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Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung

Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung (曾國祥; born 8 November 1979) is a Hong Kong film director and actor. The son of actor Eric Tsang, Tsang got his start in the Hong Kong film industry working for director Peter Chan Ho-Sun after graduating from the University of Toronto Scarborough in 2001. He made his acting debut in Men Suddenly in Black (2003) and directorial debut with Lover's Discourse (2010), sharing the directing credit with Jimmy Wan Chi-man. The duo was nominated for a Golden Horse Award for Best New Director in 2010. His solo directorial debut Soul Mate (2016) was critically praised, receiving a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film nomination at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards. His next film Better Days (2019) was the Hong Kong submission for the Academy Awards and received a Best International Feature Film nomination, becoming the first Hong Kong submission directed by a Hong Kong native to do so. After graduation, he moved back to Hong Kong, where his father arranged for him to work under director Peter Chan Ho-Sun. There, he met producer Jojo Hui and director Jimmy Wan Chi-man, both of whom would go on to be Tsang's frequent collaborators. Despite not pursuing an acting career, Tsang has had a variety of acting roles since the start of his career, which he attributed to other actors not wanting to be typecast into roles with unflattering characteristics. He made his screen debut in Men Suddenly in Black (2003), cameoing as the younger version of his father's character. There he met director Pang Ho-cheung, whom Tsang would later collaborate with on various projects. Tsang made his solo directorial debut with Soul Mate (2016). He was subsequently nominated for Best Director awards at various film award ceremonies, including at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 53rd Golden Horse Awards. His next film, Better Days (2019), won eight out of 12 categories at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film and Best Director. The film was subsequently chosen as the official entry for Hong Kong for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. It was shortlisted but lost to Denmark's Another Round. He was the first native Hong Kong director in the category. Tsang said his influences are primarily derived from art-house cinema, with early influences from director Wong Kar-wai and the French New Wave, as opposed to his father Eric Tsang's works, which consisted of mostly of mainstream comedies. He credits his half-sister Bowie Tsang for teaching him about film and literature. Tsang married actress Venus Wong in 2019. He has expressed a reluctance to cast Wong due to the negative perception of nepotism.


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Born:
Nov 8, 1979 In Hong Kong, China
Movie/TV Credits:
47
First Appeared:
In the movie Shadow 2001-11-24
Latest Project:
Movie The Strangled Truth 2025
Known For
Poster of Stoma
Poster of The Challenge
Poster of Two for the Night
Poster of Midnight Running
Filmography
Movie The Strangled Truth 2025
Movie Anita ENT Doctor 2021-11-12
Movie Stoma Lim's Brother 2020-08-19
Movie Missbehavior 2019-01-31
Movie The Brink Shui Sing's son 2017-11-23
Movie Love Off the Cuff Cherie's Younger Brother 2017-04-27
Movie House of Wolves Steve Shit 2016-01-21
Movie From Vegas to Macau III Interpol 2016-02-06
Movie S Storm Joe Ma 2016-09-14
Movie Robbery Lau Kin-Ping 2016-04-14
Movie Lazy Hazy Crazy Madame Glaze 2015-10-29
Movie Naked Ambition 3D Simon Yuen 2014-03-25
Movie Aberdeen 2014-05-08
Movie Golden Chickensss Male Prostitute 2014-01-30
Movie Two for the Night 2014-11-11
Movie Z Storm Joe Ma 2014-06-19
Series The Challenge 2014-11-19
Movie Zombie Fight Club David 2014-10-23
Movie SDU: Sex Duties Unit Dried Shrimp 2013-07-25
Movie Love in the Buff Cherie's Brother 2012-03-29
Movie The Thieves Johnny 2012-07-25
Movie My Sassy Hubby Robber 2012-12-05
Movie Triad Xiang 2012-11-15
Movie Crossing Hennessy Doctor at Emergency Ward 2010-04-01
Movie Dream Home Cheung Jai 2010-04-25
Movie Girl$ Chun 2010-09-02
Movie Once a Gangster Young Roast Pork 2010-05-20
Movie Ex Sol 2010-06-03
Movie Scare 2 Die 2008-04-03
Movie Tactical Unit - No Way Out Fai 2008-05-01
Movie Run Papa Run Chicken 2008-04-10
Movie Ocean Flame Third Brother's Assistant 2008-05-23
Movie Claustrophobia John 2008-10-23
Movie Single Blog 2007-05-31
Movie Dead Air Rock/Lok Chun 2007-11-04
Movie Isabella Yan's Suitor 2006-04-06
Movie Cocktail Kuen 2006-01-19
Movie The Third Eye Gum 2006-04-08
Movie On the Edge Mini B 2006-08-31
Movie My Name Is Fame Lok 2006-09-01
Movie Midnight Running Peter 2006-05-18
Movie It Had To Be You 2005-03-04
Movie AV Band-Aid 2005-03-19
Movie The Eye 2 Joey's Co-Worker 2004-03-18
Movie Men Suddenly in Black Young Tin Yau 2003-08-11
Movie The Park Dan 2003-10-23
Movie Shadow 2001-11-24