Pang Ho-cheung
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| File:Pang Ho-cheung, director of Exodus, 2007 TIFF (cropped).jpg Pang at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival | |||||||||||
| Born | 22 September 1973 Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Occupations | Film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, actor, playwright | ||||||||||
| Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Best New Director 2004 Men Suddenly in Black Best Screenplay 2011 Love in a Puff Golden Bauhinia Awards – Best Screenplay 2002 You Shoot, I Shoot 2005 Beyond Our Ken Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best New Director 2004 Men Suddenly in Black | ||||||||||
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Edmund Pang Ho-cheung[1] (Chinese: 彭浩翔) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Pang was born in Hong Kong in 1973. At the age of 15, he started using a video camera to direct short films with his elder brother.[2]
After graduating from high school, he studied abroad in Taiwan for half a year, before returning to Hong Kong, where he worked for Hong Kong Asian Television Limited as a gag show writer. He later wrote his first novel, and served as a columnist for various newspapers and magazines.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]In 1997, at the age of 24, Pang began 18 months of research for his first novel, Fulltime Killer. The novel went on to become extremely popular, selling more than 100,000 copies in Hong Kong. It was then reworked as a radio program.[2] Johnnie To adapted the novel into a feature film starring Andy Lau in 2001.[3]
While Pang was still a television and radio host, he decided to fulfill his dream of being a film director. [citation needed]
Pang made his feature length debut with You Shoot, I Shoot (2001).[3]
His feature film Love in the Buff opened the 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival, in March 2012. The film is a sequel to the successful romance Love in a Puff. Both star Miriam Yeung and Shawn Yue Man-lok.[4] The films have been likened to Hong Kong's version of the Before trilogy.[3][5]
In February 2019, it was reported that Pang was going to write, direct, and produce a film trilogy based on Jin Yong's wuxia novel The Deer and the Cauldron through Pang's Making Films Production company. Each film was slated to receive an $80 million dollar budget.[6]
Style and themes
[edit | edit source]Pang has been deemed one of Hong Kong cinema's most recognizable directors. However, he is uncomfortable with being categorized as a "Hong Kong director" as he believes the attribution does not fully capture the full range of films within the industry.[3]
Muse magazine film critic Perry Lam has praised Pang for 'often demonstrat[ing] a Kafkaesque talent for seeing the absurd in the mundane realities of everyday life.'[7]
Personal and political views
[edit | edit source]In 2019, actor and pro-democracy supporter Chapman To posted online that he would be cutting all ties with former collaborator Pang Ho-cheung, over the director's condemnation of anti-extradition bill protests in Hong Kong.[8][9]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Pang is married to producer Subi Liang.[3] In 2021, Pang was rumored to have moved to Canada with his wife, over frustrations surrounding mainland Chinese censorship laws.[10]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes | References |
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| 2000 | Undercover Blues | No | Yes | zh: 刑杀之法 | |
| Killers | No | Yes | zh: 刀手 | ||
| 2001 | The Cheaters | No | Yes | zh: 正将 | |
| 2001 | You Shoot, I Shoot | Yes | Yes | co-wrote with Vincent Kok | |
| 2003 | Men Suddenly in Black | Yes | Yes | co-wrote with Patrick Kong & Erica Lee | |
| 2004 | Beyond Our Ken | Yes | Yes | co-wrote with Wong Wing-Sze | |
| 2005 | A.V. | Yes | Yes | co-wrote with Wenders Li & Sam Chak-Foon | |
| 2006 | Isabella | Yes | Yes | co-wrote with Kearen Pang, Derek Tsang, & Jimmy Wan | |
| 2007 | Exodus | Yes | Yes | co-wrote with Cheuk Wan-chi & Jimmy Wan | |
| Trivial Matters | Yes | Yes | zh: 破事儿 | ||
| 2010 | Love in a Puff | Yes | Yes | co-write with Heiward Mak | |
| Dream Home | Yes | Yes | co-wrote with Derek Tsang, & Jimmy Wan Chi-man | ||
| 2012 | Love in the Buff | Yes | Yes | [11] | |
| Vulgaria | Yes | Yes | co-wrote with Lam Chiu-wing & Luk Yee-sum | ||
| 2014 | Aberdeen | Yes | Yes | [12] | |
| Women Who Flirt | Yes | Yes | co-wrote with Luk Yee-sum | ||
| 2017 | Love Off the Cuff | Yes | Yes | co-wrote with Luk Yee-sum & Jimmy Wan Chi-man | [5] |
| 2019 | Missbehavior | Yes | Yes | co-wrote with Sunny Lau | [13] |
Producer
[edit | edit source]- 指甲刀人魔 (short film) (2010)
- 假戏真做 (short film) (2010)
- 谎言大作战 (short film) (2010)
- 爱在微博蔓延时 (short film) (2010)
- A Nail Clipper Romance (2017)
Novelist
[edit | edit source]- Fulltime Killer (2001)
Actor
[edit | edit source]- Mysterious Story I: Please Come Back (1999)
- The Faterangers (1999)
- You Shoot, I Shoot (2001)
- Leaving in Sorrow (2001)
- Men Suddenly in Black (2003)
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official Website
- An Interview with Edmond Pang Ho Cheung
- Edmond Pang Ho-Cheung at the Hong Kong Movie Database
- Hong Kong Movie World
- Pang Ho-cheung at IMDb
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