Kiwi Chow

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Chow. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Kiwi Chow and the Chinese-style name is Chow Kwun-wai.
Kiwi Chow
周冠威
Chow in 2023
Born(1979-04-16)16 April 1979[1]
Hong Kong
NationalityChinese
EducationBachelor of Fine Arts, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Master of Film Production, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Ancestral hometown: Dongguan city, Guangdong province
Occupation(s)Director, producer, screenwriter
Notable work
Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai
Chinese周冠威
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōu Guànwēi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzau1 gun3 wai1

Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai (Chinese: 周冠威; born 16 April 1979) is a Hong Kong filmmaker.

Career

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Since his graduation, Kiwi Chow has participated in different processes of film production, including as a continuity supervisor, editor, and assistant director. Since 2005, he has been working as a guest lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In 2013, his first feature-length film A Complicated Story had its world premiere at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.[3] His most successful and well-known film Ten Years won the Best Film Award at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards.[4][5] He released his third feature-length film Beyond the Dream in 2020. It was among the top ten highest-grossing films in Hongkong that year.[6]

In 2021, Chow's new film Revolution of Our Times, a documentary about the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, was invited to be shown in the "Special Screening" section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.[7][8][9] This film also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary in 2021.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "香港電影導演大全 1979-2013". www.hkfilmdirectors.com. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  2. ^ Chu, Karen (June 17, 2019). "'Ten Years' Director Kiwi Chow "Grief-Stricken" by Death of Hong Kong Protester". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ^ "周冠威|CHOW Kiwi". 香港電影導演大全 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  4. ^ "Ten Years wins Best Film: 35th annual Hong Kong Film Awards winners". South China Morning Post. 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  5. ^ "Dystopian box office hit Ten Years wins 'best film' at 2016 HK Film Awards, as news of win is censored in China". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  6. ^ Patrick Frater (2021-01-04). "Hong Kong Box Office Became More Diverse as Releases Slumped in 2020". 綜藝雜誌. Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  7. ^ Frater, Patrick (2021-07-15). "Cannes Takes Diplomatic Gamble, Gives Late Festival Slot to 'Revolution of Our Times' Hong Kong Protest Feature". Variety. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  8. ^ "Hong Kong protest documentary gets late Cannes slot". France 24. 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  9. ^ "The film-maker taking Hong Kong's protests to Cannes". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  10. ^ "HK documentary takes emotional win". Taipei Times. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  11. ^ Chiang, Yi-ching; Yen, William (27 November 2021). "Golden Horse Awards: Director hopes documentary can provide solace to Hong Kongers". Central News Agency. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
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