Soi Cheang | |||
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![]() Cheang in October 2023 | |||
Born | Cheang Pou-soi 11 July 1972 | ||
Nationality | Hong Konger | ||
Other names | Bob Cheng | ||
Occupations | |||
Notable work | Full list | ||
Chinese name | |||
Traditional Chinese | 鄭保瑞 | ||
Simplified Chinese | 郑保瑞 | ||
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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.
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.
Year | English title [7] [8] | Original title | Notes |
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1999 | Our Last Day | ||
The House of No Man | Also as story writer | ||
Beach Girl | |||
2000 | Diamond Hill | Also as screenwriter | |
2001 | Horror Hotline... Big Head Monster | ||
2002 | New Blood | ||
2003 | The Death Curse | 古宅心慌慌 | |
2004 | Love 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 | |
Year | Film | Notes |
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2003 | Love for All Seasons | Actor, credit as "Policeman" |
2015 | Two Thumbs Up | Producer |
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 | |