Chung King-fai, SBS, is a Hong Kong actor and pioneer of contemporary performing art. He is also a

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, TV producer, programme host and performing arts educator. He is the founder and president of the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies, Art Form Panels of the Hong Kong

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, Chairman of Exploration Theatre, and Art Director of

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Education and career

Chung finished his secondary education in

Pui Ching Middle School The Pui Ching Middle Schools () is a system of Baptist secondary schools first founded in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China and later Hong Kong and Macau. Located at Peizheng Road in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou Pui Ching Middle School is a s ...

before studying at

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, at the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university an ...

, majoring in English. He received a BA degree in Speech and Drama from

Oklahoma Baptist University Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) is a private Baptist university in Shawnee, Oklahoma. It was established in 1910 under the original name of The Baptist University of Oklahoma. OBU is owned and was founded by the Baptist General Convention of ...

and his master's degree in Fine Arts from

Yale School of Drama The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in e ...

(1962). Back in Hong Kong, he was an actor and executive producer with the two major television broadcasters, and lecturer at

Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a publicly funded tertiary liberal arts education, liberal arts institution with a Christian ethics, Christian education heritage. It was established as Hong Kong Baptist College with the support of Ame ...

. He has also been an advisor to Hong Kong Repertory Theatre. In 1983, Chung was appointed the founding Dean of the School of Drama at the

Hong Kong Academy for the 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 p ...

. Chung introduced

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and

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to Hong Kong audiences in

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(mother tongue of the major population), with numerous stage performances. He has directed over 80 productions, including Equus,

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid-1 ...

Rashomon is a 1950 Jidaigeki psychological thriller/crime film directed and written by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori (actor), Masayuki Mori, and ...

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Xiaojing Hutong Xiaojing may refer to: *''Classic of Filial Piety'', or ''Xiaojing'', Confucian classic treatise giving advice on filial piety *Xiao'erjing, or Xiaojing, practice of writing Sinitic languages or the Dungan language in the Arabic script *Emperor Xi ...

, Grease, M Butterfly, A Sentimental Journey and

Noises off ''Noises Off'' is a 1982 play by the English playwright Michael Frayn. Frayn conceived the idea in 1970 while watching from the wings a performance of ''The Two of Us'', a farce that he had written for Lynn Redgrave. He said, "It was funnier f ...

. Chung also holds an honorary fellowship at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and an honorary doctorate from Armstrong University of California.

Film(s)

Television series

Awards and achievements

* 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 Best Director,

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* 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1999 Best Actor, Hong Kong Drama Awards * 1994 Ten Years Outstanding Achievement Award, Hong Kong Drama Awards * 1999 Artist of the Year (Stage Director), Hong Kong Artists’ Guild * 2000 Drama Achievement Award,

* 2001 Fellowship from Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts * 2002

Silver Bauhinia Star The Silver Bauhinia Star (, SBS) is the second Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, awarded to people who have taken a leading part in public affairs or voluntary work over a long period. The award was created in 1997 to repla ...

* 2005 Most Outstanding TV Actor,

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* 2006 Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited * 2007 World Outstanding Chinese Award

References

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