---
name: "Nansun Shi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shi-nansun"
fi1m_id: "shi-nansun"
imdb_id: "nm0793016"
tmdb_id: 66769
wikidata_id: "Q3335772"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "8 August 1951"
died: "13 July 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 54
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T16:10:41.889346+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."
---

# Nansun Shi

## Identity

Nansun Shi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shi-nansun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shi-nansun
- **IMDb ID:** nm0793016
- **TMDB ID:** 66769
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3335772
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nansun_Shi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3335772, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66769

Producer. Born 8 August 1951 in Shanghai, China. Died 13 July 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 8 August 1951, Shanghai, China
- **Died:** 13 July 2026
- **Active:** 2002–2022
- **Also known as:** Shi Nansun, Nansheng Shi, Shi Nan Sun, 施南生, Shi Nansheng
- **Average Fi1m score:** 54, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 87 (1), 2020s 38 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Drama 2, War 2, Crime 1, History 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,538m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nansun_Shi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3335772, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66769

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Infernal Affairs*](https://film.one/film/infernal-affairs.md) (87)
- **Tubi:** [*The Battle at Lake Changjin*](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md) (36)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Nansun Shi (also credited as Shi Nansun or Nansun Shi) was a Hong Kong film producer and executive. Born on 8 August 1951 in Hong Kong, she studied statistics and computing at the Polytechnic of North London before entering the industry in the late 1970s through television work and joining Cinema City as executive director in 1981.

In 1984 she co-founded Film Workshop with director Tsui Hark. She later served as vice president at Media Asia, where she produced *Infernal Affairs* (2002), and held roles including chairman of Bona Film Group. Her credits include *A Better Tomorrow* (1986), the *Once Upon a Time in China* series, *A Simple Life* (2011) and several *Detective Dee* films. She and Tsui Hark married in 1996 and divorced in 2014 but continued to collaborate professionally until her death on 13 July 2026.

*Sources: variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge* (2022), Fi1m 39, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin-ii-water-gate-bridge.md)
- *The Battle at Lake Changjin* (2021), Fi1m 36, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md)
- *Infernal Affairs* (2002), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/infernal-affairs.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

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

- *The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge* (2022), Producer — Fi1m 39, [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin-ii-water-gate-bridge.md)
- *The Battle at Lake Changjin* (2021), Producer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md)
- *Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings* (2018), Producer
- *Somewhere Beyond the Mist* (2018), Thanks
- *The Thousand Faces of Dunjia* (2017), Producer
- *Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back* (2017), Producer
- *In the Room* (2015), Executive Producer
- *A Tale of Three Cities* (2015), Producer
- *The Taking of Tiger Mountain* (2014), Producer
- *Temporary Family* (2014), Producer
- *Bends* (2013), Producer
- *Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon* (2013), Producer
- *A Simple Life* (2012), Associate Producer
- *The Great Magician* (2011), Producer
- *Flying Swords of Dragon Gate* (2011), Producer
- *East Meets West* (2011), Producer
- *Overheard 2* (2011), Producer
- *Late Autumn* (2011), Producer
- *Lover's Discourse* (2010), Producer
- *Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame* (2010), Executive Producer
- *All About Women* (2008), Producer
- *Missing* (2008), Producer
- *Flash Point* (2007), Producer
- *Dragon Tiger Gate* (2006), Producer
- *Seven Swords* (2005), Producer
- *Xanda* (2004), Producer
- *Vampire Hunters* (2003), Producer
- *Infernal Affairs* (2002), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/infernal-affairs.md)
- *The Kid* (1999), Producer
- *Knock Off* (1998), Producer
- *A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Double Team* (1997), Co-Producer
- *Merry Christmas* (1984), Co-Producer
- *Banana Cop* (1984), Producer
- *Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street* (1984), Producer
- *Esprit D'amour* (1983), Producer
- *The Perfect Wife?!* (1983), Production Designer
- *Play Catch* (1983), Producer
- *All the Wrong Spies* (1983), Producer
- *Aces Go Places II* (1983), Producer
- *Till Death Do We Scare* (1982), Production Designer
- *It Takes Two* (1982), Producer
- *He Lives by Night* (1982), Production Designer
- *Below the Lion Rock: The Bridge* (1978), Actor
- *Shih, Queen of the Sea*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Nansun Shi](https://film.one/media/person/98014/gallery-c5c11b59bfe3.jpg) Nansun Shi — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Nansun_Shi_Cannes_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nansun Shi's electronic signature (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/98014/gallery-07f98535437a.png) Nansun Shi's electronic signature (2026) — 董念凡, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/%E6%96%BD%E5%8D%97%E7%94%9F%E7%B0%BD%E5%90%8D.png/1280px-%E6%96%BD%E5%8D%97%E7%94%9F%E7%B0%BD%E5%90%8D.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong 2021: Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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