Samson Lai Shui-Ching

Biography

Samson Lai Shui-Ching is a Hong Kong director from a family of seven siblings, who studied at the Matteo Ricci College. He graduated from the fourth edition of Hong Kong television's actor training program in 1975, then transitioned to behind-the-scenes work and joined Li Television in 1978. After leaving Asia Television in 1983, he moved between Singapore and Taiwan, then relocated to mainland China in 1986 to be among the first Hong Kong directors to develop their careers there. He directed a short unit in a Taiwanese TV program in 1993. He won the Best Director award at the Taiwan Television Awards ceremony in 1997 for a television series titled Xin Long Men Ke Zhan.