Jessey Tsang Tsui-Shan Explained

Jessey Tsang Tsui-Shan
Native Name:曾翠珊
Birth Name:Tsang Tsui-shan
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Occupation:Film director
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Jessey Tsang Tsui-shan is a Hong Kong film director, scriptwriter and documentary maker who has won multiple awards at various international film festivals. In 2012 she won a Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director for her film Big Blue Lake.[1]

Biography

Tsang studied sound design at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts where she graduated in 2001. Afterwards she attended the City University of Hong Kong and completed her master's degree in 2005. While still studying at City University she directed her first solo film Lonely Planet in 2004 which was honored with a Silver Award by the IFVA. After winning another award at the South Taiwan Film Festival in 2009 for Lovers on the Road Tsang directed her most critically acclaimed work to date Big Blue Lake which won her Best New Director at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards and the title of Best New Artist by the Hong Kong Art Development Council. Tsang's work Flowing Stories is a documentary about the small rural village of Ho Chung in Sai Kung District where she grew up. Released in 2014 the film focuses on the lives of villagers and their relative that have left to live overseas.[2] Tsang's another movie Scent is a romance movie filmed in China, featuring Korean actor Park Si-Hoo and Chinese actress Chen Ran.[3] She received FilmAid Asia Humanitarian Award in 2016 for her projects on environmental issues and disadvantaged communities.

Filmography

YearFilmChinese titleNotes
2008Lovers on the Road戀人路上
2011Big Blue Lake大藍湖Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director
2013Summer Rain冷雨盛夏
2014Flowing Stories河上變村
Scent香氣
2019The Lady Improper非分熟女

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TSANG Tsui Shan Jessey. Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild. 17 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Tsui. Clarence. Flowing Stories (Ho Sheung Bin Chuen): Hong Kong Review. Hollywood Reporter. 17 November 2017.
  3. Web site: 2014-08-25 . Tsang, Tsui-shan Jessey (曾翠珊) . 2023-11-25 . Hong Kong Women Filmmakers . en.