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Hong Khaou (born 22 October 1975) is a British film director and screenwriter. He is known for his feature film debut, Lilting (2014).
Early life and education
Khaou was born in Cambodia, the youngest of four children of Chinese-Cambodian parents. He was a few months old when the family fled to Vietnam after the Fall of Phnom Penh. They relocated to England as political refugees when Khaou was eight years old. He studied BA (Hons) Film Production at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in Farnham, where he graduated in 1997.
Career
Khaou's short film Spring played at both the Sundance Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011, with his previous short Summer also having premiered at Berlin in 2006.
His debut feature film Lilting was produced under the Film London micro-budget scheme Microwave, and was released on 8 August 2014 in the United Kingdom by distributors Artificial Eye.
He is the recipient of the 2014 Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award for his upcoming feature film Monsoon.
In 2021, Khaou directed four episodes of season 2 of the BBC mystery television series Baptiste. In 2023, he was announced as the director of the drama television series Mr Loverman—BBC's adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo's novel of the same name—starring Lennie James.
Filmography
Short film
Waiting for Movement (2005)
Summer (2006)
Spring (2011)
Feature film
Lilting (2014)
Monsoon (2019)
Television
Baptiste (2021)
Mr Loverman (2024)
References
External links
Hong Khaou at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Monsoon (film 2019)
- British Academy Film Awards ke-68
- Skuad Piala Dunia FIFA 2018
- Hong Khaou
- Monsoon (2019 film)
- Alice & Jack
- Lilting (film)
- Mr Loverman (TV series)
- Naomi Yang (actress)
- Henry Golding
- Spring
- Baptiste (TV series)
- 2023 Toronto International Film Festival
