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Pang Ho-cheung

Pang had his debut as a director and screenwriter with feature film You Shoot, I Shoot in 2001. His second film Men Suddenly In Black brought Pang the Best New Director at the 2003 Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2006, he was awarded the Berlin Silver Bear with his fifth film Isabella. Exodus, his sixth production, took the Best Cinematography in the San Sebastian Film Festival the following year.

In 2012, Pang had his biggest domestic box office success yet, with a pair of award-winning, critically acclaimed films: romantic comedy Love In The Buff and Vulgaria, which was described by the well-known British commentator, Tony Rayns, in film magazine Sight and Sound, as “a minor classic”.

In 2014, the established British Film Institute selected two of Pang’s films, Dream Home and Vulgaria, to add to their list of “Ten Great Films Set in Hong Kong”. In 2015, Aberdeen had seven nominations in the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film and Best Screenplay; while Women Who Flirt, which gained over 200 million RMB in box office, was nominated for Best Actress in the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards.

In 2015, Pang was invited to be the President of Jury for the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) 2015 International Competition, leading the Jury team which included Japanese actress Takeda Rina and Korean actress Yoon Jin-seo.

In 2017, Love Off the Cuff, the final installment of the Love in a Puff series, has recorded a total of over 200 million RMB in worldwide box office in just three weeks.

As producer, Pang’s credits include Derek Kwok and Jimmy Wan’s 2010 Busan New Currents Competition entry Lover’s Discourse and 2012 Lacuna, 2013 box office hit SDU: Sex Duties Unit by Gary Mak, Luk Yee-sum’s 2015 Lazy Hazy Crazy and, in 2016, the English feature Apprentice. Pang has also been invited to produce various Hollywood productions, including the recently completed Border Crossing, Never Here, and Dismissed.