executive_producer beast stalker
Nicholas Tse Ting - fung ( born 29 August 1980 ) is a Hong Kong actor , singer , songwriter , musician , entrepreneur , and martial artist . He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group . Beast Stalker ( Chinese :  ) is a 2008 Hong Kong action thriller film written , produced and directed by Dante Lam . The film stars Nicholas Tse , Nick Cheung , Zhang Jingchu and Liu Kai - chi . The role of an assistant director on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule , arranging logistics , preparing daily call sheets , checking cast and crew , and maintaining order on the set . They also have to take care of the health and safety of the crew . The role of an assistant to the director is often confused with assistant director but the responsibilities are entirely different . The assistant to the director manages all of the Director ' s in development , pre - production , while on set , through post - production and is often involved in both personal management as well as creative aspects of the production process . Historically , assistant to director was a stepping stone to directing work ; ___MASK68___ was an AD , as was James McTeigue . This transition into film directing is no longer common in feature films . It is more common now for an assistant to the director to transition to a production management or producer role than to directing . Emperor Entertainment Group ( EEG ) is one of the largest entertainment groups in Hong Kong founded by ___MASK42___ Sau - Shing in and established in Wan Chai in 1986 , along with Music Icon Entertainment Limited and Emperor Motion Pictures , EEG operates under the major conglomerate Emperor Multimedia Group ( EMG ). Dante Lam Chiu - Yin is a major figure and film director of the Hong Kong action cinema . He was trained in the tradition of John Woo as an assistant director and worked as an actor and producer . He often writes and supervises his own choreography . In 2008 he won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director for his work on " Beast Stalker ".