Sunday, September 21, 2008

Szeto Kam-Yuen

Szeto Kam-Yuen is a Hong Kong scriptwriter. He is best known for action thrillers such as ''Exiled'', '''' and ''''.

Filmography


Writer
* ''''
* ''''
* ''Exiled''
* ''Dog Bite Dog''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''Mob Sister''
* ''Skyline Cruisers''
* ''A Hero Never Dies''
* ''''
* ''The Longest Nite''
* ''Too Many Ways to Be No. 1''

Shu Kei

Shu Kei or Kenneth Ip is a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter active during the 1980s and 90s. A graduate of the The University of Hong Kong, his most famous work is 1990's ''Sunless Days'' , a documentary exploring the Tiananmen Square Massacre and its influence on the people of Hong Kong in the days preceding the 1997 handover of the city to thePeople's Republic of China. The documentary received an OCIC Award at the 1990 Berlin International Film Festival.

Currently, Shu Kei is the Dean of Film and Television at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Raymond To

Raymond To is a dramatist, scriptwriter and film director from Hong Kong.

Filmography as director


* ''Master Q: Incredible Pet Detective''
* ''Miss Du Shi Niang''
* ''May & August''

Fruit Chan

Fruit Chan Gor , born April 15, 1959 in Guangdong, China, is an Hong Kong screenwriter, film director and , who is best known for his style of film reflecting the everyday life of . He is well known for using amateur actors in his films. His name became familiar to many Hong Kongers only after the success of the ''Made in Hong Kong'', which earned many local and international awards.

On August 22, 2007, Chan announced that he will make a film focusing on Bruce Lee's early years, specifically, the film, ''Kowloon City'', will be produced by John Woo's producer . The film will be set in 1950s Hong Kong.

Chan's credits include "Made in Hong Kong," "Hollywood Hong Kong" and "Durian Durian." Also, Stanley Kwan stated that he was talking with Lee's family to make a movie about the late action movie icon. Further, in April, Chinese state media announced that its national broadcaster started filming a 40-part TV series on Bruce Lee to promote Chinese culture for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

Filmography


As director



* ''The First Mission'' - co-directed with Sammo Hung
* ''Finale in Blood'' 大鬧廣昌隆
* ''The 1997 Trilogy'' 九七三部曲
** ''Little Cheung'' 細路祥
** ''The Longest Summer'' 去年煙花特別多
** '''' 香港製造
* ''The Prostitute Trilogy'' 妓女三部曲
** ''Hollywood Hong Kong'' 香港有個荷里活
** ''Durian Durian'' 榴槤飄飄
** '''' 人民公廁
* '''' 餃子
* ''Three... Extremes'' 三更2 - segment "Dumplings"

As scriptwriter



* ''''
* ''The 1997 Trilogy'' 九七三部曲
** ''Little Cheung'' 細路祥
** ''The Longest Summer'' 去年煙花特別多
** '''' 香港製造
* ''The Prostitute Trilogy'' 妓女三部曲
** ''Hollywood Hong-Kong'' 香港有個荷里活
** ''Durian Durian'' 榴槤飄飄
* '''' 人民公廁

As producer



* '''' 人民公廁
* ''Colour Blossoms'' 桃色
* ''A-1 Headline''
* ''''

Alex Law

Alex Law is a Hong Kong film director writer and producer. He is variously credited as "Kai Yui Law", "Kai-Yui Law" and "Alex Kai Yui".

Law collaborated with Mabel Cheung on many of her most famous films, including the "Migration Trilogy": '''' , ''An Autumn's Tale'' and ''Eight Taels of Gold'' . He also wrote the screenplay for Cheung's '''' .

Yan Yan Mak

Yan Yan Mak is a Hong Kong based female award-winning director. She was born in the 1970s and graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1998. Since 1993, as a student, Mak had worked for the film industry as a continuity girl, assistant director, production manager, art director and wardrobe designer. Her graduation short film Snapshots won the Distinguish Award at the International Short Film & Video Awards of Hong Kong in 1998.

After directing number of short dramas for Radio Television Hong Kong, she established her own production company Lotus Film, to make her own film. Her debut feature film, Gege , although using a very limited budget, a small crew and an all non-actors cast, was awarded the FIPRESCI Award at the 25th Hong Kong International Film Festival, the POVEGLIA Award at the International Week of Film Critics of the 58th Venice Film Festival, the Woosuk Award at Jeonju International Film Festival in Korea, as well as the Ecumenical Hury Prize at the International Film Festival Bratislavan and Fribourg International Film Festival 2001.

Her second film was chosen as the Opening Film at Venice Film Festival Critics Week and Tian Yuan was awarded as the Best New Artist at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2005. The film was also nominated at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards in 2004 for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best New Performer .

She has also directed music video for Cantopop singer Denise Ho.