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Shu Kei

b. 1956

Hong Kong film director and screenwriter

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About Shu Kei

Born 1956. Shu Kei is a film director and screenwriter.

Shu Kei or Kenneth Ip is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and film critic active during the 1980s and 1990s. A graduate of The University of Hong Kong, he is best known for the 1990 film Sunless Days (沒有太陽的日子), a documentary exploring the Tiananmen Square massacre and its influence on the people of Hong Kong in the days preceding the 1997 handover of the territory to the People's Republic of China. The documentary received an OCIC Award at the 1990 Berlin International Film Festival.

Prior to filmmaking, Shu worked as a film critic, and is one of the co-founders of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society. Funscreen Weekly referred to him as "an important film critic in Hong Kong" even before he began his career in film distribution and filmmaking. He was the dean of film and television at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts from 2005 to 2016.

Selected filmography Hu-Du-Men (1996) Tracey (2018)

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
British Hong Kong
Education
University of Hong Kong

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Shu Kei's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Shu Kei?

Hong Kong film director and screenwriter

When was Shu Kei born?

Shu Kei was born on 15 April 1956.

What is Shu Kei's occupation?

Shu Kei is a film director and screenwriter.

What nationality is Shu Kei?

Shu Kei's recorded nationality: British Hong Kong.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Shu Kei

· Wikidata: Q13580279

· DBpedia: Shu Kei

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