---
name: "Terence Chang"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/terence-chang"
fi1m_id: "terence-chang"
imdb_id: "nm0151835"
tmdb_id: 11404
wikidata_id: "Q7701861"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T00:22:50.717397+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."
---

# Terence Chang

## Identity

Terence Chang

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/terence-chang
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** terence-chang
- **IMDb ID:** nm0151835
- **TMDB ID:** 11404
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7701861
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Chang, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7701861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151835/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11404

Producer. Born 1 January 1949 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China].

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1949, Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
- **Active:** 1992–2000
- **Also known as:** Terence Chang Ga-Jan, Terence Chang Chia-Chen  , Terrance Chang, Terrance Cheung Ga-Jan, Cheung Ka-Chun
- **Frequently works with:** [John Woo](https://film.one/person/john-woo.md), [John Travolta](https://film.one/person/john-travolta.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 77 (3), 2000s 55 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 68 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Thriller 3, Crime 2, Adventure 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $945m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Chang, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7701861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151835/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11404

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Terence Chang Chia-Chen is a Hong Kong and American film producer. Born in Hong Kong in 1949, he studied architecture at the University of Oregon in 1968 and film at New York University in 1974. He returned to Hong Kong in 1977 and joined Golden Harvest, where he worked as an assistant producer on Itchy Fingers (1979) and met director John Woo.

Chang became a key collaborator with Woo. He served as the primary production executive on The Killer (1989) and produced Once a Thief (1991) and Hard Boiled (1992) through Milestone Pictures, which he co-founded with Woo and Linda Kuk. He later produced several of Woo's Hollywood films, including Broken Arrow (1996), Face/Off (1997), Windtalkers (2002), Paycheck (2003) and Mission: Impossible II (2000) as executive producer. Chang has also produced Red Cliff (2008) and worked with other directors on projects such as Papillon (2017).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Mission: Impossible II* (2000), Fi1m 55, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ii.md)
- *Face/Off* (1997), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *Broken Arrow* (1996), Fi1m 60, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/broken-arrow.md)
- *Hard Boiled* (1992), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-boiled.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *A Stolen Life* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Killer* (2024), Executive Producer
- *End of Summer* (2017), Producer
- *Papillon* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Adventurers* (2017), Producer
- *Brotherhood of Blades* (2014), Producer
- *Breaking the Waves* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale* (2012), Producer
- *Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge* (2011), Producer
- *Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag* (2011), Producer
- *Reign of Assassins* (2010), Producer
- *Red Cliff II* (2009), Producer
- *Red Cliff* (2008), Producer
- *Appleseed: Ex Machina* (2007), Producer
- *Blood Brothers* (2007), Producer
- *All the Invisible Children* (2006), Producer
- *Paycheck* (2003), Producer
- *Bulletproof Monk* (2003), Producer
- *Red Skies* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Windtalkers* (2002), Producer
- *Mission: Impossible II* (2000), Executive Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ii.md)
- *The Corruptor* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Blackjack* (1998), Producer
- *The Big Hit* (1998), Executive Producer
- *The Replacement Killers* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Face/Off* (1997), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *Broken Arrow* (1996), Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/broken-arrow.md)
- *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
- *Escape from Coral Cove* (1986), Writer, Director
- *Crazy 17* (1984), Producer
- *Itchy Fingers* (1979), Production Manager

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