About

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Leung Ming-kai

Overview

Leung Ming-kai competed as debut cinematographer at Camerimage for the film Mundane History. Subsequently, Kai has shot more than two dozen features in different parts of the world. He has been nominated for Best Cinematography in Thailand for By the Time It Gets Dark; in Canada for Old Stone; and twice in Taiwan at the Golden Horse Awards, for The Sunny Side of the Street and for Drifting. Top-tier festivals around the world have selected many films he has shot.

Kai also directs. His short film Three Boys represented the Philippines in competition at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and won the top prize at the Hong Kong Independent Film & Video Awards. It also screened at Sao Paulo, Austin, and Jecheon. Kai directed and wrote omnibus film Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down with Kate Reilly, and together, they won Best Screenplay and Film of Merit at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards.

Known for

Directing
2019 Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down Directing Director 59
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Writing
2019 Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down Writing Screenplay 59
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Production
2019 Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down Production Producer 59
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Camera
2024 Pavane For An Infant Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2024 The Way We Talk Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2024 All Shall Be Well Camera Director of Photography 58
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2023 Everyphone Everywhere Camera Director of Photography 59
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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 59
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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 59
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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 59
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2014 Invisible Spaces Camera Director of Photography N/A
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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 What Isn't There Camera Director of Photography 59
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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
2015 My Good Man's Gone Editing Colorist 59
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