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Ray Yeung

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Hong Kong filmmaker

Ray Yeung
Yeung in 2020
Born
Raymond Yeung Yaw-kae
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury (LLB)
Columbia University School of the Arts (MFA)
Known forSuk Suk (2019)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊曜愷
Transcriptions

Ray Yeung[1] (Chinese:楊曜愷) is a Hong Kong screenwriter and independent film director. After graduating with a law degree and practicing law for two years, Yeung found his job tedious and decided to switch career paths to become a director. Yeung's films frequently center around gay stories. He made his feature film debut withCut Sleeve Boys (2006) in Britain and later shifted his focus back to Hong Kong, directingSuk Suk (2020) andAll Shall Be Well (2024). Yeung is also the Chairman of theHong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, the longest running LGBT film festival in Asia. He revived the festival in 2000.[2]

Early life

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Yeung grew up in Hong Kong. At the age 13, he was sent to an Englishboarding school outside of London.[1][3] He was the only Asian student at school and faced severe bullying.[4] Upon his family's request, he went on to read law at theUniversity of Canterbury.[4][5] After graduating with aBachelor of Laws, he began his career as a lawyer.[1] He practiced law in the United Kingdom for two years before realizing that the profession was too tedious for him.[5] He decided to switch career paths and become an advertising director.[4] He enrolled atColumbia University School of the Arts to study filmmaking in 2008,[4] and obtained aMaster of Fine Arts in 2013.[6]

Career

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Yeung wrote the playsBanana Skin andThe Third Sex.[6][7] He made several shorts prior to his feature film debut.[1]

Yeung made his feature film debut withCut Sleeve Boys, a gay love story between two Chinese-British men,[1] in 2005 at theInternational Film Festival Rotterdam.[6] The film won Best Feature at the Outfest Fusion Festival in Los Angeles and Best Actor forChowee Leow at the Madrid Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

His second feature filmFront Cover premiered at the 2015Seattle International Film Festival.[6] The story follows Ryan Fu, a gay Chinese American fashion stylist (Jake Choi), who rejects his ethnic heritage, and is assigned to style Ning (James Chen), an ostensibly heterosexual patriotic actor from Beijing.Front Cover won Best Screenplay atFilmOut San Diego, Jury Award for Best Domestic Feature at the Outflix Film Festival in Memphis and Audience Award at the Boston Asian American Film Festival.

Yeung had expressed interest in doing a Cantonese-language film set in Hong Kong, having grown up there until age 13.[8]Twilight's Kiss, orSuk 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” byHong Kong University Professor Travis S.K. Kong.[8][9] The film premiered at theBusan International Film Festival in 2019.[6] The film had its European Premiere at theBerlin International Film Festival 2020.[10]Suk Suk is his first Chinese-language film. It was awarded Best Film at the 2019Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award[11] and numerous other awards and nominations from 2019- 2022. He was also presented with the Artist of the Year for Film award from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2021.[12]

In 2024, Yeung directed another LGBT-themed drama filmAll Shall Be Well,[13] the film won aTeddy Award and Yeung was nominated forBest Director in the61st Golden Horse Awards.[14][15]

Style and influences

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Yeung cites directorsYasujirō Ozu andStanley Kwan as his influences.[16]

Filmography

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YearTitleNotes
1995A Chink in the Armour[17]
1996A Bridge to the Past[18]
1998Yellow Fever[19]
2006Cut Sleeve Boys[20]
2008Doggy... Doggy...[21]
2010Derek and Lucas[22]
2011Entwine[23]
2012Paper Wrap Fire[24]
2015Front Cover[25]
2019Suk Suk (Twilight's Kiss)[26]
2024All Shall Be Well[13]

Awards and nominations

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YearAwardCategoryWorkResultNotes
201956th Golden Horse AwardsBest Original ScreenplayTwilight's Kiss (Suk Suk)Nominated[27]
Best Feature FilmNominated[27]
202070th Berlin International Film FestivalBest Feature FilmNominated[28]
39th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest DirectorNominated[29]
Best ScreenplayNominated[29]
Hong Kong Screenwriters’ Guild AwardsBest ScreenplayWon[30]
Best DirectorNominated[30]
Hong Kong Film Critics Society AwardBest ScreenplayNominated[31]
Best DirectorNominated[31]
Best FilmWon[32]
39th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest PictureNominated[29]
Best ScreenplayNominated[29]
Best DirectorNominated[29]
Renaissance AwardsBest DramaWon[33]
Kongest Film AwardsBest FilmWon
To Ten Chinese Films FestivalYouth Film Handbook: Outstanding FilmWon[34]
Out on Film: Atlanta's LGBT Film FestivalJury Award: Best International FilmWon[35]
Audience Award: Best International FilmWon[35]
Florence Queer Film FestivalBest Long Feature FilmWon[36]
Festival International du Film Independent de BordeauxSpecial Mention: Best International Feature FilmWon[36]
GAZE Film Festival DublinAudience Award: Best FeatureWon[36]
Seoul International Pride Film FestivalBest Asian FeatureWon
Asian American International Film FestivalAudience Choice Award: Best Narrative FilmWon[36]
Tel Aviv International LGBT Film FestivalHonorable Mention: Best FeatureWon[36]
Brussels International Film FestivalGrand Prix du Festival AwardNominated[36]
Chicago International Film FestivalGold Q- Hugo AwardNominated[36]
2021Zinegoak Festival, Bilbao SpainSpecial Mention: Best Feature FilmWon[37]
La Mostra Internacional de Cinema de Gai i Lesbià FIRE!!Audience Award: Best FeatureWon
LGBT Film Fest of the Niemeyer Center, SpainJury Award: Best Feature FilmWon
Santo Domingo OutFest - Festival Internacional de Cine GLBTJury Award: Best FilmWon[38]
Jury Award: Best ScreenplayWon[38]
2022Queerties Awards 2022Best Indie MovieNominated[36]
GLAAD Media Awards 2022Outstanding Feature - Limited ReleaseNominated[39]
2024Teddy Award 2024Best Feature FilmAll Shall BeWellWon[14]
Berlinale PanoramaAudience AwardWon[40]
61st Golden Horse AwardsBest DirectorPending[15]

References

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