Soi Cheang

Soi CHEANG (1972, Macau) is a Macau-born Hong Kong filmmaker known for his contribution to action crime films. His films have made a regular appearance at several international film festivals, including Venice, Berlin and Cannes. Besides directing action crime films, Cheang also directed The Monkey King (2014-2018) trilogy, of which he also produced the latter. His other works, Paradox (2017) and I’m Livin’ It (2019), earned him two Best Film nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards. His newest work, a neo-noir martial arts crime action film, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024), has made an appearance in the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the 23rd New York Asian Film Festival, as the festival’s closing film.

Filmography

(selection) 第100日/Our Last Day (1999), 摩登姑婆屋/The House of No Man (1999), 古宅心慌慌/The Death Curse (2003), 追擊8月15/Hidden Heroes (co-dir. 2004), 愛·作戰/Love Battlefield (2004), 怪物/Home Sweet Home (2005), 狗咬狗/Dog Bite Dog (2006), 西遊記之大鬧天宮/The Monkey King (2014), 意外/Accident (2009), 車手/Motorway (2012), 智齒/Limbo (2021), 命案/Mad fate (2023), 九龍城寨之圍城/Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)

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