Vicky Wong

Vicky Wong
Chinese name 黃偉傑
Jyutping Wong4 Wai5-git6 (Cantonese)
Born Hong Kong
Occupation Film director

Vicky Wong Wai-kit (Chinese: 黃偉傑) is a Hong Kong film director. He co-directed the 2016 film Trivisa[1] produced by Hong Kong film director Johnnie To[2] and screen writer Yau Nai Hoi.[3] Trivisa has won numerous awards including Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture[4] at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards, Best film[5] at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award. Vicky was also nominated for Best New Director at the 53rd Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards.[6]

Trivisa was premiered at 66th Berlin International Film Festival[7] and opened 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival.[8][9] In 2017, he shared the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director with Frank Hui and Jevons Au for their film Trivisa.[10] He participated at Berlin Talent Camp in 2011.[11]

Wong studied in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Hong Kong Shue Yan University.[12] He worked professionally as a filmmaker in broadcast and independent production for several years before deciding to further his career by studying filmmaking in UK. He studied at London Film Academy in London.[12] After he finished his filmmaking course, he started making scripted short films including Wish, Valediction, Variable and the Decisive Moment[7]. Variable won the Exellence Award at 30th JVC Tokyo Video Festival[13][14] and received Special Mention at the 13th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards.[12][14] His most successful short film is Decisive Moment which won Best Cinematography award at Fresh Wave 2010,[12][15] which led him to be picked by Johnnie To as one of the three directors of Trivisa.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Hui, Frank; Au, Jevons Man-Kit; Wong, Vicky (2016-04-07), Trivisa, retrieved 2016-05-06
  2. ↑ Brown, Todd (2016-01-29). "TRIVISA: Watch The Trailer For Johnnie To Produced Crime Thriller". TwitchFilm. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  3. ↑ "Trivisa". Wikipedia. 2017-04-17.
  4. ↑ "香港電影金像獎". 香港電影金像獎. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  5. ↑ "學會大獎 | 香港電影評論學會". www.filmcritics.org.hk (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  6. ↑ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  7. ↑ "Trivsia Berlin International Film Festival Press" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Hong Kong Festival Opening Films Announced". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  9. ↑ "'Chongqing Hot Pot' and 'Trivisa' Open 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival". Yibada. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  10. ↑ http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2086084/young-talent-frame-hong-kong-film-awards
  11. ↑ Forchner, Berlinale Talents, Marcus. "Imprint". Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Meet-the-Artists: Vicky Wong [Closed]". www.aaiss.hk. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  13. ↑ "SIGNIS". www.signis.net. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  14. 1 2 cccdi, powered by. "HONG KONG SHORT FILM NEW ACTION EXPRESS 香港短片新里程". NEW ACTION EXPRESS. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  15. ↑ "Wave of the future". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  16. ↑ "Fresh Wave: Nurturing New Talent for Hong Kong's Film Sector". C². Retrieved 2016-05-06.



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