Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 08, 1979
Place of Birth
Hong Kong, China
Credits
60 titles
Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung
Biography
Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung (曾國祥; born 8 November 1979) is a Hong Kong film director and actor. The son of actor Eric Tsang, Chi-Wai Tsang got his start in the Hong Kong film industry working for director Peter Chan Ho-Sun after graduating from the University of Toronto Scarborough in 2001. He made his acting debut in Men Suddenly in Black (2003) and directorial debut with Lover's Discourse (2010), sharing the directing credit with Jimmy Wan Chi-Man. The duo was nominated for a Golden Horse Award for Best New Director in 2010. His solo directorial debut Soul Mate (2016) was critically praised, receiving a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film nomination at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards. His next film Better Days (2019) was the Hong Kong submission for the Academy Awards and received a Best International Feature Film nomination, becoming the first Hong Kong submission directed by a Hong Kong native to do so. After graduation, he moved back to Hong Kong, where his father arranged for him to work under director Peter Chan Ho-Sun. There, he met producer Jojo Hui and director Jimmy Wan Chi-man, both of whom would go on to be Tsang's frequent collaborators. Despite not pursuing an acting career, Tsang has had a variety of acting roles since the start of his career, which he attributed to other actors not wanting to be typecast into roles with unflattering characteristics. He made his screen debut in Men Suddenly in Black (2003), cameoing as the younger version of his father's character. There he met director Pang Ho-cheung, whom Tsang would later collaborate with on various projects. Tsang made his solo directorial debut with Soul Mate (2016). He was subsequently nominated for Best Director awards at various film award ceremonies, including at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 53rd Golden Horse Awards. His next film, Better Days (2019), won eight out of 12 categories at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film and Best Director. The film was subsequently chosen as the official entry for Hong Kong for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. It was shortlisted but lost to Denmark's Another Round. He was the first native Hong Kong director in the category. Tsang said his influences are primarily derived from art-house cinema, with early influences from director Wong Kar-Wai and the French New Wave, as opposed to his father's works, which consisted of mostly of mainstream comedies. Tsang married actress Venus Wong Yik-Man in 2019. He has expressed a reluctance to cast Wong due to the negative perception of nepotism.
Known For
Filmography
As Written
Director
3 Body Problem
Director
Anita
ENT Doctor
A New Awakening
Director
Unspeakable Love
Director
Three Gold Coins
Director
Stoma
Lim's Brother
Better Days
Director
Missbehavior
Security Officer
The Brink
Sheng
Love Off the Cuff
Cherie's Younger Brother
S Storm
Joe Ma
SoulMate
Director
Good Take!
Director
Robbery
Lau Kin-Ping
晚吹 - 真PK
self
From Vegas to Macau III
Interpol
House of Wolves
Steve Shit
Lazy Hazy Crazy
Madame Glaze
The Challenge
Two for the Night
Zombie Fight Club
David
Z Storm
Joe Ma
Aberdeen
Naked Ambition 3D
Simon Yuen
Golden Chickensss
Male Prostitute
SDU: Sex Duties Unit
Dried Shrimp
My Sassy Hubby
Robber
Triad
Xiang
The Thieves
Johnny
Lacuna
Director
Love in the Buff
Cherie's Brother
Lover's Discourse
Director
Devil Nail Clippers
Director
Girl$
Chun
Ex
Sol
Once a Gangster
Young Roast Pork
Dream Home
Cheung Jai
Crossing Hennessy
Doctor at Emergency Ward
一個地球
self
Claustrophobia
John
Ocean Flame
Third Brother's Assistant
Tactical Unit - No Way Out
Fai
Run Papa Run
Chicken
Scare 2 Die
Mahjong Player B
Dead Air
Rock/Lok Chun
Single Blog
My Name Is Fame
Lok
On the Edge
Mini B
Midnight Running
Peter