The Pang Brothers

The Pang Brothers are Danny Pang Fat and Oxide Pang Chun , twin-brother screenwriters and film directors, born in 1965 in Hong Kong. Among their films is the hit Asian horror film, '''', which has spawned two sequels, as well as a and . Besides working in , the pair frequently work in the , where they made their directorial debut as a team, ''Bangkok Dangerous''.

Biography

Early career

Oxide, the older of the two by 15 minutes, started his career in Bangkok, at Kantana Group's film labs as a telecine colorist. He made his first film, the experimental karmic thriller, ''Who Is Running?'', in 1997. It was for the in 1998.

Danny is well known as a film editor, and has worked on a number of films, including ''The Storm Riders'' and the ''Infernal Affairs'' series.

They first teamed up to write and direct the film, ''Bangkok Dangerous'', in 1999. The film won the FIPRESCI Award at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for best film and best editing at the Thailand National Film Association Awards.

They then made '''', which gained the Pangs wider critical acclaim. They made two sequels, ''The Eye 2'' and ''The Eye 10''. An of ''The Eye'' was produced by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner and stars Jessica Alba.

Aside from ''The Eye'' and other horror films, the Pangs made two more edgy Thai crime films in the same vein as ''Bangkok Dangerous'', Danny with ''1+1=0'' and Oxide with ''Som and Bank: Bangkok for Sale''. Together the three crime films form a loose "Bangkok Trilogy".

Working style

When the Pangs work together, they direct scenes in the film independently of each other. Oxide Pang explains:

Recent films

Their 2006 horror film, ''Re-cycle'', was the closing film in the Un Certain Regard competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The film reunited the brothers with Angelica Lee, the star of ''The Eye''.

Among their other projects are a Hollywood-backed, English-language film, a thriller called ''The Messengers'', starring John Corbett, which was released in theaters on February 2, 2006, and starring Nicolas Cage.

Oxide produced a remake of ''Who Is Running?'' in 2005, called ''The Remaker'', with Mona Nahm directing. He has completed a solo project, '''', released in 2006. Another solo project for Oxide is '''', starring Aaron Kwok, about a detective trying to find a woman, with the only clue being a photograph of her.

Danny also completed a solo project, '''', a thriller about an enchanted forest. Another solo project by Danny, ''In Love with the Dead'', opened in Hong Kong cinemas on November 29, 2007.

Both ''Diary'' and ''Forest of Death'', as well as ''Re-cycle'', were picked up for distribution in the United Kingdom by Image Entertainment.

Personal lives

Oxide Pang and actress Angelica Lee are in a relationship and were rumored to be engaged, but marriage plans have been put on hold.

Filmography

Pang Brothers

* ''Bangkok Dangerous''
* ''''
* ''Sung horn'' ]]
* ''The Eye 2''
* ''The Eye 10''
* ''Re-cycle''
* ''The Messengers''
* ''''
* ''The Storm Warriors''

Oxide Pang

As director

* ''Who Is Running?''
* ''Bangkok Haunted''
* ''One Take Only''
* ''
* ''Ab-normal Beauty''
* ''''
* ''''

Danny Pang

As director

* ''1+1=0''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''In Love with the Dead''

As editor

* ''The Storm Riders''
* ''Infernal Affairs''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''Sung horn''
* ''''
* ''Bar Paradise''
* ''The Messengers''

Tang Shu Shuen

Tang Shu Shuen is a former Hong Kong film director. Though her film career was brief, she was a trailblazer for socially critical in Hong Kong's populist , as well as its first noted woman director.

Tang was born in Yunnan province in China. She graduated from the University of Southern California.

Tang's best-known films are her first two, ''The Arch'' and ''China Behind'' . The first film looks at the subjugation of women and their sexuality in a traditional village through the story of a widow's unconsummated passion for a male houseguest. The second follows the harrowing journey of a group of college students trying to cross illegally into Hong Kong from a China torn by the Cultural Revolution.

The bleak portrait in ''China Behind'' of both China and Hong Kong brought upon it a thirteen-year ban by the . In addition to their provocative themes, both films used stylistic devices, such as freeze-frames and expressionistic color, possibly inspired by the European art cinema of the 1960s.

Tang made two more, less noted, films, ''Sup Sap Bup Dup'' and ''The Hong Kong Tycoon'' . She also launched the territory's first serious film journal, ''Close-Up'', in 1976. It stopped publishing in 1979 .

She ceased filmmaking and emigrated to the United States in 1979, becoming a respected restaurateur in Los Angeles. Many critics, however, see her influence in the so-called Hong Kong New Wave of edgy, groundbreaking young filmmakers in the late '70s and early '80s.

Steven Lo

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As the chairman of the Football Management Committee of , he has overseen the winning of the Domestic Treble in the playing season.

Filmography as director

*''Bakery Amour''
*''Wealthy Human Realm''
*''The Tragic Fantasy: Tiger of Wanchai''

Stanley Tong

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According to IMDb , he customarily attempts stunts himself before asking actors to risk themselves. For example, Jackie Chan's leap from a parking garage roof to a fire escape in ''Rumble in the Bronx'' and the finale of ''Stone Age Warriors''.

Filmography as director

*''The Diary '' 2007
* ''''
* ''China Strike Force''
* ''''
* ''Police Story 4: First Strike''
* ''Rumble in the Bronx''
* ''Once a Cop''
* ''Police Story 3''
* ''Swordsman II''
* ''Stone Age Warriors''
* ''Iron Angels 3''

Other work

Tong is scheduled to appear as a guest judge on the China Beijing TV Station reality television series '''', which is currently airing in Mainland China and is produced by, and features Jackie Chan. The aim of the program is to find a new star, skilled in acting and martial arts, to become Chan's "successor", the champion being awarded the lead role in a film. It will conclude on June 7, 2008, with the series winner being announced in Beijing.

Stanley Kwan

Stanley Kwan is a Hong Kong film director and .

Kwan was born in Hong Kong, and he landed a job at the TVB after receiving a mass communications degree at . Kwan's first film was ''Women'' , which starred Chow Yun-Fat, and was a big box-office success.

Kwan's films often deal sympathetically with the plight of women and their struggles with romantic affairs of the heart. ''Rouge'' , ''Full Moon in New York'' , ''Centre Stage'' , a biopic on silent film star Ruan Lingyu and ''Everlasting Regret'' , are all such typical Kwan films. ''Red Rose White Rose'' is an adaptation of an Eileen Chang novel.

Kwan as a gay man in 1996 in ''Yang ± Yin'', his documentary looking at the history of Chinese-language film through the prism of gender roles and sexuality. He is one of the few openly gay directors in Asia and one of the very few to have worked on these themes. His ''Lan Yu '' adapts a gay love story originally published on the Internet.

Filmography

* ''''
* ''Love Unto Waste''
* ''''
* ''Full Moon in New York''
* ''Too Happy for Words''
* ''Centre Stage'', aka ''The New China Woman'' or ''Actress''
* ''Red Rose White Rose''
* ''Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema''
* ''Hold You Tight''
* ''Still Love You After All These''
* ''The Island Tales''
* ''''
* ''Everlasting Regret''

Samson Chiu

Samson Chiu is a Hong Kong-based film director, film writer and newspaper columnist. His movies include:

* ''News Attack'' - director/writer, starring Andy Lau as a news photographer
* '' '' - director, Maggie Cheung and Roy Cheung
* ''Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday'' - director
* ''New Age of Living Together'' - director/writer
* ''Lost Boys in Wonderland'' - director/writer
* ''What a Wonderful World'' - starring Andy Lau
* ''When I Fall in Love... with Both'' - starring Fann Wong and Michelle Reis
* ''Golden Chicken'' - director/writer, starring Sandra Ng as a prostitute
* ''Golden Chicken 2'' - director
* ''McDull, The Alumni'' - director

He is a member of the Hong Kong Directors' Guild.

Ringo Lam

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung , born in 1955 is a Hong Kong film director, and scriptwriter.

He is known for gritty, dark and realistic action thrillers. He was born in Hong Kong, and studied film at the York University film school in Toronto. Quentin Tarantino's ''Reservoir Dogs'' was reworked from Lam's '''' , and critics have indicated that there are shot-by-shot copies of certain action sequences. His most recent films include a collaboration with Jean-Claude Van Damme: ''Maximum Risk'' , '''' , and ''The Savage'' .

Filmography as director

* ''Esprit d'amour''
* ''The Other Side of Gentleman''
* ''Cupid One''
* ''Aces Go Places 4''
* ''''
* ''Prison on Fire''
* ''School on Fire''
* ''Wild Search''
* ''Undeclared War''
* ''''
* ''Prison on Fire II''
* ''The Twin Dragons''
* ''Full Contact''
* ''Burning Paradise in Hell''
* ''Great Adventurers''
* ''Maximum Risk''
* ''Full Alert'' - NB Incorrect link
* ''The Suspect''
* ''The Victim''
* ''''
* ''Looking for Mr. Perfect''
* ''In Hell''

Ridley Tsui

Ridley Tsui is an actor, director and action choreographer of martial arts films.

He appeared as in the 1997 film ''Mortal Kombat: Annihilation'', in addition to performing stuntwork for the film.

Quentin Lee

Quentin Lee 李孟熙 is a gay film writer and director. He is most notable for ''Ethan Mao'' , '''' , and '''' . Lee also co-directed ''Shopping For Fangs'' with , known for his controversial film ''Better Luck Tomorrow'' . Lee's films are noticeable for containing male lead characters who are Asian and , two minority groups generally not seen as lead characters in mainstream Hollywood films.

Born in Hong Kong, Lee immigrated to Montreal, Canada, when he was 16. He attended , Yale University and for his B.A. in English, M.A. in English and M.F.A. in Film Directing respectively.

Lee's first foray into documentary film, ''0506HK'' , premiered July 2007 at the Vancouver International Film Centre ''Hong Kong Stories'' film series, commemorating the 10-year anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China. The film explored his personal and political perspectives on whether to return to Hong Kong, as well as the evolving cultural and social climate, through interviews with family members and friends living and working in both Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

Peter Chan

Peter Chan Meng Wen , also known as Peter Chan Ho-Sun , and born 1962 in Singapore to a pair of parents, is a film director and .

Biography

He spent his teens in Singapore, and studied in the United States, where he attended film school at UCLA. He returned to Hong Kong in 2003 and started working in the film industry. He served as a second assistant director and producer to John Woo on ''Heroes Shed No Tears'', which was set in Thailand. He also was a location manager on three Jackie Chan films, ''Wheels on Meals'', '''' and ''Armour of God''.

His directorial debut, ''Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye'', was crowned best film at the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild in 1991. It also won best actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Eric Tsang, who would become a frequent collaborator with Chan.

Chan was a co-founder of United Filmmakers Organization in the early 1990s, which produced a number of box-office and critical hits in Hong Kong, including his own: ''He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father''. Other critical and commercial successes followed, including ''Tom, Dick And Hairy'', ''He's a Woman, She's a Man'' and ''Comrades, Almost a Love Story''.

In the late 1990s, Chan worked in Hollywood, directing ''The Love Letter'', which starred Kate Capshaw, Ellen DeGeneres and Tom Selleck.

In 2000, Chan co-founded Applause Pictures with Teddy Chen and Allan Fung. The company's focus was on fostering ties with pan-Asian filmmakers, producing such films as ''Jan Dara'' by Thailand's Nonzee Nimibutr, ''One Fine Spring Day'' South Korea's Hur Jin-Ho, ''Samsara'' by China's Huang Jianxin, '''' by and Oxide Pang and cinematographer Christopher Doyle.

Chan's , the musical ''Perhaps Love'' closed the Venice Film Festival and was Hong Kong's entry for an Academy Awards nomination in the best foreign film category.

Chan is married to Hong Kong actress Sandra Ng.

Filmography

As producer

* ''Heroes Shed No Tears''
* ''''
* ''News Attack''
* ''Whampoa Blues''
* ''Curry and Pepper''
* ''Alan And Eric : Between Hello And Goodbye''
* ''The Days Of Being Dumb''
* ''Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday''
* ''He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father''
* ''He's A Woman, She's A Man''
* ''Over The Rainbow, Under The Skirt''
* ''Twenty Something''
* ''''
* ''The Age Of Miracles''
* ''''
* ''Who's The Woman, Who's The Man''
* ''Twelve Nights''
* ''Jan Dara''
* ''''
* ''Going Home''
* ''Golden Chicken''
* ''The Eye 2''
* ''Three...Extremes''
* ''The Eye 10''
* ''''

As director

* ''Alan And Eric : Between Hello And Goodbye''
* ''He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father''
* ''Tom, Dick And Hairy''
* ''Trouble, I've Had It All My Days''
* ''The Age Of Miracles''
* ''Comrades, Almost A Love Story''
* ''Who's The Woman, Who's The Man''
* ''''
* ''Project 1:99''
* ''Perhaps Love''
* ''The Warlords''

Patrick Yau

Patrick Yau Tat-Chi , born in 1964, is a Hong Kong film director and assistant director best known for making independent films for , the production company owned by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai.

Career

Yau joined TVB when he was 21 and became Johnnie To's assistant director two years later. He became a television producer for in 1991, but left in 1994 to work for To, as an associate director for his fire-fighting film ''''. In 1997, Yau made his directorial debut with his first film, ''The Odd One Dies'' and continued to direct films produced by Milkyway Image, such as ''The Longest Nite'' and ''''. Yau has now returned to his roots, directing for TVB.

Filmography

Director

* ''The Odd One Dies''
* ''The Longest Nite''
* ''''
* ''The Loser's Club''
* ''Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion''
* ''Fast Track Love''

Associate Director

* ''''
* ''Where a Good Man Goes''

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

Patrick Tam Kar Ming is a Hong Kong film director. He directed the 1987 ''Final Victory'', scripted by Wong Kar-wai.

He is also one of the best film editors in Hong Kong. He edited Wong Kar-wai's ''Days of Being Wild'', contributing the very famous cameo appearance of Tony Leung in the last scene of movie, and ''Ashes of Time'', as well as Johnnie To's ''''.

He is widely regarded as the teacher of Wong Kar-wai by critics.

Tam is now associate professor of School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.

Filmography

# ''''
# ''Love Massacre''
# ''''
# ''''
# ''Final Victory''
# ''My Heart Is That Eternal Rose''
# ''After This Our Exile''

Mabel Cheung

Mabel Cheung is one of the leading film directors in Hong Kong. She is famous for working in migration issues of Hong Kong people, especially before , and overseas Chinese.

Her remarkable masterpieces include the "migration trilogy": '''' , ''An Autumn's Tale'' and ''Eight Taels of Gold'' . '''' marks another peak of her filming career. All four films were made in collaboration with writer Alex Law.

Filmography as director

* ''Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan & His Lost Family''
* ''Beijing Rocks''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''Now You See Love, Now You Don't''
* ''Eight Taels of Gold''
* ''An Autumn's Tale''
* ''Illegal Immigrant''

Li Han Hsiang

Richard Li Han Hsiang was a Chinese film director. Li directed more than 70 films in his career beginning in the 1950s and lasting till the 1990s.

Li also won the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for his work on the movie ''Xi Shi'' in 1965. Most of his movies in the 1970s and 1980s focused on Chinese historical drama. He died in Beijing due to a heart attack. He was seventy.

Lawrence Ah Mon

Lawrence Ah Mon or Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong is a South African-born Hong Kong film director. His films are famous for exploring youth problems in Hong Kong, such as ''Gangs'' , ''Spacked Out'' and ''Gimme Gimme'' . Also, Lawrence Ah Mon has made several films about local or subaltern history in Hong Kong, such as the ''Lee Rock'' series and ''Queen of Temple Street'' .

He was born in Pretoria, South Africa.

He has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards twice.

Filmography as director

* ''Besieged City''
* ''City Without Baseball''
* ''My Name is Fame''
* ''Gimme Gimme''
* ''Spacked Out''
* ''One and a Half''
* ''Even Mountains Meet''
* ''Three Summers''
* ''Arrest the Restless''
* ''Gangs '92''
* ''Lee Rock III''
* ''Dreams of Glory: A Boxer's Story''
* ''Lee Rock II''
* ''Lee Rock''
* ''Queen of Temple Street''
* ''''