# Clement Cheng

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**Clement Sze-Kit Cheng** (traditional Chinese: 鄭思傑) is a Hong Kong-Canadian [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter), [film director](/source/Film_director), and [visual effects art director](/source/Visual_effects_art_director).

## Early life

Born in Hong Kong, Cheng moved to Canada with his family as a child. In 1997, he returned to Hong Kong to witness the [transfer of its sovereignty](/source/Transfer_of_sovereignty_over_Hong_Kong) to China, and decided to stay.[1]

## Film career

At the [29th Hong Kong Film Awards](/source/29th_Hong_Kong_Film_Awards), Cheng and [Derek Kwok](/source/Derek_Kwok) won the [Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director](/source/Hong_Kong_Film_Award_for_Best_Director) conjointly.[2] Despite never having personally practiced any [martial arts](/source/Martial_arts),[3] Cheng co-wrote and co-directed *[Gallants](/source/Gallants_(film))*, a [martial arts film](/source/Martial_arts_film), with Kwok.[4] The actors Cheng and Kwok chose for the film were primarily people who had acted in 1970s and 1980s Hong Kong cinema.[5] The film had its Canadian premiere at the 2010 [Fantasia Festival](/source/Fantasia_Festival), and Cheng was in attendance.[6] He also attended the film's [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) premiere at the 2011 Terracotta Far East Film Festival.[7] At the [30th Hong Kong Film Awards](/source/30th_Hong_Kong_Film_Awards), *Gallants* was announced to have won the [Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film](/source/Hong_Kong_Film_Award_for_Best_Film), at which point Cheng jumped from his seat and began hugging the film's [cast members](/source/Cast_member).[8] Cheng was in charge of the [visual effects](/source/Visual_effects) for [contemporary fantasy](/source/Contemporary_fantasy) film *[Rest on Your Shoulder](/source/Rest_on_Your_Shoulder)*[9] and [costume drama](/source/Costume_drama) *[The Great Magician](/source/The_Great_Magician)*.[10]

## Filmography

Title Release date Studio Budget Box office Gallants June 4, 2010[11] Focus Films[11] ? $585,848[12]

## References

1. ["導演鄭思傑講電影經：想做就有得做"](http://lj.hkej.com/lj2017/artculture/article/id/360655). *Hong Kong Economic Journal*. 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2019-09-08.

1. Karen Chu (March 18, 2012). ["Filmart 2012: Emperor Readies Firefighter Drama"](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/filmart-2012-emperor-readies-firefighter-301463). *[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)*. Retrieved October 25, 2013.

1. Charles Prémont (July 12, 2010). ["Clement Cheng, réalisateur de Gallants, ne connaissait rien au kung-fu"](http://www.lienmultimedia.com/article.php3?id_article=24741) (in French). *Le Lien Multimédia*. Retrieved October 25, 2013.

1. Foong Woei Wan (July 19, 2011). ["Hong Kong star Andy Lau rescues hit film"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202959/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/art/celebrity-news/2011/07/19/310260/Hong-Kong.htm). *[The China Post](/source/The_China_Post)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.chinapost.com.tw/art/celebrity-news/2011/07/19/310260/Hong-Kong.htm) on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.

1. Min Lee (February 22, 2011). ["Budget HK action-comedy is critical hit"](http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/22/budget-hk-action-comedy-is-critical-hit/). *[U-T San Diego](/source/U-T_San_Diego)*. Retrieved October 25, 2013.

1. ["Asian Programming of Fantasia 2010 in Montreal"](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-06-29/asian-programming-of-fantasia-2010-in-montreal). *[Anime News Network](/source/Anime_News_Network)*. June 29, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2013.

1. Craig Skinner (July 21, 2011). ["Exclusive Clement Cheng Interview – Part One"](http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/clement-cheng-interview-part-one/). *Hey U Guys*. Retrieved October 25, 2013.

1. ["Action comedy 'Gallants' named HK best film"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110419181535/http://www.sify.com/movies/action-comedy-gallants-named-hk-best-film-news-hollywood-lestkwhjhjd.html). *[Sify](/source/Sify)*. April 19, 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.sify.com/movies/action-comedy-gallants-named-hk-best-film-news-hollywood-lestkwhjhjd.html) on April 19, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2013.

1. Derek Elley (June 23, 2011). ["Rest on Your Shoulder"](http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/rest-on-your-shoulder). *[Film Business Asia](/source/Film_Business_Asia)*. Retrieved October 25, 2013.

1. Derek Elley (January 25, 2012). ["The Great Magician"](http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/the-great-magician). *[Film Business Asia](/source/Film_Business_Asia)*. Retrieved October 25, 2013.

1. Elley, Derek (May 15, 2010). ["Gallants"](http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/gallants). Film Business Asia. Retrieved July 2, 2015.

1. ["Hong Kong Yearly Box Office"](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/hongkong/yearly/?yr=2010&p=.htm). [Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo). Retrieved July 2, 2015.

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