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| Company type | Holding company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Predecessor | Teamwork Corporation Limited |
| Founded | 2004 in Hong Kong |
| Founder | Andy Lau |
| Headquarters | Unit A, 9/F, Billion Cebtre, 1 Wang Kwong Road, Kowloon Bay, , Hong Kong |
Area served | Asia |
Key people | Andy Lau |
| Products | Film Music |
| Services | Film production and distribution Sound recording production Artiste management |
| Divisions | see Subsidiaries |
| Website | www |
| Focus Group Holdings Limited | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 映藝集團控股有限公司 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 映艺集团控股有限公司 | ||||||
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Focus Group Holdings Limited ("Focus Group"; Chinese: 映藝集團控股有限公司), is a company formed by Andy Lau Tak-wah, a popular Hong Kong actor and singer. It is managed by a professional and experienced team. Focus Group is essentially engaged in the films business and artist management business.
The company was originally named Teamwork Motion Pictures (天幕製作有限公司). Because of disagreement and subsequent legal proceedings between Andy Lau and another joint owner of the company. After the settlement of the disputes, Andy renamed the company to the current name in 2004 in order to give it a fresh start.[1]
The notable films produced by the company when it was named Team Work was the critically acclaimed features Made in Hong Kong in 1997 and The Longest Summer in 1998, both films were directed by Fruit Chan.[2]
Focus Films will be producing a remake of the classic 1967 action film Story of a Discharged Prisoner, (the film which was later remade into John Woo's A Better Tomorrow) at estimated cost is US$5 million. Lau will star in the film which will be directed by Stephen Fung.[3]
In December 2006, executives Daniel Yu and Lorna Tee left their positions at Focus Films.[4]
- ^ "Ming Pao Weekly - end of teamwork to start afresh". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
- ^ andy at lovehkfilm.com
- ^ Remake of HK classic action movie 2006-05-15
- ^ Variety.com Mon., Jan. 1, 2007, 2:56pm PT - Yu, Tee out of Focus - Executives leave Lau's production company