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Reliable biographical information on Ho is difficult to come by, due to his obscurity and his recent relative inactivity (he directed only one film between 1995 and 2005, compared with more than 60 from 1980–1990). The problem is further exacerbated by his frequent use of pseudonyms. He has been credited under more than 20 different names during the course of his career, although his motives for doing this are unclear. Interestingly, neither Godfrey Ho nor any of his other pseudonyms are his real birth name, which, according to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), is Chi Kueng Ho (何志強). In the Chinese language|Chinese-speaking world, Ho is usually credited by his real name. Ho's pseudonyms include Godfrey Hall, Zhi Jiang He, Benny Ho, Chi-Mou Ho, Chun-Sing Ho, Charles Lee, Stanley Chan, George King, Tomas Tang, Bruce Lambert, Tommy Cheung, Tommy Cheng, Tommy Leung, Charles Lee, Alton Cheung, Ho Jeung Keung, Fong Ho and others. A notable feature of many of Godfrey Ho's films was the presence of the B-actor Richard_Harrison_%28actor%29|Richard Harrison in a lead role. Harrison, a reasonably well-known American B-movie actor in the 1960s and 1970s, agreed to act in several of Ho's films in the early 1980s, although this footage was later spliced into many more of Ho's films without Harrison's knowledge. The damage done to Harrison's acting career by his association with Ho's films led him to retire in 1990. Another curious aspect of Godfrey Ho's career is his connection with a man by the name of Joseph Lai. Lai is credited as the Film producer|producer for many of Ho's films, although the relationship between them is unclear. The IMDB, until recently, listed Joseph Lai as one of Godfrey Ho's pseudonyms, implying that Ho produced his films himself under a different name. However, this has recently been changed, and the two now have separate entries in the IMDB database. None of Ho's films have received a rating over 6.0 from IMDB users http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387301/filmorate, with most being rated at 4.0 or below. Some of Ho's movies have been criticized as being worse and more ridiculous than Plan 9 from Outer Space, which has received international acclaim as the worst film ever made. Only a lack of votes serves to keep many of Ho's films out of the IMDB bottom 100 list http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom, as it takes at least 625 votes to be eligible for the list. Godfrey Ho now teaches digital movie-making in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Category:Hong Kong film directors|Ho, Godfrey Category:1948 births|Ho, Godfrey This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Godfrey Ho".
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