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Leung Ming-kai

Overview

As a cinematographer, Kai has shot numerous features in Hong Kong and other parts of the world. In 2025, two of the Best Film nominees at the Hong Kong Film Awards were shot by him. They are The Way We Talk and Berlin Teddy-Award winner All Shall Be Well. He also shot the opening film of the 2025 Hong Kong International Film Festival, Pavane for an Infant. Kai’s other feature works include The Sunny Side of the Street; Drifting; Krabi, 2562; Suk Suk; Old Stone; Ek Hazarachi Note; Murmur of the Hearts; By the Time It Gets Dark; and Mundane History. Festivals including Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam, and New Directors/New Films have selected features he shot. Kai has been nominated for national awards for Best Cinematography in Thailand, Canada, and at the Taipei Golden Horse Awards, and at festivals in Malaysia, India, and the Philippines.

As a director, Kai’s short film “Three Boys” represented the Philippines in competition at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and won the top-prize Gold Award at the Hong Kong Independent Film & Video Awards. It also screened at Sao Paulo, Austin, and Jecheon. “Lock” was in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival. Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down was his feature debut as co-director and co-writer. Memories premiered internationally at Rotterdam and won Best Screenplay at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards.

Known for

Directing
2019 Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down Directing Director 58
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Lock Directing Director N/A
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Three Boys Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2019 Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down Writing Screenplay 58
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Three Boys Writing Screenplay N/A
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Lock Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2019 Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down Production Producer 58
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Camera
2025 Pavane For An Infant Camera Director of Photography 58
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2025 The Way We Talk Camera Director of Photography 58
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2024 All Shall Be Well Camera Director of Photography 59
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2023 Everyphone Everywhere Camera Director of Photography 58
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2023 Lifting Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2023 A Light Never Goes Out Camera Director of Photography 58
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2023 The Sunny Side of the Street Camera Director of Photography 58
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2022 The Black Wall Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2022 Far Far Away Camera Director of Photography 58
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2021 Drifting Camera Director of Photography 59
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2021 Come Here Camera Director of Photography 58
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2020 Twilight's Kiss Camera Director of Photography 59
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2019 Ciao UFO Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2019 Krabi, 2562 Camera Director of Photography 58
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2018 Live For Real Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2016 Eugenia and John Camera Director of Photography 58
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2015 Murmur of the Hearts Camera Director of Photography 58
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2014 Invisible Spaces Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2014 1000 Rupee Note Camera Director of Photography 59
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2014 Mutual Friends Camera Director of Photography 58
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2013 Keep the Change Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2012 Ang Nawawala Camera Director of Photography 58
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2012 In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire Camera Director of Photography 58
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2009 Off Season Camera Director of Photography 59
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2009 Mundane History Camera Director of Photography 58
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Crew
2016 By the Time It Gets Dark Crew Cinematography 59
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2016 Old Stone Crew Cinematography 59
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Mother Bhumi Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
2019 Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down Editing Editor 58
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2015 My Good Man's Gone Editing Colorist 59
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Lock Editing Editor N/A
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