hkfilmdirectors.com|access-date=19 July 2018|language=zh|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030635/http://www.hkfilmdirectors.com/zh-hk/director/chan-muk-shing-benny|url-status=dead}}</ref> – 23 August 2020) was a Hong Kong [[movie director]], [[movie producer|producer]] and [[screenwriter]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Benny Chan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/189017/Benny-Chan-Muk-Sing/filmography|date=August 2019|access-date=2020-08-25|archive-date=2015-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619223400/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/189017/Benny-Chan-Muk-Sing/filmography|url-status=live}}</ref> He was born in [[British Hong Kong]]. During the 1990s, he directed movies like ''[[Big Bullet]]'' (1996), ''[[Who Am I? (1998 movie)|Who Am I?]]'' (1998), and ''[[Gen-X Cops]]'' (1999). In 2019, Chan was diagnosed with [[nasopharyngeal cancer]]. He died at a hospital in Hong Kong from the disease on 23 August 2020, aged 58.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hk.appledaily.com/entertainment/20200823/BUUU2MDCJWNSO4AIDP2VYYX7DM/|title=【一路好走】《掃毒》導演陳木勝不敵鼻咽癌病逝 終年58歲|website=[[hk.appledaily.com]]|date=23 August 2020|access-date=23 August 2020|language=zh-hant|archive-date=23 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823075737/https://hk.appledaily.com/entertainment/20200823/BUUU2MDCJWNSO4AIDP2VYYX7DM/|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Benny}} [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from nasopharynx cancer]] [[Category:Chinese movie directors]] [[Category:Chinese movie producers]] [[Category:Chinese screenwriters]] {{bio-stub}}