Shu Kei

Shu Kei, whose real name is Kenneth Ip, was born in Hong Kong in 1956 and started writing film criticism while still in secondary school. After graduating from University of Hong Kong, majoring in English, he joined Commercial Television as a scriptwriter. After that station went out of business, Shu started working for Golden Harvest as scriptwriter and assistant director. He also founded Film Biweekly Magazine (later renamed City Entertainment) and acted as chief editor. Shu made his directorial debut in 1981 with Sealed with a Kiss, about a romance between two mentally handicapped youngsters. The film was marked by a refreshing departure from the glut of police dramas, horror films and black-magic movies that were flooding the market. Between 1981 and 1984, Shu was a programmer for the Hong Kong International Film Festival and, from 1984 to 1986, promotion manager for D & B Films. He directed his second feature, Soul, in 1986, which won the Best Cinematography prize at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Chris Doyle. In 1990, he directed the documentary Sunless Days for the Japanese television station NHK, which was awarded the OCIC Award at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival and the Jury Award at the Rimini Film Festival in Italy. His other works include Hu-Du-Men (1996), which won Best Actress awards for star Josephine Siao at several film festivals, including the 41st Asia Pacific Film Festival, the 33rd Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan and the 2nd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. Shu became a director through writing criticism. While film schooleducated directors like Ann Hui and Tsui Hark are representative of the first generation of young filmmakers who took Hong Kong cinema on a new direction, Shu Kei is considered a key member of the second generation. In addition to directing, Shu also took up distribution, founding Shu Kei’s Creative Workshop, which had promoted and distributed over 200 art films and non-mainstream works, such as Blue Kite (1993), directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang; Farewell, My Concubine (1993), directed by Chen Kaige; Chungking Express and Ashes of Time, both directed by Wong Kar-wai. He had also produced a number of films, including Beijing Bastards (1993), directed by Zhang Yuan; Postman (1995), directed by He Jianjun; and First Love Unlimited (1997), directed by Joe Ma. In 1997, Shu opened P.O.V. Bookstore, a retailer devoted to film. He had been an Artist in Residence at Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Shaw College, as well as guest lecturer at the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong. In 2002, he worked as senior lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, later becoming dean of School of Film and Television. He is also the author and editor of various books, including Hong Kong Films of 1994 (editor); Hong Kong Films of 1995 (editor); Song of the Big Road, The Memoir of Sun Yu; A Comparative Study of Cantonese and Mandarin Films in Post-War Hong Kong--the Films of Zhu Shilin and Chun Kim; A Retrospective of 1960s Cantonese Cinema (editor); Ann Hui’s Vietnam Trilogy Screenplays (writer and editor) and Chinese Beauties (novel). His latest directorial work is The Dream, a segment of the omnibus film Beautiful 2014 (2014), adapted from a short story by author-director Evan Yang (Yi Wen).

舒琪（1956年4月15日—），原名叶健行，香港男导演及影评人，香港演艺学院电影电视学院院长，曾成立“舒琪创造社”。 毕业于香港华仁书院和香港大学英文系（1974年至1977年），先后加入过佳艺电视、香港电视广播有限公司及嘉禾电影公司担任编剧及副导演，曾担任德宝电影公司宣传部经理，又曾担任香港国际电影节节目策划。1981年执导第一部作品《两小无知》，迄今共导演了六部电影。成立“创造社”发行艺术及独立电影超过200部，1996年在《基佬四十》宣传时公开表明其男同性恋者身份。1997年开设电影专门书店“壹角度书店”（P.O.V. Bookstore）。曾任香港中文大学邵逸夫堂驻校艺术家，并任香港大学比较文学及英文系客席讲师。2002年加入香港演艺学院电影电视学院任高级讲师，曾任该学院院长。 2011年发起成立香港粤语片研究会。2016年4月10日，香港众志创党，他为常委，并表示将出战港岛区立法区选举，排在罗冠聪之后。 7月19日，舒琪发出声明，不参加竞选立法会选举，但仍会留在罗冠聪的竞选团队里，协助罗出选。

舒琪（1956 年 4 月 15 日—），原名葉健行，香港男導演及影評人，香港演藝學院電影電視學院院長，曾成立“舒琪創造社”。 畢業於香港華仁書院和香港大學英文系（1974 年至 1977 年），先後加入過佳藝電視、香港電視廣播有限公司及嘉禾電影公司擔任編劇及副導演，曾擔任德寶電影公司宣傳部經理，又曾擔任香港國際電影節節目策劃。1981 年執導第一部作品《兩小無知》，迄今共導演了六部電影。成立“創造社”發行藝術及獨立電影超過 200 部，1996 年在《基佬四十》宣傳時公開表明其男同性戀者身份。1997 年開設電影專門書店“壹角度書店”（P.O. V.Bookstore）。曾任香港中文大學邵逸夫堂駐校藝術家，並任香港大學比較文學及英文系客席講師。2002 年加入香港演藝學院電影電視學院任高級講師，曾任該學院院長。 2011 年發起成立香港粵語片研究會。2016 年 4 月 10 日，香港眾志創黨，他為常委，並表示將出戰港島區立法區選舉，排在羅冠聰之後。 7 月 19 日，舒琪發出聲明，不參加競選立法會選舉，但仍會留在羅冠聰的競選團隊裏，協助羅出選。