Clement Cheng
{{Short description|Hong Kong-Canadian screenwriter and movie director}}
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| birth_name = Cheng Sze-Kit
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| occupation = Film director
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Clement Sze-Kit Cheng ({{zh|t=鄭思傑}}) is a Hong Kong-Canadian screenwriter, film director, and visual effects art director.
Early life
Born in Hong Kong, Cheng moved to Canada with his family as a child. In 1997, he returned to Hong Kong to witness the transfer of its sovereignty to China, and decided to stay.{{Cite web|url=http://lj.hkej.com/lj2017/artculture/article/id/360655|title=導演鄭思傑講電影經：想做就有得做|last=|first=|date=2014-04-03|website=Hong Kong Economic Journal|access-date=2019-09-08}}
Film career
At the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards, Cheng and Derek Kwok won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director conjointly.{{Cite news|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Filmart 2012: Emperor Readies Firefighter Drama|author=Karen Chu|date=March 18, 2012|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/filmart-2012-emperor-readies-firefighter-301463|accessdate=October 25, 2013}} Despite never having personally practiced any martial arts,{{Cite news|work=Le Lien Multimédia|author=Charles Prémont|date=July 12, 2010|title=Clement Cheng, réalisateur de Gallants, ne connaissait rien au kung-fu|url=http://www.lienmultimedia.com/article.php3?id_article=24741|accessdate=October 25, 2013|language=fr}} Cheng co-wrote and co-directed Gallants, a martial arts film, with Kwok.{{Cite news|work=The China Post|title=Hong Kong star Andy Lau rescues hit film|author=Foong Woei Wan|date=July 19, 2011|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/art/celebrity-news/2011/07/19/310260/Hong-Kong.htm|accessdate=October 25, 2013}} The actors Cheng and Kwok chose for the film were primarily people who had acted in 1970s and 1980s Hong Kong cinema.{{Cite news|work=U-T San Diego|author=Min Lee|date=February 22, 2011|title=Budget HK action-comedy is critical hit|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/22/budget-hk-action-comedy-is-critical-hit/|accessdate=October 25, 2013}} The film had its Canadian premiere at the 2010 Fantasia Festival, and Cheng was in attendance.{{Cite news|work=Anime News Network|title=Asian Programming of Fantasia 2010 in Montreal|date=June 29, 2010|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-06-29/asian-programming-of-fantasia-2010-in-montreal|accessdate=October 25, 2013}} He also attended the film's United Kingdom premiere at the 2011 Terracotta Far East Film Festival.{{Cite news|work=Hey U Guys|author=Craig Skinner|date=July 21, 2011|title=Exclusive Clement Cheng Interview – Part One|url=http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/clement-cheng-interview-part-one/|accessdate=October 25, 2013}} At the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards, Gallants was announced to have won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film, at which point Cheng jumped from his seat and began hugging the film's cast members.{{Cite news|work=Sify|title=Action comedy 'Gallants' named HK best film|date=April 19, 2011|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/action-comedy-gallants-named-hk-best-film-news-hollywood-lestkwhjhjd.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419181535/http://www.sify.com/movies/action-comedy-gallants-named-hk-best-film-news-hollywood-lestkwhjhjd.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 19, 2011|accessdate=October 25, 2013}} Cheng was in charge of the visual effects for contemporary fantasy film Rest on Your Shoulder{{Cite news|work=Film Business Asia|title=Rest on Your Shoulder|author=Derek Elley|date=June 23, 2011|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/rest-on-your-shoulder|accessdate=October 25, 2013}} and costume drama The Great Magician.{{Cite news|work=Film Business Asia|title=The Great Magician|author=Derek Elley|date=January 25, 2012|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/the-great-magician|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}
Filmography
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| Gallants
| ? | $585,848{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/hongkong/yearly/?yr=2010&p=.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|title=Hong Kong Yearly Box Office|accessdate=July 2, 2015}} |
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Category:Canadian male screenwriters
Category:Hong Kong emigrants to Canada
Category:Visual effects supervisors
Category:Hong Kong film directors
Category:Hong Kong screenwriters
Category:21st-century Canadian screenwriters
Category:21st-century Canadian male writers
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