Director

Ying Wai Chan

Directing

Career Snapshot

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Directed credits

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Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.3

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 1All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 3263916

IMDb ID: nm3650261

Known for: Directing

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2006 - 2024

Years active: 19

Average TMDB rating: 6.97

Also known as

陳英尉 • Soak Chan • Chan Ying-Wai

Frequent jobs

Director (3)Sound Designer (2)Thanks (2)

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Biography

Chan Ying-wai, a Hong Kong director, currently teaches at the School of Film and Television at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He graduated from the same institution in 2004, majoring in directing. In 2006, he participated in the production of "Wasted Youth," serving as the sound designer. In 2008, his drama film "Someone’s Running" won the Best Film and Big Wave Award in the Fresh Wave Open Division. In 2010, he produced the documentary "另一邊的風景 (The Other Side of the Picture)," which reviewed the creative journey of cinematographer Wong Chung-piu. In 2013, he obtained a Master of Arts in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2015, he participated in the production of "Ten Years: Self-immolator" as the sound designer. In 2024, the Hong Kong TV drama "Through a Lens Darkly," directed by Chan, was broadcast on ViuTV.

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