Hong Khaou

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Hong Khaou
Born (1975-10-22) 22 October 1975 (age 48)
Democratic Kampuchea (Now Cambodia)
Alma mater University for the Creative Arts
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active2005–present
Notable work Lilting

Hong Khaou (born 22 October 1975) is a Cambodian-British film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his debut feature film, Lilting , and the short films Summer and Spring. [1]

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Early life

Khaou was born in Cambodia to Chinese-Cambodian parents he was born the youngest sibling out of four: Linh Khaou, Nick Khaou Thai Khaou and then himself. He was a few months old when he and his family fled to Vietnam after the Fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge. [2] When he was eight years old, his family migrated to the United Kingdom in the 1980s as political refugees. [3] [4]

Education

Khaou studied BA (Hons) Film Production at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in Farnham, formerly the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, graduating in 1997. [5]

Career

Khaou's short film Spring played at both the Sundance Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011, [6] with his previous short Summer also having premiered at Berlin in 2006. [7]

His debut feature film Lilting was produced under the Film London micro-budget scheme Microwave, [8] and was released on 8 August 2014 in the United Kingdom by distributors Artificial Eye. [9]

He is the recipient of the 2014 Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award for his upcoming feature film Monsoon. [10]

For BBC television, in 2021 Khaou directed four episodes of season 2 of Baptiste . In 2023, he was announced as director of Mr Loverman, also for BBC television, an adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo's novel Girl, Woman, Other starring Lennie James. [11]

Filmography

Short films

Feature film

Television

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References

  1. ↑ "Short Film Promotion Scheme Awardee", British Council. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Wight, Emily. "Cambodian Brits? Yes, they do exist". phnompenhpost.com. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ Matheou, Demetrios (29 June 2019). "'Monsoon': Karlovy Vary Review". Screen. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Lilting: Film graduate to release debut theatrical feature August 8th", University for the Creative Arts. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "London In Berlin (2011)" Archived 15 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Film London, 9 February 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "London In Berlin (2006)" Archived 3 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Film London, 10 February 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Lilting Overview". Archived 17 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine , Microwave, Film London. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Lilting" Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Artificial Eye. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Khatchatourian, Maane (21 January 2014). "Sundance Institute and Mahindra Choose 4 Filmmakers for Global Prizes". Variety. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  11. ↑ 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.
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