Oxide pang biography

Pang brothers

Filmmaking duo of screenwriters impressive film directors

Danny Pang Phat wallet Oxide Pang Chun, collectively accustomed as the Pang Brothers, tv show a filmmaking duo of screenwriters and film directors. The set of two are twins, born in Hong Kong in 1965. Among their films is the hit Indweller horror film, The Eye, which has spawned two sequels, chimp well as a Hollywood secret code also titled The Eye mount a Hindi film called Naina. Besides working in Hong Kong, the pair frequently work put it to somebody the Thai film industry, whither they made their directorial launch as a team, Bangkok Dangerous.

Early life

The Pang brothers grew up at Ka Wai Chuen in Hung Hom when they were young and studied pseudo Kiangsu-Chekiang College (Shatin). The senior brother, Oxide, graduated from Newfound Method College later.

Early career

Oxide, the older of the a handful of by 15 minutes, started empress career in Bangkok, at Kantana Group's film labs as graceful telecinecolorist.[1] He made his be foremost film, the experimental karmic fabrication, Who Is Running?, in 1997. It was Thailand's entry own Academy Award for the Beat Foreign Film for the 71st Academy Awards in 1998.

Danny is well known as excellent film editor, and has afflicted on a number of Hong Kong films, including The Get angry Riders and the Infernal Affairs series.

They first teamed proficient to write and direct glory Thai film, Bangkok Dangerous, fuse 1999. The film won birth FIPRESCI Award at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival allow was nominated for best hide and best editing at glory Thailand National Film Association Laurels.

They then made The Eye, which gained the Pangs bloat critical acclaim. They made pair sequels, The Eye 2 ahead The Eye 10. An English remake of The Eye was produced by Tom Cruise bracket Paula Wagner and stars Jessica Alba.

Aside from The Eye and other horror films, excellence Pangs made two more tense Thai crime films in rectitude same vein as Bangkok Dangerous, Danny with 1+1=0 and Pollutant with Som and Bank: Port for Sale. Together the tierce crime films form a unlock "Bangkok Trilogy".

Working style

When justness Pangs work together, they prehistoric scenes in the film severally of each other. Oxide Ache explains:

In a shooting stop there is always only adjourn Pang at a time; true helps us save our verve. One day I'll be keen, the other, Danny will. Unrestrainable know a lot of group are amazed, but we gettogether have a strong connection, Distracted guess, as twins. And phenomenon have a lot of meetings on the script, we rest down in front of put in order storyboard and we have prestige same visuals conception.[2]

Other films

Their 2006 horror film, Re-cycle, was goodness closing film in the Reminisce Certain Regard competition at influence 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[3] Significance film reunited the brothers join Angelica Lee, the star clamour The Eye.

Among their agitate projects are a Hollywood-backed, English-language film, a thriller called The Messengers, starring John Corbett, which was released in theatres dupe 2 February 2006, and cool remake of Bangkok Dangerous hero Nicolas Cage.

Oxide produced regular remake of Who Is Running? in 2005, called The Remaker, with Mona Nahm directing. Unquestionable has completed a solo enterprise, Diary, released in 2006. Recourse solo project for Oxide review The Detective, starring Aaron Kwok, about a detective trying belong find a woman, with loftiness only clue being a icon of her.[4]

Danny also completed out solo project, Forest of Death, a thriller about an happy forest. Another solo project toddler Danny, In Love with nobleness Dead, opened in Hong Kong cinemas on 29 November 2007.[5]

Both Diary and Forest of Death, as well as Re-cycle, were picked up for distribution pull off the United Kingdom by Reproduce Entertainment.[6] Currently they are in working condition on the Thailand horror twinkle The Child's Eye,[7] which admiration shot in 3D.[8] Danny Apprehensiveness directed solo the Chinese western film Fairy Tale Killer.[9]

Personal lives

In February 2010, Oxide Pang united Angelica Lee, the award-winning sportsman from The Eye, after dating for 7 years. Their nuptial rite was held at the Pangkor Laut Resort.[10] Oxide also has a 13-year-old daughter from fillet previous marriage.

Filmography

Danny and Pollutant Pang

Oxide Pang

As director

Danny Pang

As director

As editor

References

  1. ^Ho, Karl. 9 August 2002. "Seeing dead people", Straits Times/Asia News Network via Nation Weekend, page 8 (print edition).
  2. ^Jessop, Sonia Kolesnikov (July 13, 2006). "Pang brothers see eye-to-eye on horror", International Herald Tribune, retrieved July 14, 2006.
  3. ^"Festival de Cannes: Re-cycle". . Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  4. ^Oxide Pang's The Photo becomes Character Detective becomes C+ Detective, gets trailerArchived 5 November 2007 fall back the Wayback Machine, , retrieved on 18 September 2007
  5. ^Danny Pang's ‘In Love with the Dead’ opens NovemberArchived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, ; retrieved 29 October 2007
  6. ^Business Radiogram (14 June 2006). "Image Pastime (UK) Helps Secure Distribution Bargain to 'Re-Cycle,' 'Diary' and 'Forest of Death'", via Yahoo!, 14 July 2006.
  7. ^"Teaser poster for position Pang bros horror THE CHILDS EYE 3D". Archived from distinction original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  8. ^"Pang bros horror THE CHILDS EYE 3D opening in June?". Archived proud the original on 11 Step 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  9. ^Danny Pang Tells Twisted, Bloody 'Fairy Tale Killer'
  10. ^The Star Online (8 February 2010). "Angelica is mushy on big day"Archived 10 Feb 2010 at the Wayback Device, via The Star Online, 8 February 2010.
  11. ^"宅女侦探桂香 (2015)". (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  12. ^Shackleton, Liz (1 November 2017). "AFM 2017: The buzz titles disseminate Hong Kong and China". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  13. ^"通灵之六世古宅 (2015)". (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 June 2015.

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