Workshop on “A new trend in film making: Through creativity”
Director of Academy of Films in Hong Kong Baptist University Prof. Cheuk Pak Tong
Professor Cheuk Pak Tong is a Director of Academy of Films of Hong Kong Baptist University. Educated in Taiwan, he later received his master’s degree in film art and production in America. He got his Ph. D. degree at Hong Kong Baptist University.
Returning to Hong Kong, Professor Cheuk worked at TVB, directing drama serials such as the Mamasan, Mamasan series. He ventured into films in the early 1980s, becoming a member of the fabled New Wave with the films The Security (1981) and Mariana, Mariana (1983).
Cheuk had been active in criticism and film study, writing for publications both popular and academic in Hong Kong and Taiwan and the author or editor of several books, including Hong Kong New Wave Cinema (1978-2000), English edition published by Intellect Ltd and the University of Chicago Press. He had also been active in promoting the Hong Kong film industry, including serving on the Service Committee of the Film Development Council and the Advisory Committee of the Trade Development Council. To share the experience and philosophy on film making, it is our honor to invite Professor Cheuk to give a workshop on “A new trend in film making: Through creativity”.