Veteran Hong Kong film producer Nansun Shi dies at 75

Nansun Shi, the pioneering Hong Kong film producer who co-founded the influential Film Workshop and helped shape the territory's cinematic golden age, died on Monday, July 13, 2026, at Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital. She was 75. Her production company announced she died peacefully at 8:51 p.m. local time, surrounded by family, after a period of declining health.

According to a statement from Film Workshop, Shi's health had been failing since 2022 due to complications affecting her immune system. In recent months, recurrent infections led to multiple organ dysfunction. She was last seen publicly in May 2026, using a walking stick at the funeral of veteran producer Linda Kuk Meilai. Funeral and memorial arrangements will be announced at a later date.

Born and educated in Hong Kong, Shi studied statistics in London before beginning her career in Hong Kong television in the mid-1970s, working for broadcasters including TVB. She entered the film industry in 1981 as an executive director at Cinema City, where colleagues affectionately nicknamed her "Housekeeper" for her formidable management and organizational skills, particularly in overseas sales and festival strategy.