A lifelong martial arts practitioner and action cinema enthusiast, Bey began his career in publishing. He was the editor and chief writer for ‘Combat’, the UK’s best-selling fighting arts monthly, and later founded ‘Impact: The Action Movie Magazine’.

In 1995, Bey relocated to Hong Kong to complete his book ‘Hong Kong Action Cinema’, a narrative overview of this exciting genre. It was published in the UK by Titan Books and in the US by Bunch.

He decided to stay on in the territory, and wrote the scripts for two independent action films, ‘White Tiger’ and ‘Ballistic Kiss’. Bey also worked as a freelance journalist and martial arts movie actor for during this period, appearing such epics as ‘Circus Kids’ and ‘It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Kung Fu World’.

In 1996, Bey joined the Media Asia film company. There, he worked as writer/producer on two documentaries with and for Asian action legend Jackie Chan: ‘Jackie Chan: My Story’ and ‘Jackie Chan: My Stunts’.

Bey Logan and Shifu Shi Yanzi.

He got his first break as a screenwriter on the film ‘Gen-X Cops’, for which he wrote the English dialogue sequences. Bey was promoted to co-screenwriter (and, uncredited, assistant director) on the film’s sequel, ‘Gen-Y Cops’. The latter was released in the US as ‘Metal Mayhem’.

After ‘Gen-Y Cops’, Bey left Media Asia to join Emperor Multimedia Group, where he wrote the US$40m Jackie Chan blockbuster ‘The Medallion’ (formerly ‘Highbinders’). Screen Gems will give the film a theatrical release in the US this August.

When ‘The Medallion’ wrapped, Bey came on-board the vampire actioner ‘The Twins Effect’ as a producer. The US$6m film stars Hong Kong pop duo The Twins and features a special guest appearance by Jackie Chan. The film has been acquired by Columbia for the US, and Universal for most major European territories. ‘The Twins Effect’ will make is Hong Kong theatrical debut this June.

On completing his duties on ‘The Twins Effect’, Bey left EMG to form his own company, Shankara Productions. He was subsequently retained by CNX to provide programming for its new FU X channel, consisting on introductions of the films and their stars, shot on location in Hong Kong.

Bey is uniquely positioned to comment on the Hong Kong action movie industry, being both an acknowledged expert on the genre and the only non-Chinese writer/producer working in the field.