Shi Nansun, Hong Kong Producer Behind ‘Infernal Affairs,’ Dies at 75
Shi Nansun, the Hong Kong producer and executive who co-founded Film Workshop and helped establish international distribution networks for Chinese-language cinema, died Monday at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital. In a statement, Film Workshop said Shi had been in declining health since 2022 due to complications affecting her immune system, and that recent infections had led to “multiple organ dysfunction.” The company said she died peacefully at 8:51 p.m.
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Shi Nansun, the Hong Kong producer and executive who co-founded Film Workshop and helped establish international distribution networks for Chinese-language cinema, died Monday at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital. In a statement, Film Workshop said Shi had been in declining health since 2022 due to complications affecting her immune system, and that recent infections had led to “multiple organ dysfunction.” The company said she died peacefully at 8:51 p.m. local time on July 13, with family by her side, and that memorial and funeral details would be released at a later date. Shi’s path into the industry ran through Hong Kong television, where she worked through the mid-to-late 1970s before Cinema City Studios brought her on as executive director in 1981, putting her in charge of the young company’s overseas sales and festival strategy at a time when Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest still dominated the local market.
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- Shi Nansun, the Hong Kong producer and executive who co-founded Film Workshop and helped establish international distribution networks for Chinese-language cinema, died Monday at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital. In a statement, Film Workshop said Shi had been in declining health since 2022 due to complications affecting her immune system, and that recent infections had led to “multiple organ dysfunction.” The company said she died peacefully at 8:51 p.m.
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