Philip Yung

Philip Yung Tsz-kwong is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and critic.

Yung won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards for Port of Call (2015), and won Best Director at the 31st Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Papa (2024).

Early life Philip Yung Tsz-kwong grew up in a self-described "lower-class environment".

Career Prior to his work as a filmmaker, Yung was a film critic.

He made his feature film debut with Glamorous Youth (2009) followed by May We Chat (2013). The film was again scheduled to open at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in April 2021 before being withdrawn due to unspecified "technical reasons", what critics say is a shorthand for censorship by the mainland. 2023 Where the Wind Blows

Penny Pinchers Papa 2026 Cyclone With Carmen Hau and Thomas Leung Wing-ho

Accolades

Word by Word Word by Word Limited is a film production company founded in 2014 by Yung and screenwriter Effy Sun, in collaboration with the Beijing-based company Dadi Century. Yung aimed to develop his own projects through the company, as well as fund and co-create films with new directors focusing on non-mainstream themes. The company's first project was the Chinese film Yolk Man (2019), directed by debut director Channing Huang and executive produced by Philip Yung.

Films produced Yolk Man (2019) Papa (2024) Cyclone (2026)