Sei Hong CHENG

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CHENG Sei Hong

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Biography

Cheng Sei-hong is a filmmaker based in Hong Kong and London, earning his BFA in Film and Television (majoring in directing) at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and MA in Filmmaking at the London Film School with distinction. 

 

His short film, Couple on Stage, won the Best Fiction in CAPA Film School Prize 2014 and was selected for screening in Beijing and Moscow. He is also active in theatres, television, and commercials. He directed the RTHK TV drama The Storm to critical acclaim and was subsequently nominated for South Award at South Taiwan Film Festival 2016. He also directed and edited RTHK 30s TV Promo “We’re Still Here”. He also worked as a commercial photographer for Adidas and web advertisement director for companies such as Shiseido and Extra.
 

Research interests

  • Directing
  • Casting
  • Storytelling
  • Camera
  • Film Analysis

Qualifications

MA (Distinction) [LFS], BFA (Hons) [HKAPA]

Appointments

Film/Videography

  • Director & Writer & Producer, Landing Point 度日 (2020)
  • Director of Photography & Camera Operator, The Old Civilian (2019)
  • Director of Photography, Mo Mo girls Football tour with Tottenham Hot Spur (2019)
  • Camera Operator, On a Gentle Night (2019)
  • Director & Editor, SHISEIDO Webisode2 – A Day in the Life of Antonia Li (2017)
  • Director & Editor, Time to Shine (2017)
  • Director & Editor, We’re Still Here (2016)
  • Director, The Storm (2015)
  • Director, Forgotten (2014)
  • Director & Writer, Couple on Stage (2013)

Performance

  • Hansel and Gretel (Video Projection Designer), The University of Hong Kong Opera Society, 2017
  • The Man Next Door (Video Designer), HKREP, 2016
  • And Then There Were None (Director/ Adapter), Weplay Theatre, Hong Kong, 2015
  • Reasons to be Pretty (Director), Montage Theatre, 2015
  • The Loop (Director/ Adapter), Montage Theatre, 2014
  • Where is the Toliet (Director/ Adapter) HKREP, 2013
  • A Desperate Man (Director/ Adapter) HKREP, 2011