Wong Chun () is a Hong Kong director and screenwriter. His feature film debut ''Mad World'' (2016) was nominated for eights awards at the

36th Hong Kong Film Awards The 36th Hong Kong Film Awards presentation ceremony took place at Hong Kong Cultural Centre on 9 April 2017. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). References Extern ...

. For the film, Wong won Best New Director at the

53rd Golden Horse Awards The 53rd Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin:第53屆金馬獎) took place on November 26, 2016, at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, the awards honored the best fi ...

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Early life

Wong studied at

City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is a world-class public research university located in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. Currently, CityU is ...

. He was inspired to pursue cinema after taking a class by director Patrick Tam. He graduated from the university's School of Creative Media in 2011 with a major in film.

Career

After graduation, he entered his short film "6th March" into the 2011 Fresh Wave Short Film Competition, where he won the "Best Script" award. The film was subsequently nominated for Best Short Film award at the 49th Golden Horse Awards in 2012. Wong and his feature film debut ''Mad World'' (2016) was one of two winners in the Higher Education Institution Group at the inaugural

First Feature Film Initiative The First Feature Film Initiative (; FFFI) is a scheme of the Hong Kong government, organised by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau and supported by the Film Development Council, to nurture talents for th ...

in 2013. The other winner was Steve Chan Chi-fat's ''

Weeds on Fire ''Weeds on Fire'' (; literally "half a step") is a 2016 Hong Kong film adapted from the true story of the Shatin Martins, the first baseball team from Hong Kong to win a league. The film is directed by Steve Chan Chi-fat and stars Liu Kai-chi, ...

'' (2016). Winners were given for the budget. but weren't allowed to obtain outside funding. Wong credits CreateHK, who organized the First Feature Film Initiative, for lining up distributors for the film. ''Mad World,'' written by Florence Chan, is about a bipolar stockbroker (

Shawn Yue Shawn Yue Man-lok (born 13 November 1981) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. A former model, he has starred in many films, such as ''Jiang Hu'', ''Infernal Affairs II'', the ''Love in the Buff'' film series, ''Mad World'' and '' The Brink'', and ha ...

) who is placed in the care of his father (

Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Chi-wai (; born 14 April 1953) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show ''Super Trio series'' on the Hong Kong television network TVB over 18 years. He currently holds ...

). Wong voiced the younger brother of Shawn Yue's character. The film was nominated for numerous awards, including Best New Director wins for Wong at the

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Personal life

Wong is dating screenwriter and frequent collaborator, Florence Chan.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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