Ray Yeung

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Ray Yeung
Ray Yeung, "Suk Suk", Teddy Award (February 2020) (cropped).png
Yeung in 2020
Born
Raymond Yeung Yaw-kae
Alma materColumbia University School of the Arts (MFA)
Known forSuk Suk (2019)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊曜愷

Raymond Yeung Yaw-kae[1] (Chinese: 楊曜愷) is a Hong Kong[2] filmmaker and playwright. His films often depict the lives of gay Asian men.

Yeung is the chief of the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.[1] He revived the festival in 2000.[3]

Early life[]

Yeung grew up in Hong Kong. At the age 13, he was sent to an English boarding school outside of London.[1][4]

Prior to his career in entertainment, Yeung was a lawyer.[1] He graduated from Columbia University School of the Arts in 2013.[5]

Career[]

Yeung wrote the plays Banana Skin and The Third Sex.[5][6] He made several shorts prior to his feature film debut.[1]

Yeung made his feature film debut with Cut Sleeve Boys, a gay love story between two Chinese-British men,[1] in 2005 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.[5]

His second feature film Front Cover premiered at the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival.[5]

Yeung had expressed interest in doing a Cantonese-language film set in Hong Kong, having grown up there until age 13.[7] Twilight's Kiss, or Suk Suk, is a film about a gay relationship between two elderly men in Hong Kong and was inspired by the book “Oral Histories of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong” by Hong Kong University Professor Travis S.K. Kong.[7][8] The film premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in 2019.[5] Suk Suk is his first Chinese-language film. It was voted Best Film at the 2019 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award.[9]

Style and influences[]

Yeung cites directors Yasujirō Ozu and Stanley Kwan as his influences.[10]

Personal life[]

Yeung is gay.[3] He is based out of Hong Kong, where he moved to in 2015 after graduating from his MFA program at Columbia University.[11]

Filmography[]

Year Title Writer Director Notes
2005 Cut Sleeve Boys Yes Yes
2015 Front Cover Yes Yes
2019 Twilight's Kiss (Suk Suk) Yes Yes

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Work Result Notes
2019 56th Golden Horse Awards Best Original Screenplay Twilight's Kiss (Suk Suk) Nominated
2020 39th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Hong Kong Screenwriters’ Guild Awards Most Recommended Screenplay Won
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award Best Screenplay Nominated

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Chow, Vivienne (April 7, 2006). "Director of film on gay Chinese takes aim at British stereotypes". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-08-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Wright, Adam (2015-09-11). "Hong Kong's annual LGBT festival: where pink means party". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-08-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b Law, Carissa (2020-11-11). "The HK Filmmaker Fighting for LGBT+Representation". Hive Life Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Dee, Garrett (2016-09-28). "Interview: Front Cover Director Ray Yeung". New Bloom Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  5. ^ a b c d e Van Kann, Felix (July 31, 2020). "'Twilight's Kiss,' a Film by Alumnus Ray Yeung '13 Distributed by Strand Releasing". Columbia - School of the Arts. Retrieved 2021-08-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Skins a slick parody of HK". South China Morning Post. January 20, 1994. Retrieved 2021-08-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b Stojiljković, Marko (2020-03-28). "Interview with the director Ray Yeung and the actors Tai-Bo, Ben Yuen and Patra Au". Asian Movie Pulse. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  8. ^ SCMP Style (April 22, 2020). Why did Hong Kong’s Ray Yeung direct the new LGBT movie, Suk Suk? (YouTube video). South China Morning Post.
  9. ^ Lee, Edmund (2020-01-20). "Gay drama Suk Suk named 2019's best Hong Kong film by critics". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  10. ^ Kwong, Wilson (2020-03-10). "Berlinale 2020: Interview With SUK SUK Director Ray Yeung". Film Inquiry. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  11. ^ Lord, Richard (2015-09-17). "Hong Kong filmmaker Ray Yeung's new film, Front Cover, is a story about fitting in and identity". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-08-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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