Soi Cheang
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Cheang in October 2023
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| Born | Cheang Pou-soi 11 July 1972 Portuguese Macau |
| Nationality | Hong Konger |
| Other names | Bob Cheng |
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| Notable work | Full list |
Soi Cheang (born 11 July 1972), also known as Bob Cheng or by his birth name Cheang Pou-soi,[lower-alpha 1] is a Macau-born Hong Kong filmmaker.[1][2] Known for his contribution to action crime films, his works Motorway (2012), Limbo (2021) and Mad Fate (2023) earned him three Best Director nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards, which he won for the latter.
Cheang's films have regularly appeared at international film festivals; for examples, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) was selected to be in the Official Selection (Midnight Screening) of the Cannes Film Festival,[3] Mad Fate (2023) and Limbo (2021) were selected to be in the Berlinale Special section of Berlin International Film Festival,[4][5] and Accident (2009) was selected to be in Competition section of Venice Film Festival.[6]
In addition to directing action crime films, Cheang was also directed The Monkey King trilogy, in which he produced the latter. His other works, included Paradox (2017) and I'm Livin' It (2019), earned him two Best Film nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards, as well as The Sunny Side of the Street (2022), earned him the Golden Horse Award for Best Narrative Feature nomination, respectively.
Contents
Filmography
This is a list of films which Cheang has participated, others are noted.[7][8]
| Year | Film | Credit | Notes | |
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| Director | Producer | |||
| 1999 | Our Last Day | Yes | No | N/A |
| The House of No Man | Yes | No | Also as story writer | |
| Beach Girl | Yes | No | N/A | |
| 2000 | Diamond Hill | Yes | No | Also as screenwriter |
| 2001 | Horror Hotline... Big Head Monster | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | New Blood | Yes | No | |
| 2003 | The Death Curse | Yes | No | N/A |
| 2004 | Love Battlefield | Yes | No | N/A |
| Hidden Heroes | Yes | No | N/A | |
| 2005 | Home Sweet Home | Yes | No | N/A |
| 2006 | Dog Bite Dog | Yes | No | N/A |
| 2007 | Shamo | Yes | No | N/A |
| 2009 | Accident | Yes | No | N/A |
| 2012 | Motorway | Yes | No | Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director |
| 2014 | The Monkey King | Yes | No | N/A |
| 2015 | SPL 2: A Time of Consequences | Yes | No | N/A |
| Two Thumbs Up | No | Yes | N/A | |
| 2016 | The Monkey King 2 | Yes | No | N/A |
| 2017 | Paradox | No | Yes | Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film |
| The Brink | No | Yes | N/A | |
| 2018 | The Monkey King 3 | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| 2019 | I'm Livin' It | No | Yes | Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film |
| 2020 | Double World | No | Yes | N/A |
| 2021 | Limbo | Yes | No | Nominated – Golden Horse Award for Best Director Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director |
| 2022 | The Sunny Side of the Street | No | Yes | Nominated – Golden Horse Award for Best Narrative Feature |
| 2023 | Cyber Heist | No | Yes | N/A |
| Mad Fate | Yes | Executive | Won – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director | |
| Dust to Dust | No | Yes | N/A | |
| 2024 | Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In | Yes | Executive | N/A |
Notes
References
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External links
- Soi Cheang at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Soi Cheang at the Internet Movie Database
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