Vicky Wong Wai-Kit

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wong.
Vicky Wong Wai-Kit
Chinese name 黃偉傑
Jyutping Wong4 Wai5-git6 (Cantonese)
Born Hong Kong
Occupation Film director

Vicky Wong Wai-Kit (黃偉傑) is a Hong Kong film director. He directed the 2016 film Trivisa[1] produced by Hong Kong film director Johnnie To.[2] Trivisa was premiered at 66th Berlin International Film Festival[3] and opened 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival.[4][5] He participated at Berlin Talent Camp in 2011.[6]

Wong studied in the Department of Jouralism and Mass Communication at Hong Kong Shue Yan University.[7] He worked at professionally as filmmaker in broadcast and independent production for several years before deciding to further his career by studying filmmaking in UK. He studied at London Film Academy in London.[7] After he finished his filmmaking course, he started making scripted short films including Wish, Valediction, Variable and the Decisive Moment[7]. Variable won the Exellence Award at 30th JVC Tokyo Video Festival[8][9] and received Special Mention at the 13th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards.[7][9] His most successful short film is the Decisive Moment which won Best Cinematography award at Fresh Wave 2010,[7][10] which led him to be picked by Johnnie To as one of the three directors of Trivisa.[11]

References

  1. Hui, Frank; Au, Jevons Man-Kit; Wong, Vicky (2016-04-07), Trivisa, retrieved 2016-05-06
  2. Brown, Todd (2016-01-29). "TRIVISA: Watch The Trailer For Johnnie To Produced Crime Thriller". TwitchFilm. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  3. "Trivsia Berlin International Film Festival Press" (PDF).
  4. "Hong Kong Festival Opening Films Announced". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  5. "'Chongqing Hot Pot' and 'Trivisa' Open 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival". Yibada. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  6. Forchner, Berlinale Talents, Marcus. "Imprint". Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Meet-the-Artists: Vicky Wong [Closed]". www.aaiss.hk. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  8. "SIGNIS". www.signis.net. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  9. 1 2 cccdi, powered by. "HONG KONG SHORT FILM NEW ACTION EXPRESS 香港短片新里程". NEW ACTION EXPRESS. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  10. "Wave of the future". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  11. "Fresh Wave: Nurturing New Talent for Hong Kong's Film Sector". . Retrieved 2016-05-06.


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