Danny Pang Phat Oxide Pang Chun | |||||||||||
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| Years active | 1997–present | ||||||||||
| Spouse | Oxide:Angelica Lee | ||||||||||
| Awards | Asia-Pacific Film Festival Best Editing 2004Infernal Affairs II Hong Kong Film Awards –Best Editing 1999The Storm Riders 2003Infernal Affairs | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | Danny: 彭發 Oxide: 彭順 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | Danny: 彭发 Oxide: 彭顺 | ||||||||||
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Danny Pang Phat andOxide Pang Chun, collectively known asthe Pang Brothers, are a filmmaking duo of screenwriters and film directors. The pair are twins, born in Hong Kong in 1965. Among their films is the hit Asianhorror film,The Eye, which has spawned two sequels, as well as a Hollywood version also titledThe Eye and a Hindi film calledNaina. Besides working inHong Kong, the pair frequently work in theThai film industry, where they made their directorial debut as a team,Bangkok Dangerous.
The Pang brothers grew up atKa Wai Chuen inHung Hom when they were young and studied atKiangsu-Chekiang College (Shatin). The elder brother, Oxide, graduated fromNew Method College later.
Oxide, the older of the two by 15 minutes, started his career inBangkok, atKantana Group's film labs as atelecinecolorist.[1] He made his first film, the experimental karmic thriller,Who Is Running?, in 1997. It wasThailand's entry for Academy Award for the Best Foreign Film for the71st Academy Awards in 1998.
Danny is well known as a film editor, and has worked on a number of Hong Kong films, includingThe Storm Riders and theInfernal Affairs series.
They first teamed up to write and direct theThai film,Bangkok Dangerous, in 1999. The film won theFIPRESCI Award at the 2000Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for best film and best editing at theThailand National Film Association Awards.
They then madeThe Eye, which gained the Pangs wider critical acclaim. They made two sequels,The Eye 2 andThe Eye 10. AnAmerican remake ofThe Eye was produced byTom Cruise andPaula Wagner and starsJessica Alba.
Aside fromThe Eye and other horror films, the Pangs made two more edgy Thaicrime films in the same vein asBangkok Dangerous, Danny with1+1=0 and Oxide withSom and Bank: Bangkok for Sale. Together the three crime films form a loose "Bangkok Trilogy".
When the Pangs work together, they direct scenes in the film independently of each other. Oxide Pang explains:
In a shooting location there is always only one Pang at a time; it helps us save our energy. One day I'll be shooting, the other, Danny will. I know a lot of people are amazed, but we do have a strong connection, I guess, as twins. And we have a lot of meetings on the script, we sit down in front of a storyboard and we have the same visuals conception.[2]
Their 2006 horror film,Re-cycle, was the closing film in theUn Certain Regard competition at the2006 Cannes Film Festival.[3] The film reunited the brothers withAngelica Lee, the star ofThe Eye.
Among their other projects are a Hollywood-backed, English-language film, a thriller calledThe Messengers, starringJohn Corbett, which was released in theatres on 2 February 2006, and a remake ofBangkok Dangerous starringNicolas Cage.
Oxide produced a remake ofWho Is Running? in 2005, calledThe Remaker, with Mona Nahm directing. He has completed a solo project,Diary, released in 2006. Another solo project for Oxide isThe Detective, starringAaron Kwok, about a detective trying to find a woman, with the only clue being a photograph of her.[4]
Danny also completed a solo project,Forest of Death, a thriller about an enchanted forest. Another solo project by Danny,In Love with the Dead, opened in Hong Kong cinemas on 29 November 2007.[5]
BothDiary andForest of Death, as well asRe-cycle, were picked up for distribution in the United Kingdom by Image Entertainment.[6] Currently they are working on the Thailand horror flickThe Child's Eye,[7] which is shot in 3D.[8] Danny Pang directed solo the Chinese thriller filmFairy Tale Killer.[9]
In February 2010, Oxide Pang marriedAngelica Lee, the award-winning actress fromThe Eye, after dating for 7 years. Their wedding was held at the Pangkor Laut Resort.[10] Together, the couple has twin boys, born on 8 July 2016.[11]
Oxide also has a 13-year-old daughter from his previous marriage.