'Infernal Affairs' Producer Was 75
Nansun Shi, a pioneering Hong Kong film producer and co-founder of Film Workshop, has died at age 75. She was instrumental in the Hong Kong cinematic golden age and helped bridge the gap between regional and international film distribution.
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Shi's work was foundational in shaping modern Asian cinema and facilitating the international success of films like 'Infernal Affairs'.
Nansun Shi, the pioneering Hong Kong producer and executive who helped shape the territory’s cinematic golden age as the co-founder of Film Workshop and who later produced Infernal Affairs - the cult crime thriller Martin Scorsese would remake as the Oscar-winning The Departed - died Monday at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital. She was 75.
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