Shu Kei () or Kenneth Ip is a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter active during the 1980s and 1990s. A graduate of

The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fir ...

, he is best known for the 1990 film ''Sunless Days'' (沒有太陽的日子), a documentary exploring the

Tiananmen Square massacre The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or in Chinese the June Fourth ...

and its influence on the people of Hong Kong in the days preceding the 1997 handover of the territory to the People's Republic of China. The documentary received an OCIC Award at the 1990

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 ...

. Shu Kei was the dean of film and television at the

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) (Chinese: 香港演藝學院) is a provider of tertiary education in Hong Kong. Located near the north coast of Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island, the main campus also functions as a venue for pe ...

from 2005 to 2016.

Selected filmography

* '' Hu-Du-Men'' (1996)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shu, Kei Hong Kong film directors Hong Kong screenwriters Living people Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Demosistō politicians Year of birth missing (living people)