Peter Chan Meng Wen (traditional Chinese: 陈明温), also known as Peter Chan Ho-Sun (traditional Chinese: 陳可辛), and born 1962 in Singapore to a pair of Chinese parents, is a film director and producer.
He spent his teens in Singapore, and studied in the United States, where he attended film school at UCLA. He returned to Hong Kong in 2003 and started working in the film industry. He served as a second assistant director and producer to John Woo on Heroes Shed No Tears, which was set in Thailand. He also was a location manager on three Jackie Chan films, Wheels on Meals, The Protector and Armour of God.
His directorial debut, Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye, was crowned best film at the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild in 1991. It also won best actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Eric Tsang, who would become a frequent collaborator with Chan.
Chan was a co-founder of United Filmmakers Organization (UFO) in the early 1990s, which produced a number of box-office and critical hits in Hong Kong, including his own: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father. Other critical and commercial successes followed, including Tom, Dick And Hairy, He's a Woman, She's a Man and Comrades, Almost a Love Story.
In the late 1990s, Chan worked in Hollywood, directing The Love Letter, which starred Kate Capshaw, Ellen DeGeneres and Tom Selleck.
In 2000, Chan co-founded Applause Pictures with Teddy Chen and Allan Fung. The company's focus was on fostering ties with pan-Asian filmmakers, producing such films as Jan Dara by Thailand's Nonzee Nimibutr, One Fine Spring Day South Korea's Hur Jin-Ho, Samsara by China's Huang Jianxin, The Eye by Danny and Oxide Pang and cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
Chan's 2005 film, the musical Perhaps Love closed the Venice Film Festival and was Hong Kong's entry for an Academy Awards nomination in the best foreign film category.
Chan is married to Hong Kong actress Sandra Ng.
