Szeto Kam-Yuen Explained

Szeto Kam-Yuen
Birth Date:1964 7, df=y
Birth Place:British Hong Kong
Death Place:Kowloon, Hong Kong
Occupation:Screenwriter
Years Active:1983 - 2012
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Alias:-Sze To Kam Yuen
-Szeto Kam Yuen
Background:temporary

Szeto Kam-Yuen (11 July 1964  - 13 October 2012), sometimes credited as Sze To Kam Yuen or Szeto Kam Yuen, was a Hongkonger screenwriter.[1]

Career

Szeto began his career with TVB and later with Milkway Image.[2]

He is best known for his action-thrillers including (2005), Exiled (2006) and Flash Point (2007).

Szeto died of lung cancer in Hong Kong at age 48.[3]

Partial screenwriter filmography

YearFilmSource
1997 Too Many Ways to Be No. 1
1998 A Hero Never Dies
Expect the Unexpected
The Longest Nite
2001 Skyline Cruisers
2005 Home Sweet Home
Mob Sister
2006 Dog Bite Dog
Exiled
2007 Flash Point
2008 Shamo
2009 Accident
2012 The Fairy Tale Killer [4]
Motorway [5]
2013 Out of Inferno [6]
Special ID
2014 The Monkey King [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daisy . Hong Kong Has Lost One of Its Best Screenwriters - Szeto Kam Yuen | Twitch . Twitchfilm.com . 2012-10-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130308141852/http://twitchfilm.com/2012/10/hong-kong-has-lost-one-of-its-best-screenwriters-szeto-kam-yuen.html . 2013-03-08 .
  2. Web site: Asia Pacific Arts: Hong Kong screenwriter Szeto Kam-Yuen passes away . asiapacificarts.usc.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101150945/http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/w_apa/showarticle.aspx?articleID=18396&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 . 2014-01-01.
  3. Web site: Asia Pacific Arts: Hong Kong screenwriter Szeto Kam-Yuen passes away . asiapacificarts.usc.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101150945/http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/w_apa/showarticle.aspx?articleID=18396&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 . 2014-01-01.
  4. Web site: Fairy Tale Killer. Film Business Asia. 30 July 2012. March 9, 2015. Elley. Derek. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045752/http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/fairy-tale-killer. 24 September 2015.
  5. Web site: Motorway. Film Business Asia. 4 July 2012. March 9, 2015. Elley. Derek.
  6. Web site: Out of Inferno. Film Business Asia. 20 October 2013. March 9, 2015. Elley. Derek. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094919/http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/out-of-inferno-3d. 2 April 2015.
  7. Web site: The Monkey King. Film Business Asia. 9 April 2014. March 9, 2015. Elley. Derek.