Edmund Pang Ho-cheung () is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist.
Early life 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.Pang Ho-Cheung:Biography
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.
Career 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 programme. Johnnie To adapted the novel into a feature film starring Andy Lau in 2001.
While Pang was still a television and radio host, he decided to fulfil his dream of being a film director.
Pang made his feature length debut with You Shoot, I Shoot (2001).
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.Film festival offers global gems, SCMP, 24 February 2012 The films have been likened to Hong Kong's version of the Before trilogy.
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.
Style and themes Pang has been deemed one of Hong Kong cinema's most recognisable directors. However, he is uncomfortable with being categorised as a "Hong Kong director" as he believes the attribution does not fully capture the full range of films within the industry.
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."
Personal and political views 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.
Personal life Pang is married to producer Subi Liang. In 2021, Pang was rumoured to have moved to Canada with his wife, over frustrations surrounding mainland Chinese censorship laws.
Filmography YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes 2000Undercover Blueszh: 刑杀之法Killerszh: 刀手2001The Cheaterszh: 正将2001You Shoot, I Shootco-wrote with Vincent Kok2003Men Suddenly in Blackco-wrote with Patrick Kong & Erica Lee2004Beyond Our Kenco-wrote with Wong Wing-Sze2005A.V.co-wrote with Wenders Li & Sam Chak-Foon2006Isabellaco-wrote with Kearen Pang, Derek Tsang, & Jimmy Wan2007Exodusco-wrote with Cheuk Wan-chi & Jimmy WanTrivial Matterszh: 破事儿2010Love in a Puffco-write with Heiward MakDream Homeco-wrote with Derek Tsang, & Jimmy Wan Chi-man2012Love in the BuffVulgariaco-wrote with Lam Chiu-wing & Luk Yee-sum2014Aberdeen Women Who Flirtco-wrote with Luk Yee-sum2017Love Off the Cuff co-wrote with Luk Yee-sum & Jimmy Wan Chi-man2019Missbehavior co-wrote with Sunny Lau
Producer Mr. Right (short film) (2008) A Nail Clipper Romance (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 Fulltime Killer (2001)
Actor 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
External links Official Website
Edmond Pang Ho-Cheung at the Hong Kong Movie Database Hong Kong Movie World