Clement Sze-Kit Cheng () 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.

Film career

At the

29th Hong Kong Film Awards The ceremony for the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards took place on 18 April 2010. Wang Po-chieh's original nomination for the Best New Performer was withdrawn after he was confirmed to be an actor in the 2008 Taiwan film ''Winds of September ''Winds ...

, Cheng and Derek Kwok won the

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conjointly. Despite never having personally practiced any martial arts, Cheng co-wrote and co-directed '' Gallants'', a

martial arts film Martial arts films are a subgenre of action films that feature numerous martial arts combat between characters. These combats are usually the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often are a method of storytelling and character expres ...

, with Kwok. The actors Cheng and Kwok chose for the film were primarily people who had acted in 1970s and 1980s Hong Kong cinema. The film had its Canadian premiere at the 2010

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, and Cheng was in attendance. He also attended the film's

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premiere at the 2011 Terracotta Far East Film Festival. At the

30th Hong Kong Film Awards The 30th Hong Kong Film Awards took place on 17 April 2011. The film '' Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame'', received the most nominations (13) and won most awards (6). The Best Film went to ''Gallants''. The highlights of the yea ...

, ''Gallants'' was announced to have won the

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, at which point Cheng jumped from his seat and began hugging the film's

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s. Cheng was in charge of the

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for

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film '' Rest on Your Shoulder'' and

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'' The Great Magician''.

Filmography

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian screenwriters Hong Kong emigrants to Canada Visual effects supervisors Hong Kong film directors Hong Kong screenwriters {{HongKong-film-director-stub