---
name: "Linda Kuk"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/linda-kuk-mei-lai"
fi1m_id: "linda-kuk-mei-lai"
imdb_id: "nm0474308"
tmdb_id: 70587
wikidata_id: "Q100235405"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1954"
died: "2 May 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:54:56.590708+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Linda Kuk

## Identity

Linda Kuk

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/linda-kuk-mei-lai
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** linda-kuk-mei-lai
- **IMDb ID:** nm0474308
- **TMDB ID:** 70587
- **Wikidata ID:** Q100235405
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Kuk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100235405, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474308/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70587

Producer. Born 1 January 1954 in Hong Kong, China. Died 2 May 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1954, Hong Kong, China
- **Died:** 2 May 2026
- **Also known as:** Linda Kuk Mei-Lai, 	Linda Kuk Mei-Lai, 谷薇麗, 谷薇丽
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Kuk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100235405, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474308/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70587

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Hard Boiled*](https://film.one/film/hard-boiled.md) (86)

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## Biography

Linda Kuk Mei-Lai, also credited as Linda Kuk or 谷薇麗, was a Hong Kong film producer. She began her career in television at Rediffusion Television before moving into film in the early 1980s, initially working as a production coordinator and manager on titles including *Yes, Madam!* (1985). She became a producer in 1986.

Kuk produced numerous Hong Kong films through the 1980s and 1990s, often in collaboration with directors such as John Woo and Terence Chang. Her credits include *Legacy of Rage* (1986), *Once a Thief* (1991), *Hard Boiled* (1992) and *Treasure Hunt* (1994). She later served as executive or administrative producer on projects including *Somebody Up There Likes Me* (1996). Kuk died on 2 May 2026.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hkmdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hard Boiled* (1992), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-boiled.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Somebody Up There Likes Me* (1996), Producer
- *Hard Boiled* (1992), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/hard-boiled.md)
- *Now You See Love... Now You Don't* (1992), Producer
- *Once a Thief* (1991), Producer
- *Carry On Hotel* (1988), Producer
- *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II* (1988), Producer
- *Fury* (1988), Consulting Producer
- *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1987), Producer
- *Legacy of Rage* (1986), Producer
- *Brotherhood* (1986), Production Manager
- *Yes, Madam!* (1985), Production Coordinator

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