Simon Chung Tak-sing (), is a

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film director. His films include ''Innocent'', released in 2005, ''End of Love'' which premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in 2009,Simon Chung
Publisher:''Festival Scope.com.'' Retrieved: 24 January 2016. and '' Speechless'', released in 2012, and which premiered at the BFI 26th ''London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival'' (since renamed '' BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival''), on 28 March 2012.Speechless
Publisher: ''Polari Magazine''. Published: 29 March 2012. Retrieved: 24 January 2016. Chung is gay.

Early life and education

Chung was born and brought up in Hong Kong, and from the age of fifteen, in the city of

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, where he attended high school. He was later educated at

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in Toronto, where he majored in Film, followed by

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, in

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in Hong Kong, where he made his first independent films in the technical department and at the

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, in Hong Kong's

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, where he took a master's degree in Cultural Studies.

Life and career

Chung's first film short was ''Chiwawa Express'', made in 1992. His first full-length feature film, ''Innocent'', made in 2005, premiered at the

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and won the NFB Best Canadian Film Award at the

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. His second feature, ''End of Love'', premiered at the

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in 2009, while his third, ''Speechless'', premiered at the BFI

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. He is a founding member of

Ying e Chi Ying e Chi (影意志) is a non-profit organization formed in 1997 by a group of independent filmmakers in Hong Kong. Independent film makers of Ying e Chi include Vincent Chui, Kwok Wai-lun, Simon Chung, Charlie Lam and Lawrence Wong. Ying e Chi ...

, an independent film distributor in Hong Kong.

Filmography

* ''I Miss You When I See You'' (2018) * '' Speechless'' (2012) * ''End of Love'' (2009) * ''Innocent'' (2005)

Film shorts

* ''First Love and Other Pains'' (1999) * ''Stanley Beloved'' (1998) * ''Life is Elsewhere'' (1996) * ''Chiwawa Express'' (1992)

Awards

* Distinguished Award for ''End of Love'' at the 2009

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* NFB Best Canadian Film Award for ''Innocent'' at the 2005

* Special Jury Prize for ''Life is Elsewhere'' at the 1997 Image Forum Festival in

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References

External links

Speechless (2012)
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