Yim Ho (Chinese:嚴浩) is a

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most active in the 1980s, and a leader of the

Hong Kong New Wave The Hong Kong New Wave is a film movement in Chinese-language Hong Kong cinema that emerged in the late 1970s and lasted into the early 2000s. Origins of the movement The Hong Kong New Wave started in 1979 with the release of numerous notable fil ...

. He began his career making

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s for

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, then became a

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in 1980. One of his most critically acclaimed works was ''

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'' (1984). This film was different from other films of that period in that it presents certain emotions and sympathies towards the relationship between Mainland

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and Hong Kong (the

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was signed the same year ''Homecoming'' was released). The film brings together two very well known actresses,

Josephine Koo Josephine Koo Mei-Wah or Gu Meihua () is a Chinese film actress. She had a bright start to her film career, starring in Yim Ho's Hong Kong New Wave classic ''Homecoming'' (1984). The film won her the Best New Performer Award at the Hong Kong Fi ...

and

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's theme song with the same title as the film has also been a popular

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song. Ho's son Linq Yim (Chinese:严艺之, otherwise known as 嚴羚) is an actor, musician, and director who acted in Ho's 2005 film ''A West Lake Moment'', and composed its original soundtrack.

Filmography

* ''The Extra'' (1978) * ''The Happening'' (1980) * ''Wedding Bells, Wedding Bells'' (1981) * ''

'' (1984) - 10

Hong Kong Film Awards The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; ), founded in 1982, is an annual film awards ceremony in Hong Kong. The ceremonies are typically in April. The awards recognise achievement in various aspects of filmmaking, such as directing, screenwriting, ac ...

nominations **

winners: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best New Performer, Best Art Direction **

nominations: Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Film Song, Best Original Film Score * '' Red Dust'' (1990) - 12 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards nominations ** Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards winners: Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Costume and Make-up, Best Original Score ** Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards nominations: Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Original Song, Best Sound Design **

nominations: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Film Score, Best Original Film Score **

Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform for ...

nominated: Best Asian Feature Film * ''King of Chess'' (1991) **

nomination: Best Actor * ''No Sun City'' (1992) * ''

The Day the Sun Turned Cold ''The Day the Sun Turned Cold'' () is a 1994 Hong Kong drama film directed by Yim Ho. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick ...

'' (1994) **

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winners: Best Film, Best Director **

nominations: Best Film, Best Director **

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winners: Film of Merit, Best Actress * ''

The Sun Has Ears ''The Sun Has Ears'' () is a 1996 Hong Kong drama film directed by Yim Ho. It was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival where Yim Ho won the Silver Bear for Best Director The Silver Bear for Best Director (german: Silberne ...

'' (1996) **

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

winners: FIPRESCI Prize,

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**Berlin International Film Festival nomination: Golden Bear **

Hundred Flowers Awards The Hundred Flowers Awards () are, together with the Golden Rooster Awards, the most prestigious film awards honouring the best in Chinese cinema, as well as Hong Kong cinema and the Cinema of Taiwan, they are classified as the Chinese equivale ...

winners: Best Actress * ''

Kitchen A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation in a dwelling or in a commercial establishment. A modern middle-class residential kitchen is typically equipped with a stove, a sink with hot and cold running water, a ...

'' (1997) **

Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (), or BiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea. Prior to 2015, it was known as the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan. Inaugurated ...

winner: Best of Puchon **

nomination: Golden Bear **

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nomination: Gold Hugo **

nominations: Best Original Song, Best Supporting Actor * ''

Pavilion of Women ''Pavilion of Women'' is a 2001 Chinese-American drama film directed by Yim Ho and written by Luo Yan (screenwriter), Luo Yan and Paul Collins. The film stars Willem Dafoe, Luo Yan, Sau Sek, John Cho, Yi Ding (actress), Yi Ding and Koh Chieng Mun ...

'' (2001) * ''

A West Lake Moment ''A West Lake Moment'' () is a 2005 psychological romantic drama-comedy film directed by Hong Kong directors Yim Ho and Yang Zi, and starring Chen Kun, Zhou Xun and Linq Yim. Aloys Chen and Zhou Xun had also previously collaborated as lovers in ...

'' (2005) ** Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards nominations: Best Screenplay, Best Actor * '' Floating City'' (2012)

Awards and nominations

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

Best Director award for ''Homecoming'' *

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Best Director nomination for ''Red Dust'' *

Best Screenplay nomination for ''Red Dust'' *

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

Best Director nomination for ''The Day the Sun Turned Cold'' Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards *

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

Best Director award for ''Red Dust'' *

Best Film award for ''Red Dust'' *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

Best Screenplay nomination for ''A Lake Moment''

Silver Bear award for ''The Sun Has Ears'' *1996 FIPRESCI prize for ''The Sun Has Ears'' *1996 Golden Bear nomination for ''The Sun Has Ears'' *

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

Golden Bear nomination for ''Kitchen''

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

Best Film award for ''The Day the Sun Turned Cold'' *

Best Director award for ''The Day the Sun Turned Cold''

Best of Puchon for ''Kitchen''

Gold Hugo nomination for ''Kitchen''

References

External links

*
HK cinemagic entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yim, Ho Hong Kong film directors 1952 births Living people Silver Bear for Best Director recipients Alumni of the London Film School