Editing Tsui Hark (section)

==Early life==
Tsui was born on February 15th, 1950 in [[Guangzhou|Guangzhou, China]], to a family with 16 siblings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Online Exclusive: An Annotated* Tsui Hark Interview |url=http://www.filmcomment.com/article/tsui-hark-interview |work=Film Comment}}</ref> He was moved by his father to [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]], [[Vietnam]] as a child, and grew up there until immigrating to Hong Kong when he turned 14.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-05 |title=Tsui Hark {{!}} South China Morning Post |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2030477/tsui-hark |access-date=2025-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505011710/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2030477/tsui-hark |archive-date=5 May 2024 }}</ref> Tsui showed an early interest in show business and films; when he was 10, he and some friends rented an [[8 mm film|8mm]] camera to film a magic show they put on at school. He also drew comic books, an interest that would influence his cinematic style.

Tsui started his secondary education in Hong Kong in 1966. He proceeded to study film in [[Texas]], first at [[Southern Methodist University]] and then at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], graduating in 1975. He claims to have told his parents he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps as a [[pharmacist]], and that it was here he changed his given name to Hark ("overcoming").

After graduation, Tsui moved to [[New York City]], where he worked on ''From Spikes to Spindles'' (1976), a noted documentary film by [[Christine Choy]] on the history of the city's Chinatown. He also worked as an editor for a Chinese newspaper, developed a [[community theatre]] group and worked in a Chinese cable TV station. He returned to Hong Kong in 1977.