Soi Cheang

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Soi Cheang
SOI CHEANG (Zheng Bao Rui ) 2023-10-19 P2.jpg
Cheang in October 2023
Born
Cheang Pou-soi

(1972-07-11) 11 July 1972 (age 53)
NationalityHong Konger
Other namesBob Cheng
Occupations
Notable work Full list
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 鄭保瑞
Simplified Chinese 郑保瑞
Transcriptions

Soi Cheang (born 11 July 1972), also known as Bob Cheng or by his birth name Cheang Pou-soi, [a] is a Macau-born Hong Kong filmmaker. [1] [2] Known for his contribution to action crime films, his works Motorway (2012), Limbo (2021), Mad Fate (2023), and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) earned him four Best Director nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards, which he won for the latter two.

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Cheang's films have regularly appeared at international film festivals; Accident (2009) was selected to be in Competition section of Venice Film Festival, [3] Limbo (2021) and Mad Fate (2023) were selected to be in the Berlinale Special section of Berlin International Film Festival, [4] [5] and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) was selected to be in the Official Selection (Midnight Screening) of the Cannes 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.

Filmography

Feature films

YearEnglish title [7] [8] Original titleNotes
1999Our Last Day
The House of No ManAlso as story writer
Beach Girl
2000Diamond HillAlso as screenwriter
2001 Horror Hotline... Big Head Monster
2002 New Blood
2003 The Death Curse 古宅心慌慌
2004Love Battlefield
Hidden Heroes
2005 Home Sweet Home 怪物
2006 Dog Bite Dog 狗咬狗
2007 Shamo 軍雞
2009 Accident 暗殺
2012 Motorway 車手
2014 The Monkey King 西游記之大鬧天宮
2015 SPL II: A Time for Consequences 殺破狼2
2016 The Monkey King 2 西遊記之孫悟空三打白骨精
2018 The Monkey King 3 西遊記女兒國Also as producer
2021 Limbo 智齒Nominated  Golden Horse Award for Best Director
Nominated  Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
2023 Mad Fate 命案Also as executive producer
Won  Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
2024 Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In 九龍城寨之圍城

Other credits

YearFilmNotes
2003 Love for All Seasons Actor, credit as "Policeman"
2015Two Thumbs UpProducer
2017 Paradox
The Brink
2019 I'm Livin' It
2020 Double World
2022 The Sunny Side of the Street
2023 Cyber Heist
Dust to Dust
2025 Behind the Shadows

Notes

  1. Chinese :鄭保瑞; Jyutping :zeng6 bou2 seoi6

References

  1. "Cheang Pou-soi at hkmdb.com". Archived from the original on 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. "Cheang Pou-soi at chinesemov.com". Archived from the original on 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. "66th Venice Film Festival Venezia 66". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  4. "Berlinale Program - Mad Fate". Archived from the original on 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  5. Grater, Tom (February 11, 2021). "Berlinale Unveils Competition Line-Up: New Pics From Daniel Bruhl, Celine Sciamma, Radu Jude, Xavier Beauvois & Hong Sang-soo". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  6. "Les films de la Sélection officielle 2024". 11 April 2024. Archived from the original on 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  7. Kevin Ma (16 June 2014). "Filmko launches RMB1 billion slate". Film Business Asia . Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  8. Kevin Ma (14 May 2014). "Mei Ah takes four to Cannes". Film Business Asia . Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 15 May 2014.