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(Redirected from Chow Kwun-wai) Hong Kong film director (born 1979) In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Chow. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Kiwi Chow and the Chinese-style name is Chow Kwun-wai.
Kiwi Chow
周冠威
Chow in 2023
Born(1979-04-16)16 April 1979
Hong Kong
NationalityChinese
EducationBachelor of Fine Arts, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Master of Film Production, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Ancestral hometown: Dongguan city, Guangdong province
Occupation(s)Director, producer, screenwriter
Notable work
Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai
Chinese周冠威
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōu Guànwēi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzau1 gun3 wai1

Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai (Chinese: 周冠威; born 16 April 1979) is a Hong Kong filmmaker.

Career

Since his graduation, Kiwi Chow has participated in different processes of film production, including as a continuity supervisor, editor, and assistant director. Since 2005, he has been working as a guest lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In 2013, his first feature-length film A Complicated Story had its world premiere at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. His most successful and well-known film Ten Years won the Best Film Award at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards. He released his third feature-length film Beyond the Dream in 2020. It was among the top ten highest-grossing films in Hongkong that year.

In 2021, Chow's new film Revolution of Our Times, a documentary about the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, was invited to be shown in the "Special Screening" section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. This film also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary in 2021.

References

  1. "香港電影導演大全 1979-2013". www.hkfilmdirectors.com. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  2. Chu, Karen (June 17, 2019). "'Ten Years' Director Kiwi Chow "Grief-Stricken" by Death of Hong Kong Protester". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. "周冠威|CHOW Kiwi". 香港電影導演大全 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  4. "Ten Years wins Best Film: 35th annual Hong Kong Film Awards winners". South China Morning Post. 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  5. "Dystopian box office hit Ten Years wins 'best film' at 2016 HK Film Awards, as news of win is censored in China". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  6. Patrick Frater (2021-01-04). "Hong Kong Box Office Became More Diverse as Releases Slumped in 2020". 綜藝雜誌. Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  7. Frater, Patrick (2021-07-15). "Cannes Takes Diplomatic Gamble, Gives Late Festival Slot to 'Revolution of Our Times' Hong Kong Protest Feature". Variety. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  8. "Hong Kong protest documentary gets late Cannes slot". France 24. 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  9. "The film-maker taking Hong Kong's protests to Cannes". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  10. "HK documentary takes emotional win". Taipei Times. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  11. Chiang, Yi-ching; Yen, William (27 November 2021). "Golden Horse Awards: Director hopes documentary can provide solace to Hong Kongers". Central News Agency. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

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