Godfrey Ho

Biography

Godfrey Ho is considered a master of B-movie Hong Kong actioners. However, a number of his movies are Z-grade movies made with a "cut-and-paste" technique. He would shoot footage for one movie, often using Caucasian actors for exportation, then edit the scenes into several other movies, mixing them with footage from old, unfinished or unreleased Asian movies (using Thai as well as Chinese or Filipino footage), then trying to make the story somewhat coherent through dubbing and voice-overs. He would then have four or five movies while having spent the budget of one. Ho states this style of filmmaking was enforced on him by producer Joseph Lai. He effectively retired from direction after 25 years making genre films in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Phillipines, he was most recently teaching filmmaking at Hong Kong Film Academy.

Directed

1. Undefeatable (1993) — Director
2. Ninja Terminator (1986) — Director
3. Honor and Glory (1992) — Director
4. Men Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil (1992) — Director
5. Princess Madam (1989) — Director
6. Lethal Panther (1990) — Director
7. Men Behind the Sun 3: A Narrow Escape (1994) — Director
8. Ninja the Protector (1986) — Director
9. Ninja Operation: Knight and Warrior (1987) — Director
10. The Ninja Squad (1987) — Director
11. Ninja Champion (1986) — Director
12. Diamond Ninja Force (1986) — Director
13. Scorpion Thunderbolt (1984) — Director
14. Hitman the Cobra (1987) — Director
15. Revenge of Drunken Master (1981) — Director
16. The Ultimate Ninja (1987) — Director
17. Ninja Dragon (1986) — Director
18. The Dragon, the Hero (1979) — Director
19. Secret Ninja, Roaring Tiger (1982) — Director
20. Ninja Thunderbolt (1984) — Director
21. Angel Enforcers (1989) — Director
22. The Dragon's Snake Fist (1982) — Director
23. The Dynamite Shaolin Heroes (1978) — Director
24. Leopard Fist Ninja (1982) — Director
25. Majestic Thunderbolt (1985) — Director
26. Challenge of the Ninja (1986) — Director
27. Ninja Operation 7: Royal Warriors (1987) — Director
28. The Super Gang (1984) — Director
29. Ninja Destroyer (1987) — Director
30. Rage of a Ninja (1988) — Director
31. Manhattan Chase (2000) — Director
32. Secret Executioners (1982) — Director
33. Deadly Target (1994) — Director
34. Fury in Shaolin Temple (1982) — Director
35. The Shaolin Chief Cook (1981) — Director
36. Mission for the Dragon (1980) — Director
37. The Dragon's Infernal Showdown (1980) — Director
38. Ali Baba & the Gold Raiders (1999) — Director
39. Snake Fist of the Buddhist Dragon (1983) — Director
40. Incredible Shaolin Thunderkick (1982) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Enter the Clones of Bruce (2023) — Self
2. Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema (2018) — Self
3. Space Ninjas (2019) — Janitor
4. Ninja Hunt (1987) — Dr. Ho (uncredited)
5. Mr. X (1995) — Godfather Ho
6. Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1 (1995) — Self
7. From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema (2023) — self
8. Paris Killers (1974)
9. Ninja Master: Interview with Godfrey Ho (2024) — Himself