Vicky Wong

Vicky Wong Wai-kit (Chinese: 黃偉傑) is a Hong Kong film director. He co-directed the 2016 film Trivisa[1] produced by Hong Kong film director Johnnie To[2] and screenwriter Yau Nai Hoi. Trivisa has won numerous awards including Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture[3] at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards, Best film[4] at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award. Vicky was also nominated for Best New Director at the 53rd Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards.[5]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wong.
Vicky Wong
Born
Hong Kong
OccupationFilm director

Trivisa was premiered at 66th Berlin International Film Festival[6] and opened 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival.[7][8] In 2017, he shared the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director with Frank Hui and Jevons Au for their film Trivisa.[9] He participated at Berlin Talent Camp in 2011.[10]

Wong studied in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Hong Kong Shue Yan University.[11] He worked professionally as a filmmaker in broadcast and independent production for several years before deciding to further his career by studying filmmaking in UK. He studied at London Film Academy in London.[11] After he finished his filmmaking course, he started making scripted short films including Wish, Valediction, Variable and the Decisive Moment[7]. Variable won the Excellence Award at 30th JVC Tokyo Video Festival[12][13] and received Special Mention at the 13th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards.[11][13] His most successful short film is Decisive Moment which won Best Cinematography award at Fresh Wave 2010,[11][14] which led him to be picked by Johnnie To as one of the three directors of Trivisa.[15]

References
  1. Hui, Frank; Au, Jevons Man-Kit; Wong, Vicky (2016-04-07), Trivisa, retrieved 2016-05-06
  2. Brown, Todd (2016-01-29). "TRIVISA: Watch The Trailer For Johnnie To Produced Crime Thriller". TwitchFilm. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  3. "香港電影金像獎". 香港電影金像獎. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  4. "學會大獎 | 香港電影評論學會". www.filmcritics.org.hk (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  5. "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  6. "Trivsia Berlin International Film Festival Press" (PDF).
  7. "Hong Kong Festival Opening Films Announced". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  8. "'Chongqing Hot Pot' and 'Trivisa' Open 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival". Yibada. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  9. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2086084/young-talent-frame-hong-kong-film-awards
  10. Forchner, Berlinale Talents, Marcus. "Imprint". Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  11. "Meet-the-Artists: Vicky Wong [Closed]". www.aaiss.hk. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  12. "SIGNIS". www.signis.net. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  13. cccdi, powered by. "HONG KONG SHORT FILM NEW ACTION EXPRESS 香港短片新里程". NEW ACTION EXPRESS. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  14. "Wave of the future". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  15. "Fresh Wave: Nurturing New Talent for Hong Kong's Film Sector". C². Retrieved 2016-05-06.
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