Kwan Pun Leung
Kwan Pun Leung(關本良), a Hong Kong visual media veteran.[1] Starting his career as a photographer in local arts and culture scene. He made his motion picture debut as director of photography on the acclaimed Asian director Stanley Kwan’s “HOLD YOU TIGHT”. Later, Kwan also worked on Ann Hui’s “JULY RHAPSODY”, “POSTMODERN LIFE OF MY AUNT” and Wong Kar-wai’s "2046". He was the Senior Lecturer in Cinematography of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Lecturer of the Chinese University of Hong Kong as well as the City University. Kwan also directs and edits his own documentary works, like “BUENOS AIRES ZERO DEGREE” and “LET THE WIND CARRY ME”.
Selected photographic works
Documentary Film
- Co-dir of Photography, HOW HIGH IS THE MOUNTAIN山有多高, 16mm & Video
- Directed by TANG Xiang-zhu
- Taiwan Golden Harvest Awards 2002-Best Documentary Film
- Golden Horse Awards 2002-The Best Documentary Film
- Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2002-Special Mention in Competition Jury
- Peabody Award 2003
- 2nd Unit Photography, HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN海有多深, 16mm, 2000
- Directed by TANG Xiang-zhu
- Taiwan Golden Harvest Awards 2000-Best Documentary Film
- Dir of Photography & Editor, MY CHILDHOOD: THE NEVER SETTING SUN ON THE PLAIN草原上升起不落的太陽, Video, 1999
Short Film
- Dir of Photography and Editor, Blueberry Days, A Short Film for Louis Vuitton Journeys Awards, 2009
- Dir of Photography, Hopscotch跳格子, 35mm Short Film, 2008
- Dir of Photography, Chacun son cinéma每個人都有他自己的電影, 35mm, Cannes 60th Anneversary Short Film, 2007
Feature Film & TV Drama
- Co-dir of Photography 2046, 35mm Feature Film, 2004
- Directed by Wong Kar Wai, starring Tony Leung, Gong Li, Takuya Kimura, Zhang Ziyi, Carina Lau, Chang Chen
- Invited to 2004 Cannes International Film Festival
- Best Cinematography Award, Best Foreign Language Film Award, New York Film Critics Circle Awards (NYFCC) 2005
- Best Cinematography Award, National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 2006
- Dir of Photography, LOVE, LOST COUNT掃你一百下, Video, 2003
- Directed by Wing-sin MO, Radio Television Hong Kong
- 1st Prize, Children’s Jury Prize, Live-action Television Production, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2003
- 1st Prize, Adult Jury Prize, Live-action Television Production, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2003
- Dir of Photography, JULY RHAPSODY男人四十, 35mm Feature Film, 2001
AWARDS
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD, Taipei Film Festival 2009
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD, National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 2006
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD, New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) 2005
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD of Hong Kong Film Awards 2005
- TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, Asiana International Short Film Festival 2004
- THE AGFA FELLOWSHIP 1994 YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD, by Agfa-Gevaert (HK) Ltd., HK Institute of Professional Photographers and Asian Cultural Council, 1994
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
Director, Editor & Cinematography
- LET THE WIND CARRY ME乘著光影旅行, 35mm Documentary, 2009, Co-directed with Chiang Hsiu-Chiung
- Grand Prize, Best Documentary Award & Best Editing Award at Taipei Film Festival 2010
- On Hong Kong Series想一想香港系列之LUNG YING TAI龍應台, TV Documentary, 2007
- A Radio Television Hong Kong TV program on the 10th Anniversary of handover of Hong Kong
- BUENOS AIRES ZERO DEGREE攝氐零度春光再現, Documentary Film, 2000, Co-directed with Amos LEE
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