Johnnie To

Johnnie To Kei Fung could be said to have saved the HK film industry from post-unification depression. In the face of the overwhelming opinion of critics that the HK film industry was "dead" as of 1997, To proved otherwise by releasing the wonderfully idiosyncratic The Odd One Dies, starring Takeshi Kaneshiro. To proceeded to all but single-handedly rescue the HK film industry and keep it vital for the next 10 years.