Ray Yeung
Ray Yeung[1] (Chinese: 楊曜愷) is a screenwriter and independent film director. His films often center on gay stories.
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Yeung in 2020 | |||
| Born | Raymond Yeung Yaw-kae | ||
| Alma mater | Columbia University School of the Arts (MFA) | ||
| Known for | Suk Suk (2019), "Front Cover" (2015), "Cut Sleeve Boys" (2007) | ||
| Chinese name | |||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊曜愷 | ||
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In 2021, he was presented with the Artist of the Year for Film award from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.[2] Yeung is also the Chairman of the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, the longest running LGBT film festival in Asia. 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] The film won Best Feature at the Outfest Fusion Festival in Los Angeles and Best Actor for Chowee Leow at the Madrid Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
His second feature film Front Cover premiered at the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival.[5] 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 at the FilmOut San Diego LGBT Film Festival , 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.[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 awarded Best Film at the 2019 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award[9] and numerous other awards and nominations from 2019- 2022.
Style and influences
Yeung cites directors Yasujirō Ozu and Stanley Kwan as his influences.[10]
Filmography
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 56th Golden Horse Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Twilight's Kiss (Suk Suk) | Nominated | [21] |
| Best Feature Film | Nominated | [21] | |||
| 2020 | 70th Berlin International Film Festival | Best Feature Film | Nominated | [22] | |
| 39th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Director | Nominated | [23] | ||
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | [23] | |||
| Hong Kong Screenwriters’ Guild Awards | Best Screenplay | Won | [24] | ||
| Best Director | Nominated | [24] | |||
| Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award | Best Screenplay | Nominated | [25] | ||
| Best Director | Nominated | [25] | |||
| Best Film | Won | [26] | |||
| 39th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Picture | Nominated | [27] | ||
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | [27] | |||
| Best Director | Nominated | [27] | |||
| Renaissance Awards | Best Drama | Won | [28] | ||
| Kongest Film Awards | Best Film | Won | |||
| To Ten Chinese Films Festival | Youth Film Handbook: Outstanding Film | Won | [29] | ||
| Out on Film: Atlanta's LGBT Film Festival | Jury Award: Best International Film | Won | [30] | ||
| Audience Award: Best International Film | Won | [30] | |||
| Florence Queer Film Festival | Best Long Feature Film | Won | [31] | ||
| Festival International du Film Independent de Bordeaux | Special Mention: Best International Feature Film | Won | [32] | ||
| GAZE Film Festival Dublin | Audience Award: Best Feature | Won | [33] | ||
| Seoul International Pride Film Festival | Best Asian Feature | Won | |||
| Asian American International Film Festival | Audience Choice Award: Best Narrative Film | Won | [34] | ||
| Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival | Honorable Mention: Best Feature | Won | [35] | ||
| Brussels International Film Festival | Grand Prix du Festival Award | Nominated | [36] | ||
| Chicago International Film Festival | Gold Q- Hugo Award | Nominated | [37] | ||
| 2021 | Zinegoak Festival, Bilbao Spain | Special Mention: Best Feature Film | Won | [38] | |
| La Mostra Internacional de Cinema de Gai i Lesbià FIRE!! | Audience Award: Best Feature | Won | |||
| LGBT Film Fest of the Niemeyer Center, Spain | Jury Award: Best Feature Film | Won | |||
| Santo Domingo OutFest - Festival Internacional de Cine GLBT | Jury Award: Best Film | Won | [39] | ||
| Jury Award: Best Screenplay | Won | [39] | |||
| 2022 | Queerties Awards 2022 | Best Indie Movie | Nominated | [40] | |
| GLAAD Media Awards 2022 | Outstanding Feature - Limited Release | Nominated | [41] |
References
- ^ a b c d e 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) - ^ "The 15th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards Commends Outstanding Artists and Organisations | Hong Kong Arts Development Council 香港藝術發展局". www.hkadc.org.hk. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ 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) - ^ Dee, Garrett (2016-09-28). "Interview: Front Cover Director Ray Yeung". New Bloom Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Skins a slick parody of HK". South China Morning Post. January 20, 1994. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kwong, Wilson (2020-03-10). "Berlinale 2020: Interview With SUK SUK Director Ray Yeung". Film Inquiry. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c8bdb500cf57d71ca577132/t/5e949f6c51cce06b0fee7a34/1586798445867/2020+CV+T+Hoser+.pdf
- ^ "Authors". Tongzhi Literary Group. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Yeung, Ray (1998-06-20), Yellow Fever (Short, Comedy, Drama), Sankofa Film Productions, retrieved 2023-01-02
- ^ Yeung, Ray (2006-07-20), Cut Sleeve Boys (Comedy, Romance), Rice Is Nice Productions, retrieved 2023-01-02
- ^ Yeung, Ray (2011-02-11), Doggy... Doggy (Short), retrieved 2023-01-02
- ^ Yeung, Ray, Derek & Lucas (Short, Drama), NewVoice Production, retrieved 2023-01-02
- ^ Yeung, Ray, Entwine (Short, Drama), NewVoice Production, retrieved 2023-01-02
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- ^ a b "Ray Yeung honoured with two awards by HK Screenwriters Guild". sg.style.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ a b "Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards (2020)". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Gay drama Suk Suk named 2019's best Hong Kong film by critics". South China Morning Post. 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ a b c "Better Days, Fagara lead Hong Kong Film Awards nominations". South China Morning Post. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "Renaissance Foundation - Awards 2020". rfhk.org.hk. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ "To Ten Chinese Films Festival (2020)". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ a b Culture, Out on Film. "Out On Film Announces 2020 Jury and Audience Awards". Georgia Voice - Gay & LGBT Atlanta News. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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