Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang

Biography

Born 00/00/1957

At first glance, Stanley Kwan would seem to be working in the tradition of Douglas Sirk, Vincente Minnelli and R.W. Fassbinder--bold visual stylists utilizing yet transcending the conventions of screen melodrama to achieve their more serious artistic goals. Kwan differs from his predecessors in...
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Awards

  • In 2001, received Golden Horse Award for Best Director
  • In 1998, received Berlin Film Festival Alfred Bauer Prize
  • In 1988, received Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director

Highlights

  • In 2001, Made "Lan Yu", an adaptation of a gay-themed Internet-published novel called "Beijing Story" focusing on male lovers set against the backdrop of the Tiananmen Square uprising
  • In 2000, Helmed "Island Tales", a parable about the change over of Hong Kong from British rule to Chinese control focusing on seven people quarantined after the outbreak of a deadly virus
  • In 1997, Dealt overtly with gay themes in the film "Hold You Tight/Yue kuai le, yue duo luo"

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