Stanley Kwan

Stanley Kwan

Birthdate
October 9, 1957 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Hong Kong, China
Known For
Directing

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Birthdate
October 9, 1957 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Hong Kong, China
Known For
Directing

Biography

Stanley Kwan is a Hong Kong film director and producer.

Kwan landed a job at the TVB after receiving a mass communications degree at Hong Kong Baptist College. Kwan's first film was Women (1985), which starred Chow Yun-fat, and was a big box-office success.

Kwan's films often deal sympathetically with the plight of women and their struggles with romantic affairs of the heart. His 1998 film Hold You Tight won the Alfred Bauer Prize and Teddy Award at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.

Kwan came out as a gay man in 1996 in Yang ± Yin, his documentary looking at the history of Chinese-language film through the prism of gender roles and sexuality. He is one of the few openly gay directors in Asia and one of the very few to have worked on these themes.

Stanley Kwan's LGBTQ+ Titles

Lan Yu
Lan Yu
Director

Acting (10)

2024
Naked Nations – Tribe Hong Kong
2020
Keep Rolling
2016
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse as Self
2012
A Simple Life as Guest at Premiere
2011
Cinema Is Everywhere as Self
2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey as Self (1 episode)
1997
Still Love You After All These as Narrator (voice)
1993
Talking with Ozu as Self
1991
Center Stage as Self
1962
Golden Horse Awards as Self (1 episode)

Directing (28)

2021
人間煙火 • Director
• Director
2018
First Night Nerves • Director
• Director
2016
One Day in Our Lives of… • Director
• Director
2011
Quattro Hong Kong 2 • Director
• Director
2011
13 Minutes in the Lives of... • Director
• Director
2010
Showtime • Director
• Director
2005
Everlasting Regret • Director
• Director
2001
Lan Yu • Director
• Director
2000
The Island Tales • Director
• Director
1998
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema • Director
• Director
1998
Hold You Tight • Director
• Director
1997
Still Love You After All These • Director
• Director
1994
Red Rose White Rose • Director
• Director
1993
Kin chan no Cinema Jack • Director
• Director
1992
Too Happy for Words • Director
• Director
1991
Center Stage • Director
• Director
1989
Full Moon in New York • Director
• Director
1987
Rouge • Director
• Director
1986
Love Unto Wastes • Director
• Director
1986
Armour of God • Assistant Director
• Assistant Director
1986
Dream Lovers • Assistant Director
• Assistant Director
1985
Women • Director
• Director
1982
Boat People • Assistant Director
• Assistant Director
1982
The Postman Strikes Back • Assistant Director
• Assistant Director
1981
The Story of Woo Viet • Assistant Director
• Assistant Director
1980
The Beasts • Assistant Director
• Assistant Director
1980
The Spooky Bunch • Assistant Director
• Assistant Director
1980
The Saviour • Assistant Director
• Assistant Director

Production (15)

Someone Like Me • Producer
• Producer
2024
Borrowed Time • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2024
Fly Me to the Moon • Producer
• Producer
2018
Till the End of the World • Producer
• Producer
2016
Never Said Goodbye • Producer
• Producer
2016
New York, New York • Producer
• Producer
2013
So Young • Producer
• Producer
2008
Miao Miao
• Executive Producer
• Producer
2005
Hands in the Hair • Producer
• Producer
2003
The Floating Landscape • Producer
• Producer
1999
Love Will Tear Us Apart • Producer
• Producer
1997
Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke • Producer
• Producer
1995
Dragon Killer • Producer
• Producer
1989
Hearts, No Flowers • Associate Producer
• Associate Producer

Crew (1)

1996
Irma Vep • Thanks
• Thanks