Hong Khaou
Born (1975-10-22) 22 October 1975
Democratic Kampuchea (Now Cambodia)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active2005–present

Hong Khaou (born 22 October 1975) is a Cambodian-British film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his debut feature film Lilting and the short films Summer and Spring.[1]

Early life

Khaou was born in Cambodia to Chinese-Cambodian parents. He was a few months old when he and his family fled to Vietnam after the Fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge.[2] When he was 8 years old, his family migrated to the United Kingdom in the 1980s as political refugees.[3][4]

Education

Khaou studied BA (Hons) Film Production at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in Farnham, formerly the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, graduating in 1997.[5]

Career

Khaou's short film Spring played at both the Sundance Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011,[6] with his previous short Summer also having premiered at Berlin in 2006.[7]

His debut feature film Lilting was produced under the Film London micro-budget scheme Microwave,[8] and was released on 8 August 2014 in the United Kingdom by distributors Artificial Eye.[9]

He is the recipient of the 2014 Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award for his upcoming feature film Monsoon.[10]

For BBC television, in 2021 Khaou directed four episodes of season 2 of Baptiste. In 2023 he will direct Mr Loverman also for BBC television. It is an adaptation of Bernadine Evaristo's novel Girl, Woman, Other starring Lennie James.[11]

Filmography

Short films

Feature film

Television

References

  1. ↑ "Short Film Promotion Scheme Awardee", British Council, retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Wight, Emily. "Cambodian Brits? Yes, they do exist". phnompenhpost.com. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Filmmaker's Forum: Hong Khaou On The Emotional Journey of Bringing 'Lilting' To Sundance" Archived 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Indiewire, 30 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Matheou2019-06-29T17:45:00+01:00, Demetrios. "'Monsoon': Karlovy Vary Review". Screen. Retrieved 9 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Lilting: Film graduate to release debut theatrical feature August 8th", University for the Creative Arts, retrieved 19 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "London In Berlin (2011)" Archived 15 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Film London, 9 February 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "London In Berlin (2006)" Archived 3 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Film London, 10 February 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Lilting Overview" Archived 17 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Microwave, Film London, retrieved 19 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Lilting" Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Artificial Eye, retrieved 19 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Sundance Institute and Mahindra Choose 4 Filmmakers for Global Prizes", Variety, 21 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "'Mr Loverman': Lennie James To Lead BBC Adaptation Of 'Girl, Woman, Other' Scribe Bernardine Evaristo's Seventh Novel". Deadline. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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