{{Short description|American television producer}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=February 2018}} {{Promotional|date=December 2024}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Christy Hui | birth_date = | birth_place = Guangzhou, China | nationality = | alma_mater = University of Southern California | occupation = Television producer, Business & content development executive, Television writer, author | notable_works = ''Xiaolin Showdown'', ''Xiaolin Chronicles'', ''Hulala Girls'', ''Flying Fillies'' }}
'''Christy Hui''' (許麗緹){{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} is a Chinese film producer and director, who is best known as the creator of ''Xiaolin Showdown'' and its spin-off ''Xiaolin Chronicles''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Xiaolin Showdown |url=http://www.scanews.com/spot/2003/november/s689/xiaolin/news.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313215812/http://www.scanews.com/spot/2003/november/s689/xiaolin/news.html |archive-date=2007-03-13 |access-date=2007-03-01 |website=Scannews.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zahed |first1=Ramin |title=Hui Discusses the New World of 'Xiaolin Chronicles' |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2013/11/hui-discusses-new-world-xiaolin-chronicles/ |website=Animation Magazine |date=18 November 2013 |access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref> Hui also helped in launching the first pan-Asian cable satellite channel, AXN.<ref name="playthings">{{Cite web|url=http://www.playthings.com/article/CA6515674.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605055911/http://www.playthings.com/article/CA6515674.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-06-05|title=Up Close: Hulala Girls' Christy Hui|date=2009-06-05|access-date=2018-03-03|publisher=Playthings}}</ref>
==Career==
Christy Hui's most notable work, ''Xiaolin Showdown'', ran between 2003 and 2006. It told the story of Omi, Kimiko Tohomiko, Raimundo Pedrosa and Clay Bailey, as they study to become Xiaolin monks, retrieve mystical artifacts known as Shen Gong Wu, and protect the world from 1,500 years of darkness by defeating villains known as the Heylin. The show was produced by Warner Brothers Entertainment and ran on Kids' WB and Cartoon Network simultaneously. After 52 episodes, Warner Brothers decided to end the series. ''Xiaolin Showdown'' was one of Kids' WB's best performing television series, ranking among the top 10 overall programs for Saturday morning cartoons, coming in at No. 5 with boys 6-11, No. 4 with tweens 9-14 and No. 3 with male tweens 9-14. Among the broadcast competition, it also ranked No. 3 with boys 2-11, No. 4 with kids 2-11 and No. 6 among kids 6-11.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/xiaolin-showdown-gives-kids-wb-ratings-kick/|title=Xiaolin Showdown Gives Kids' WB Ratings Kick|date=2003-11-14|work=Animation Magazine|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-US}}</ref>
Following the end of ''Xiaolin Showdown'', Hui claims to have taken a tour of the world to "reconnect".<ref name="playthings"/> In 2007, she began a project directed at girls age 6 to 12 titled ''Hulala Girls'', which featured a group of magical surfer "princesses of nature." The project consisted of merchandise, web video and a social gaming website themed around environmentalism; Hui claimed in an interview that a tree would be planted for each Hulala doll sold in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hulala Girls launch interactive website|url=https://kidscreen.com/2007/08/15/hulala-20070815/|website=Kidscreen|access-date=2021-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zahed |first1=Ramin |title=Christy Hui, From Martial Arts to Nature Princesses |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2007/09/christy-hui-from-martial-arts-to-nature-princesses/ |website=Animation Magazine |date=27 September 2007 |access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref> The site shut down in 2019, but fans can still purchase merchandise with the character designs on Hui's Redbubble.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbubble.com/people/hulalagirls|title=Hulala Girls|website=Redbubble|language=en|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref>
In 2013, Hui created a continuation to ''Xiaolin Showdown'' known as ''Xiaolin Chronicles''. The series aired from August 2013 to May 2014 on Disney XD, and was later picked up to air the last 6 episodes on Netflix in July 2015. Due to the closing of Kids' WB in 2008 and the network still owning copyright over many of its properties, production of the series was split between Canada and France. While the series is a part of the ''Xiaolin Showdown''' universe, Hui claims that the series is not a continuation, but a standalone series. According to a newsletter in July 2015, Hui hopes to produce a series meant to continue from where ''Showdown'' left off.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=72e5e554031c8b4144d6b495d&id=7e7ae4a762|title=Xiaolin Newsletter #5|website=us5.campaign-archive.com|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref>
On November 11, 2015, Hui began a Kickstarter campaign to continue the Xiaolin franchise in the form of graphic novel ''Xiaolin Dragons''. In the description, Hui described the planned series to go deeper into Xiaolin history, answering longtime questions, and developing the universe further.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfaCgRDyu48|title=Xiaolin Dragons KICKSTARTER Video|website=YouTube|date=15 November 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref> Hui canceled the campaign on November 19, saying that it would return on January 15, 2016. In 2017, Hui announced a special edition of ''Xiaolin Chronicles'' available to rent on Vimeo.<ref>{{Citation|last=Xiaolin Chronicles|title=Special Edition Xiaolin Chronicles|date=2017-06-03|url=https://www.facebook.com/XiaolinChronicles/photos/a.1666392853393479/1666403310059100/|accessdate=2024-01-10}}</ref>
In August 2017, Hui joined Amprion Inc. as Chief Marketing Officer, producing several promotional videos for the company.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Christy Hui, Amprion CMO, New Dawn Brain Science Storyteller|url=https://amprionme.com/our-team/christy-hui/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=amprionme.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525235201/https://amprionme.com/our-team/christy-hui/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-05-25|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2020, Hui launched a website and trailer for a new film originally called ''9 Dragons Tea'', later renamed as, ''TEA: The Drink That Changed The World'', a documentary about the history of tea filmed in San Francisco, the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, and China's Wuyi Mountains.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why I Made The Tea Documentary|url=https://teadocumentary.com/blog/why-i-made-the-tea-documentary/|access-date=2020-06-04|website=Tea Documentary|date=4 June 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> A second trailer was released in January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the film|url=https://teadocumentary.com/about/the-film/|access-date=2024-01-10|website=Tea Documentary |date=14 September 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> The documentary has been released on Amazon Prime, Tubi, Google Play, and YouTube.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Watch TEA: The Drink That Changed The World on Amazon |url=https://teadocumentary.com/blog/watch-tea-the-drink-that-changed-the-world-on-amazon/|access-date=2024-12-04|website=Tea Documentary |date=4 December 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2022, Hui authored and published a historical middle grade fiction book called ''Flying Fillies: The Sky's the Limit''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Flying Fillies: The Sky's the Limit by Christy Hui|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61399598-flying-fillies|website=Goodreads|access-date=2024-01-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1585476}}
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