Hong Khaou

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Hong Khaou
Born (1975-10-22) 22 October 1975 (age 49)
Cambodia
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University for the Creative Arts
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
Years active2005–present

Hong Khaou (born 22 October 1975) is a British film director and screenwriter. He is known for his feature film debut, Lilting (2014).

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Early life and education

Khaou was born in Cambodia, the youngest of four children born to Chinese-Cambodian parents. He was a few months old when the family fled to Vietnam after the Fall of Phnom Penh. [1] They moved to England as political refugees when Khaou was eight years old. [2] [3] He studied BA (Hons) Film Production at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in Farnham, where he graduated in 1997. [4]

Career

Khaou's short film Spring played at both the Sundance Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011, [5] with his previous short Summer also having premiered at Berlin in 2006. [6]

His debut feature film Lilting was produced under the Film London micro-budget scheme Microwave, [7] and was released on 8 August 2014 in the United Kingdom by distributors Artificial Eye. [8]

He is the recipient of the 2014 Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award for his upcoming feature film Monsoon. [9]

In 2021, Khaou directed four episodes of season 2 of the BBC mystery television series Baptiste . In 2023, he was announced as the director of the drama television series Mr Loverman —BBC's adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo's novel of the same name—starring Lennie James. [10]

In September 2025, it was announced that Khaou will direct the upcoming BBC One miniseries A Tale of Two Cities , adapted from the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens. [11]

Filmography

Short film

Feature film

Television

References

  1. ↑ Wight, Emily. "Cambodian Brits? Yes, they do exist". phnompenhpost.com. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Filmmaker's Forum: Hong Khaou On The Emotional Journey of Bringing 'Lilting' To Sundance". Archived 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine , Indiewire, 30 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Matheou, Demetrios (29 June 2019). "'Monsoon': Karlovy Vary Review". Screen. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Lilting: Film graduate to release debut theatrical feature August 8th", University for the Creative Arts. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "London In Berlin (2011)" Archived 15 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Film London, 9 February 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "London In Berlin (2006)" Archived 3 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Film London, 10 February 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Lilting Overview". Archived 17 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine , Microwave, Film London. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Lilting" Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Artificial Eye. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  9. ↑ Khatchatourian, Maane (21 January 2014). "Sundance Institute and Mahindra Choose 4 Filmmakers for Global Prizes". Variety. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Goldbart, Max (6 June 2023). "'Mr Loverman': Lennie James To Lead BBC Adaptation Of 'Girl, Woman, Other' Scribe Bernardine Evaristo's Seventh Novel". Deadline. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "BBC acquires new adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities starring Kit Harington, François Civil and Mirren Mack". BBC . 17 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "Short Film Promotion Scheme Awardee", British Council. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  13. ↑ Spring (Short 2011) at IMDb
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