He studied martial arts at Beijing Sport University and ended up representing Australia at the International Invitational Wushu Championships in Hangzhou in 1988.

[2] Upon graduation, he returned to Australia and double-majored in film and finance at Bond University, going to the United Kingdom for his master's degree.

It was founded by his father, Szeto Fai, a merchant politician and People's Congress of China member.

[4] Szeto directed Hong Kong's first CGI animated feature film, DragonBlade (2005).

In 2011 Szeto was hired by the Hollywood producer Roger Corman to direct two films, Palace of the Damned (2013) and Fist of the Dragon (2014).