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Wong Jing

Wong Jing

Hong Kong filmmaker and actor (born 1955) Wong JingWong in 2025BornWong Yat Cheong (王日祥) (1955-05-03) 3 May 1955 (age 71)British Hong KongOccupationsFilm directoractorscreenwriterfilm producerParentWong Tin-Lam (1928–2010)AwardsHong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Screenplay2006 Colour of the Loyalty2007 Crouching Tiger Chinese nameTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinWáng JīngYue: CantoneseJyutpingWong4 Zing1 Wong Yat-cheong, known professionally as Wong Jing (Chinese: 王晶, born 3 May 1955), is a Hong Kong filmmaker and actor. A prolific filmmaker with strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, he played a prominent role in Hong Kong cinema during the 1990s. Biography Wong was born in Hong Kong, the son of noted film director Wong Tin-Lam. He graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a degree in Chinese literature which he describes as "useless" (Yang, 2003).[citation needed] Like many Hong Kong film figures of his time, Wong began his career in television – in his case, scriptwriting for local juggernaut TVB beginning in 1975 (Teo, 1997). He moved on to writing for the Shaw Brothers studio. There, he made his directing debut wi