A former executive at the Shaw Brothers studio, See-Yuen Ng left in the early 70's and became a director for independent film companies. In 1975, he founded Seasonal Films Corporation, a film company known today for quality films starring unknowns. The first film made from Seasonal was The Secret Rivals. In 1985, Ng was the first HK producer to successfully combine Hong Kong-style action in the USA when he worked with Corey Yuen on No Retreat, No Surrender, which starred then unknowns Kurt McKinney and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Seasonal's biggest film to date was the 1997 hit Bloodmoon, starring three of the best martial artists to hit the screens, Gary Daniels, Chuck Jeffreys, and Darren Shahlavi.