Cheung King-Wai

Biography

Cheung King-Wai (張經緯) is a Hong Kong film director and scriptwriter. He studied Music, Philosophy and Film at The City University of New York. In 2001, his graduation projects, Farewell Hong Kong, was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2008, his first feature-length documentary, All’s Right with the World (歌舞昇平) screened at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. In 2009, his second documentary KJ: Music and Life (音樂人生) won him the Best New Director prize at the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards, and Best Documentary, Best Editing and Best Sound Effect at the Golden Horse Awards. In 2011, his third documentary feature One Nation, Two Cities (一國雙城) screened at the Hong Kong International Film Festival and had a five months theater run. In 2016, he released his fourth documentary feature, The Taste of Youth (少年滋味). Apart for his documentary work, he also directed fiction short films including Crimson Jade (墨綠嫣紅) in 2010 and The Waves (驚濤洶湧) in 2012. In 2018, he directed his full-length feature debut, Somewhere Beyond the Mist (藍天白雲).