Teddy Chiu

 

TEDDY CHIU Filmography (under construction)

- real name Tedmund Chiu

- Chinese-Filipino, worked mostly as a director or assistant director and sometimes writer for companies such as Kim Y. Lim's Kinavesa/Silver Star and Regal Films under a variety of aliases - Teddy Page, Irvin Johnson, John Lloyd, etc etc - but occasionally made brief appearances in his movies

- Passed away late 2007

*films are already in digital form in the Bamboo Gods Archive

Teddy on the set of Deadringer (1985)

*1975 – Bruka Queen Of Evil (Hong Kong/Filipino co-production for Emperor Films International; Interpretor as "Tedmund Chiu")

*1977 - Bruce And The Shaolin Bronzemen/Bruce's Ninja Secret (Hong Kong/Filipino co-production for Asso Asia Films; assistant director as "Teddy Chiu", and a brief uncredited appearance as a victim of Miss Oki's goons)

*1978 - Ex-Convict (Filipino export for Kinavesa Films International; assistant director and a credited onscreen appearance, both as "Teddy Chiu")

*1979 - Tom Cat (Philippines-only release for Mirick Films International; assistant director as "Teddy Chiu")

*1980 - Kosa (Philippines-only release for CG Films International; production manager as "Teddy Chiu")

*1980 - Estibador (Philippines-only release for SQ Film Productions; production manager as "Teddy Chiu")

*1981 - Laya (Philippines-only release for CG Films International; production manager as "Teddy Chiu")

*1982 - Raiders Of Paradise (Filipino export for Kinavesa Films International; assistant director as "Teddy Chiu")

*1982 - Task Force Alamid/Wild Cats Attack! (Filipino export for Kinavesa Films International; assistant director as "Teddy Chiu")

*1983 - Sanggang Dikit (Philippines-only release for Sinagtala Films; assistant director as "Teddy Chiu")

*1983 - Intrusion Cambodia (Filipino export for Kinavesa Films International; assistant director as "Teddy Chiu")

*1983 - Mad Dog (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; assistant director as "Teddy Page")

*1983 - Fireback (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; director as "Teddy Page")

*1983 - Hunter's Crossing (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; director as "Teddy Page")

*1984 - Blood Debts (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; director as "Teddy Page")

*1984 - Ninja's Force (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; co-director as "Teddy Page" with Romano Kristoff)

*1985 - Black Fire (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; director as "Teddy Page")

*1985 - Ninja Warriors (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; director as "John Lloyd")

*1985 - Heroes For Hire (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; director as "John Lloyd")

*1985 - Deadringer (Filipino export for Silver Star; director as "Teddy Page", and a brief onscreen appearance as the bartender)

*1986 - War Without End (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; director as "Teddy Page")

*1986 - Double Edge (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; director and co-writer as "John Lloyd")

*1987 - Movie In Action (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; director as "Ted Johnson")

*1987 - Jungle Rats (Filipino export for Pacific Media Film Group; director as “Irvin Johnson”)

*1987 - Phantom Soldiers (Filipino export for Regal Films; director as “Irvin Johnson”)

*1988 - Final Reprisal (Filipino export for Solar Films International; director as “Tedd Hemingway”)

*1988 - Blazing Guns (Filipino export for Pacific Media Film Group; director as “Irvin Johnson”)

*1989 - Blood Chase (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; director as "Ted Johnson")

*1989 - Trigon Fire (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Company; director and co-writer as "John Lloyd", and makes a brief appearance credited as "Tedd Hemingway")

*1989 - Impaktita (Philippines-only release for Regal Films; director as "Teddy Chiu")

*1990 – Escape To Nowhere (Hong Kong/Filipino co-production for Davian International Ltd; director as “Irvin Johnson”)

*1990 - Blood Hands (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Corporation/Tower Bridge Investments Co Ltd; director as “Ted Johnson”)

*1990 - Crime Stopper (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Corporation/Tower Bridge Investments Co Ltd; director as “Ted Johnson”)

*1991 - Blood Ring (Hong Kong/Filipino co-production for Davian International Ltd; director as “Irvin Johnson”)

*1991 - Angel In The Dark (Hong Kong/Filipino co-production for Davian International Ltd; director as “Irvin Johnson”)

*1991 – Eternal Fist/Fist Of Steel (Hong Kong/Filipino co-production for Davian International Ltd; director as “Irvin Johnson”)

*1992 - Fighting Spirit/King Of The Kickboxers 2 (Filipino export for Silver Star Film Corporation/Tower Bridge Investments Co Ltd; director as “John Lloyd”)

*1992 - Big Boy Bato: Kilabot Ng Kankaloo (Philippines-only release for Regal Films; director as "Tedmund")

*1993 – Il Labirinto Dei Sensi/Labyrinth Of Love (Italian production for Variety Film Communications; assistant director as "Teddy Chu”)

*1993 – La Casa del Piacera/The House Of Pleasure (Italian production for Variety Film Communication/Produzioni Cinematografiche Massaccesi [PCM] International; first assistant director as "Teddy Chu” [according to actor Nick Nicholson Teddy directed the whole film], and a brief uncredited onscreen appearance)

*1994 – Double Blast (Hong Kong/Filipino co-production for Davian International Ltd; first assistant director as “Irvin Johnson”)

*1995 – Blood Ring 2 (Hong Kong/Filipino co-production for Davian International Ltd; director as “Irvin Johnson”)

*1995 - Tough Beauty And The Sloppy Slop (Hong Kong/Filipino co-production for New Treasurer Films Co. Ltd; listed in the Filipino Crew as "Teddy Tsiu", and makes an uncredited onscreen appearance)

*1995 - Angel On Fire/Matira Ang Matibay (Hong Kong/Filipino co-production for My Way Film Company/Omni Films International; listed in the Filipino credits as co-director "Teddy Chua" along with Philip Ko and Artemio Marquez)

*1996 - Balawis (Philippines-only release for Regal Films; actor as "Teddy Chiu")

1996 - Bad Blood (Hong Kong/Malaysian/Filipino co-production for HVD Entertainment; rumoured to be the uncredited co-writer and co-assistant director with Mike Cassey)

1997 - Desperate Hours (Hong Kong/Malaysian/Filipino co-production for HVD Entertainment; rumoured to be the uncredited co-writer and co-assistant director with Mike Cassey)

1997 - Nightmare Honeymoon (Hong Kong/Malaysian/Filipino co-production for HVD Entertainment; rumoured to be the uncredited co-writer and co-assistant director with Mike Cassey)

1997 - Kasangga Mo Ako Sa Huling Laban (Philippines-only release for Regal Films; actor as "Teddy Chiu")

*1997 - NBI: The Mariano Mison Story (Philippines-only release for Star Cinema; actor as "Teddy Chiu")

1998 - Tukso Ng Panahon/Dangerous Passions (Philippines-only release for Silver Screen International; director as "Teddy Chiu")

1998 - The Resort Murders (Hong Kong/Malaysian/Filipino co-production for HVD Entertainment; credited director, and rumoured to be the uncredited co-writer with Mike Cassey, as "Teddy Chiu") 

1998 - Murder On The Menu (Hong Kong/Malaysian/Filipino co-production for HVD Entertainment; credited director, and rumoured to be the uncredited co-writer with Mike Cassey, as "Teddy Chiu") 

*1998 - Buhawi Jack (Philippines-only release for Regal Films; actor as "Teddy Chiu")

*1998 - Code Name: Bomba (Philippines-only release for Regal Films; actor as "Teddy Chiu")

1999 - Anino (Philippines-only release for Silver Screen International; director as "Teddy Chiu")

*1999 - A Sympathetic Killer (Hong Kong production; actor as "Teddy Gomez")

*2001 - Xtreme Warriors/Digital Man (Hong Kong/Filipino co-production for My Way Film Company/Solar Films; assistant director as "Teddy Chiu")

Malaysia's mysterious HVD Entertainment TV films

 

Phillip Ko (left)

 

NOTES by Andrew Leavold: Some of the most mysterious films involving the Philippines in the Nineties is a series of made-for-TV movies funded by Malaysian consortium HVD Entertainment - a comprehensive overview of the company can be found HERE - and overseen by Hong Kong actor/director Phillip Ko, with much of the writing credited to Mike Cassey, a UK expat living in the Philippines at the time. 

To date I haven't found any trace of the films other than brief cast and crew credits on the IMDB. If anyone can please help out with more information or, even better, copies of the movies, I'd be immensely grateful!

Mike shared with me his scant memories of doing (he estimated) nine films back-to-back in Malaysia around 1996 - his comments are below. 

1996 - Bad Blood (HVD Entertainment)

Director Phillip Ko Writer Mike Cassey Executive Producer Choo Leomg Meng Cinematography Eduardo "Baby" Cabrales Assistant Director Mike Cassey 

Cast Rando Almanzor (Danny), Mike Cassey (Photographer)

THRILLER

1997 - Desperate Hours (HVD Entertainment)

Director Phillip Ko Writer Mike Cassey Executive Producer Choo Leomg Meng Cinematography Eduardo "Baby" Cabrales Assistant Director Mike Cassey 

Cast Heather Van Vleet (Girl Waiting), Zoren Legaspi (Max)

THRILLER

1997 - Nightmare Honeymoon (HVD Entertainment)

Director Phillip Ko Writer Mike Cassey Executive Producer Choo Leomg Meng Assistant Director Mike Cassey

Cast Rando Almanzor (Eddie)

THRILLER

1998 - The Resort Murders (HVD Entertainment)

Director Teddy Chiu Writer Mike Cassey Cinematography Eduardo "Baby" Cabrales Production Manager Max Paglinawan Assistant Director Mike Cassey

Cast Zoren Legaspi   

THRILLER     

1998 - Murder On The Menu (HVD Entertainment)

Director Teddy Chiu Cinematography Eduardo "Baby" Cabrales Production Manager Max Paglinawan Assistant Director Mike Cassey

Cast Mike Cassey (Resort Manager), Dan Fernandez (Danny)

THRILLER/COMEDY

Mike Cassey on the HVD films (interview with Andrew Leavold, 2009 - the full interview can be found HERE)

Andrew: I'm fascinated in the series of video features you scripted in the late 90s directed by Teddy Chiu and Philip Ko for what looks like a Malay company? The Resort Murders, for instance.

Mike Cassey: That was all through Philip Ko, who was wheeling and dealing to get movies projects from all over Asia. Because of Philip's "unique" style of directing (he would often change actors and locations in the middle of the shoot!) I scripted most of those "on the fly" rewriting the stories, scenes and characters on a yellow pad on the set during the shooting. No time to type them up!

These are between '96 and '98 - where are the markets he's selling to at the time?

We often had a mixture of Chinese actors, Korean actors, Malaysian actors, Western actors...all speaking their own languages! Pure bedlam! But a great way to improve my writing skills. No writer's block on those movies! Philip was trying to cover and sell to all the Asian markets. Some were shown theatrically in some countries, some only on TV and some direct-to-video. I think most of them made money...for someone!

Not to the West, at this stage?

Philip's style meant that he could never really break into the mainstream and so his market was always "B". that also meant low-budgets, short shooting schedules...and lots of confusion. I was never in on the marketing schemes to most of these productions, so don't know much about their back-end deals. I'm sure some of them wound up on in Western video stores. Most of the post-production was done in the countries that financed them, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia...we just provided the raw footage. So I never saw the final cut of these movies...or even knew their release titles!

Do you remember the name of the company? I've found "HVD Entertainment" listed.

Yes...I think that was a Malaysian company. We never met the producers at all, just the actors. Philip released several of them under his "One Take" company in Hong Kong.

So you don't remember much about the individual films...

Sorry I can't be much more help. We shot around nine movies back-to-back and I was writing, acting and Assistant Directing (with Teddy) on all them so it's all pretty much of a blur! And I usually had to baby-sit the actors that didn't speak Cantonese...you know, take them to restaurants, sight-seeing, etc. Whew!