[10] He went on to direct a range of genres from drama to action movies, comedies, horror and satire, in both English and Chinese.
[27] His second British feature film, was the award-winning 1998 movie, The Wisdom of Crocodiles, starring Jude Law, Timothy Spall, and Kerry Fox, with notable references to Akira Kurosawas opus, especially Rashomon, and to Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï.
[28] In recent years Leong has made action films starring Steven Seagal,[29] Wesley Snipes,[30] Judd Nelson,[31] Joe Mantegna,[32] and Oscar-winning Marcia Gay Harden.
[34] In 2012, he reunited with Hong Kong producer Raymond Wong Bak Ming to direct the 3D movie, Baby Blues.
[37] His movies have won multiple awards and have been shown at the Venice, London, Toronto, Locarno, Hong Kong and Edinburgh film festivals, amongst others.