{{Short description|Hong Kong film director (born 1979)}} {{family name hatnote|lang=Hong Kong|Chow|Kiwi Chow|Chow Kwun-wai}} {{Infobox person | name = Kiwi Chow | image = Kiwi Chow in 2023.jpg | caption = Chow in 2023 | native_name = {{no bold|周冠威}} | native_name_lang = zh-hk | birth_date = {{birth date|1979|4|16|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=香港電影導演大全 1979-2013|url=http://www.hkfilmdirectors.com/1979-2013/director.php?n=%E5%91%A8%E5%86%A0%E5%A8%81|access-date=2021-07-16|website=www.hkfilmdirectors.com}}</ref> | birth_place = Hong Kong | other_names = | nationality = | education = Bachelor of Fine Arts, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Master of Film Production, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Ancestral hometown: Dongguan city, Guangdong province | occupation = Director, producer, screenwriter | notable_works = {{hlist|''Beyond the Dream''|''Ten Years''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ten-years-director-kiwi-chow-grief-stricken-by-death-hong-kong-protestor-1218772/|title='Ten Years' Director Kiwi Chow "Grief-Stricken" by Death of Hong Kong Protester|first=Karen|last=Chu|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>|''Revolution of Our Times''}} }} {{Infobox Chinese | title = Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai | c = 周冠威 | j = zau1 gun3 wai1 | p = Zhōu Guànwēi }} '''Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai''' ({{zh|t=周冠威}}; born 16 April 1979) is a Hong Kong filmmaker.
== Career == Since his graduation, Kiwi Chow has participated in different processes of film production, including as a continuity supervisor, editor, and assistant director. Since 2005, he has been working as a guest lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In 2013, his first feature-length film ''A Complicated Story'' had its world premiere at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.<ref name="導演大全2">{{Cite web|title=周冠威|CHOW Kiwi|url=http://www.hkfilmdirectors.com/1979-2013/director.php?n=周冠威|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920201728/http://www.hkfilmdirectors.com/1979-2013/director.php?n=%E5%91%A8%E5%86%A0%E5%A8%81|archive-date=2020-09-20|access-date=2021-07-18|work=香港電影導演大全|language=zh-HK|url-status=live }}</ref> His most successful and well-known film ''Ten Years'' won the Best Film Award at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-03|title=Ten Years wins Best Film: 35th annual Hong Kong Film Awards winners|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1933179/ten-years-wins-best-film-35th-annual-hong-kong|access-date=2021-12-12|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-03|title=Dystopian box office hit Ten Years wins 'best film' at 2016 HK Film Awards, as news of win is censored in China|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2016/04/03/dystopian-box-office-hit-ten-years-wins-best-movie-at-2016-hong-kong-film-awards/|access-date=2021-12-12|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|language=en-GB}}</ref> He released his third feature-length film ''Beyond the Dream'' in 2020. It was among the top ten highest-grossing films in Hongkong that year.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Patrick Frater|date=2021-01-04|title=Hong Kong Box Office Became More Diverse as Releases Slumped in 2020|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/hong-kong-box-office-more-diverse-in-virus-year-1234878121|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723220145/https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/hong-kong-box-office-more-diverse-in-virus-year-1234878121/|archive-date=2021-07-23|access-date=2021-01-04|work=綜藝雜誌|language=en|url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2021, Chow's new film ''Revolution of Our Times'', a documentary about the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, was invited to be shown in the "Special Screening" section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=2021-07-15|title=Cannes Takes Diplomatic Gamble, Gives Late Festival Slot to 'Revolution of Our Times' Hong Kong Protest Feature|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/cannes-festival-hong-kong-protest-film-revolution-of-our-times-1235018909/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-15|title=Hong Kong protest documentary gets late Cannes slot|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210715-hong-kong-protest-documentary-gets-late-cannes-slot|access-date=2021-07-16|website=France 24|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=The film-maker taking Hong Kong's protests to Cannes|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-58196411|access-date=2021-12-12}}</ref> This film also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary in 2021.<ref>{{cite news|date=29 November 2021|title=HK documentary takes emotional win|work=Taipei Times|url=https://taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2021/11/29/2003768705|access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Chiang|first1=Yi-ching|last2=Yen|first2=William|date=27 November 2021|title=Golden Horse Awards: Director hopes documentary can provide solace to Hong Kongers|agency=Central News Agency|url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202111270012|access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=6257847|name=Kiwi Chow}} * {{Hkmdb name|49171}}
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