Wong Chun

Wong Chun
Wong Chun
	Wong in 2017
Born	(35–36)
Alma mater	City University of Hong Kong
Notable work	Mad World (2016)

Wong Chun (Chinese: 黃進) is a Hong Kong director and screenwriter. His feature film debut Mad World (2016) was nominated for eights awards at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards. For the film, Wong won Best New Director at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards and 36th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Early life

Wong studied at City University of Hong Kong. He was inspired to pursue cinema after taking a class by director Patrick Tam.^[1] He graduated from the university's School of Creative Media in 2011 with a major in film.^[2]

Career

After graduation, he entered his short film "6th March" into the 2011 Fresh Wave Short Film Competition, where he won the "Best Script" award. The film was subsequently nominated for Best Short Film award at the 49th Golden Horse Awards in 2012.^[2]^[3]

Wong and his feature film debut Mad World (2016) was one of two winners in the Higher Education Institution Group at the inaugural First Feature Film Initiative in 2013.^[2]^[3] The other winner was Steve Chan Chi-fat's Weeds on Fire (2016).^[4] Winners were given HK$2,000,000 for the budget.^[4]^[5] but weren't allowed to obtain outside funding.^[6] Wong credits CreateHK, who organized the First Feature Film Initiative, for lining up distributors for the film.^[2] Mad World, written by Florence Chan, is about a bipolar stockbroker (Shawn Yue) who is placed in the care of his father (Eric Tsang). Wong voiced the younger brother of Shawn Yue's character.^[7] The film was nominated for numerous awards, including Best New Director wins for Wong at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards and 36th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Filmography


Year	Title	Original Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2011	6th March	三月六日	Yes	Yes	co-writer with Florence Chan;^[5] short film
2013	Good Take		Yes	Yes	co-writer with Florence Chan; part of Streets of Macao short film anthology^[5]
2016	Mad World	念無明	Yes	No

Awards and nominations


Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2016	53rd Golden Horse Awards	Best New Director	Mad World	Won
	Hong Kong Film Directors Guild Awards	Best New Director		Won
	23rd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award	Best Director		Won
2017	36th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Director		Nominated
	36th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best New Director		Won
	17th Chinese Film Media Awards	Best New Director		Nominated

References

^ Parkes, Douglas; Ngo, Ivor (March 16, 2017). "Interview: Wong Chun on Mad World, his award-winning debut". Time Out Hong Kong. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d CreateHK (October 5, 2016). Dream High -- First Feature Film Initiative (WONG Chun) (YouTube video) (in Cantonese). Commerce and Economic Development Bureau.
^ ^a ^b "Dream High 撐‧你想". www.createhk.gov.hk. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
^ ^a ^b Cheung, Rachel (2016-08-22). "Young Hong Kong director's perseverance pays off as his debut feature hits cinemas". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lee, Edmund (2017-03-28). "How Eric Tsang, Shawn Yue came to star in indie gem Mad World". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
^ Chu, Karen (2017-11-22). "Oscars: How 'Mad World' Offers an Alternative Look at Life in Hong Kong". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
^ Lee, Edmund (2017-03-30). "Film review: Mad World – Shawn Yue, Eric Tsang in sombre drama". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-09-17.

External links

Wong Chun at IMDb

[1] Parkes, Douglas; Ngo, Ivor (March 16, 2017). "Interview: Wong Chun on Mad World, his award-winning debut". Time Out Hong Kong. Retrieved 2021-08-25.

[:1-2] CreateHK (October 5, 2016). Dream High -- First Feature Film Initiative (WONG Chun) (YouTube video) (in Cantonese). Commerce and Economic Development Bureau.

[:2-3] "Dream High 撐‧你想". www.createhk.gov.hk. Retrieved 2021-09-20.

[:4-4] Cheung, Rachel (2016-08-22). "Young Hong Kong director's perseverance pays off as his debut feature hits cinemas". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-09-20.

[:5-5] Lee, Edmund (2017-03-28). "How Eric Tsang, Shawn Yue came to star in indie gem Mad World". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-09-20.

[:0-6] Chu, Karen (2017-11-22). "Oscars: How 'Mad World' Offers an Alternative Look at Life in Hong Kong". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-09-17.

[:3-7] Lee, Edmund (2017-03-30). "Film review: Mad World – Shawn Yue, Eric Tsang in sombre drama". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-09-17.

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