British-born Bey Logan began his professional career as a magazine writer and editor, editing the martial arts magazine Combat for five years before launching the action film publication Impact. A long-time Hong Kong cinema aficionado, he had his first hands on experience of the industry when he line produced the film Guns And Roses, which was shot on location in the UK and Paris.
Bey Logan,他名字的中文音译叫贝·罗根,他还有一个有趣的中文名字,近彼岸。贝·罗根出生于英国。他最早为武术杂志combat做了五年的作者和编辑,继而又创办了动作电影杂志Impact。作为一个资深的香港电影狂热爱好者,他与这个行业的第一次亲密接触是参加一部于英国和巴黎拍摄的电影《枪炮玫瑰》的制作。
Bey later relocated to Hong Kong, where he wrote the screenplays for the films ‘White Tiger’ and ‘Ballistic Kiss’. During the same period, he authored ‘Hong Kong Action Cinema’, a narrative history of the genre, and made his martial arts movie debut as a kung fu fighting bad guy in the Yuen Biao/Donnie Yen vehicle Circus Kids.
而后贝·罗根转战香港。在这里他写了电影‘White Tiger’和‘Ballistic Kiss’的剧本。同时,他写了《香港功夫片》来介绍香港功夫电影的历史,并在元彪和甄子丹的电影里首次登台,扮演一个会功夫的坏蛋。
In 1998, he joined the Media Asia film company, where he wrote and co-produced two documentaries, ‘Jackie Chan: My Story’ and ‘Jackie Chan: My Stunts’. He went on to write the English dialogue scenes for the film ‘Gen-X Cops’, and was a co-writer on its sequel, ‘Gen-Y Cops’.
1998年,贝·罗根加入了寰亚电影有限公司。在那里他编写并合作制片了两部关于成龙的纪录片《成龙:我的传奇》和《成龙:我的特技》。他继而为影片《特警新人类》写了英文字幕,并且参与了《特警新人类2》的工作。
In 2001, Bey joined the Emperor Multimedia Group, where he wrote the script for the US$40m Jackie Chan vehicle ‘The Medallion’ and co-produced the action comedy ‘The Twins Effect’.
2001年,贝·罗根加入英皇多媒体集团,他创作了成龙的耗资4000万美元的大片《飞龙再生》的剧本,并且合作制片了动作喜剧《千机变》。
In 2003, Bey formed his own production company, Shankara Productions, in partnership with actress Maggie Q. He was also engaged to serve as Hong Kong representative for the international sales agency Arclight Films, and oversaw the distribution of several features, including Jackie Chan’s ‘New Police Story’. As a sideline, Bey provided commentaries and other bonus features for the Asian films released on the UK’s Hong Kong Legends label.
2003年贝·罗根组建了他自己的制片公司,Shankara 制片公司,并是著名女星Maggie Q的合作伙伴。同时,作为国际电影销售代理Arclight Films的香港代表,他监控了很多电影的销售,其中包括成龙的《新警察故事》。由于工作便利,贝·罗根也顺便为跟英国的香港传奇系列有关的亚洲电影DVD做评论和提供其它特色。
Bey has also made occasional acting appearances in Hong Kong television and films, most memorably in Donnie Yen’s Fist Of Fury series and Dante Lam’s Naked Ambition, and has been the subject of several TV documentaries, including Made In Hong Kong and Six Degrees Of Separation.
贝·罗根偶尔会在香港的电视和电影中扮演角色。其中最让人难忘的是他在甄子丹的《精武门》系列和林超贤的《豪情》中的演出。除此之外,他也出现在了一些电视纪录片中,包括《香港制造》和《六度空间》。
In 2006, he co-produced the US$5m Hong Kong action thriller ‘Dragon Squad’, starring Michael Biehn, Sammo Hung and Maggie Q.
2006年,他合作制片了由Michael Biehn,洪金宝和Maggie Q主演的,投资5百万美元的香港动作惊悚片《猛龙》,
On the 1st of October, 2005, Bey joined the Weinstein Company as Vice-president of Asian Acquisitions and Co-production.
贝.罗根在2005年10月1日起加入Weinstein公司作为负责亚洲区搜集和制作的副总裁。
Bey lives and works in Hong Kong, practices Hung Kuen kung fu and Chen Tai Chi and has three sons, Ryan, Calvin and Kyle.
贝.罗根现在在香港生活和工作,平时练习洪拳和陈式太极。他有三个儿子,Ryan, Calvin和Kyle。