Hong Kong Writer and Director Edmond Pang Ho-Cheung
Posted on Jun 15, 2009 under Travel | No CommentEdmond Pang Ho-Cheung is a playwright, novelist, filmmaker and actor from Hong Kong. He was born in Hong Kong in 1973 and developed a fascination for film and the arts early in his life. Hong Kong is an incredibly rich cultural city and contributes greatly to the fostering of arts appreciation in its youth. Tourists staying in one of the best Hong Kong hotels are often attracted to the historical landmarks of the city, but also to its vibrant entertainment scene. Ho-Cheung began working with his brother at the age of 15 when they would use their video camera to shoot short films.
When Ho-Cheung graduated form high school he moved to Taiwan for half of a year to study and enhance his cultural perspectives and experience. He returned to Hong Kong after about six months and began working for the Hong Kong Asia Television Limited . His job there was to write for a gag show. He went on to write columns for various magazines and newspapers. At the age of 24 he began work on his first novel. It is titled Fulltime Killer and is based on 18 months of research. The book became an extremely popular success and quickly sold over 100,000 copies after it was published. The book’s story was revised and became a radio program and in 2001 it was adapted into a feature film.
In 1995 he was hired by Hong Kong Commercial Radio as a scriptwriter. He began work on the script for the radio drama Out of the Blue. He wrote and directed his first film Summer Exercise. The film has been extremely successful in international film festivals and won an award in the Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards. It was also the first Hong Kong short film to be nominated in the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. He is well known for his feature length film Men Suddenly in Black, which was a huge popular box office success.
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